BOB FOLSOM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

BOB FOLSOM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a medium-sized elementary school in FARMINGTON, Arkansas, part of FARMINGTON SCHOOL DISTRICT. The school instructs 438 students in grades K through 3.

FARMINGTON SCHOOL DISTRICT comprises 6 schools with combined enrollment of 2,987 students; BOB FOLSOM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is among them.

In terms of who attends, BOB FOLSOM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL logs that the largest single group is White, at 75% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school reports 11% Hispanic, 10% multiracial. That is considerably more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 63%.

Looking at school resources, The school currently runs with 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 17.9:1. The state averages around 16.0:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. About 37% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Washington County (around 58%), the school's rate is south of typical.

With demographic context factored in, BOB FOLSOM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 45.1%, the actual is 52.3%, a residual of +7.2 points.

In the area at large, Washington County reports that the typical household earns roughly $70,639 per year, about 35% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 9%. BOB FOLSOM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 76 public schools in Washington County (combined enrollment of about 42,451 students).

Nearest neighbor: FARMINGTON JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL, around 0.4 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, BOB FOLSOM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL comes 1st of 8 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 34.1%.

The school occupies a countryside site.

Five-year trend. BOB FOLSOM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's enrollment has ticked up 23% since 2018, when it stood at 356 (now 438). White enrollment moved from 87% to 75% across the same window. Class-load math has rose: from 16.2:1 in 2018 to 17.9:1 in 2025.

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