BENTONVILLE WEST HIGH SCHOOL

Located at 5303 BRIGHT ROAD, in BENTONVILLE, Arkansas, BENTONVILLE WEST HIGH SCHOOL is a substantial senior high that caters to 2,661 students (grades 9 through 12), part of BENTONVILLE SCHOOL DISTRICT. Enrollment runs roughly 422% bigger than the state mean of about 510.

BENTONVILLE SCHOOL DISTRICT runs 24 schools in total, collectively educating 19,575 students. BENTONVILLE WEST HIGH SCHOOL is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, BENTONVILLE WEST HIGH SCHOOL shows that White students make up the majority at 64%. Other groups include 17% Hispanic, 7% Asian, 5% Black, 5% multiracial. Compared to Benton County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 281 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 9.4:1 students per teacher. That tracks the state average closely. Roughly 21% of students at BENTONVILLE WEST HIGH SCHOOL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Benton County (around 37%), the school's rate is somewhat below typical.

With demographic context factored in, BENTONVILLE WEST HIGH SCHOOL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 50.9%, the actual is 50.2%, a residual of -0.7 points.

Across the wider county, Benton County reports that the typical household earns roughly $93,506 per year, roughly 38% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Benton County runs 88 public schools (combined enrollment of about 57,071 students), of which BENTONVILLE WEST HIGH SCHOOL is one.

Nearest neighbor: CENTERTON GAMBLE ELEMENTARY, around 0.4 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts BENTONVILLE WEST HIGH SCHOOL at 5th of 8; the average score across the group is 52.5%.

Geographically, the school is in a low-density area.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count rose 47%: 1,815 students in 2018 compared to 2,661 in 2025. The White share of enrollment ticked down from 71% to 64% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 13.8:1 in 2018 to 9.4:1 today.

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