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Enrollment
458
Elementary
DISTRICT 446 · STATE 418
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ROGERS SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 051197001370
BONNIE GRIMES ELEM. SCHOOL
1801 S 13TH ST, ROGERS, AR 72758 · (479) 631-3660 · Benton County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL458 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 69% of Arkansas public elementary schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Arkansas public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
16.5:1
28 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.5:1 · STATE 16.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
70%
319 students
DISTRICT 55% · STATE 70%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 18 | 4% |
| Kindergarten | 68 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 74 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 80 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 79 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 76 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 63 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (68) is 8% larger than its 5th grade class (63).
Student demographics
53%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 58% · STATE 61% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
ATLAS 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3+4)English Language Arts
37.9%
AR avg 34.9% . -11.8pp since 2023
Math
41.7%
AR avg 38.9% . -2.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the ATLAS, Arkansas's statewide test, about 38 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 42 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Arkansas schools, those numbers are about 35 and 39. Reading and writing scores are down about 12 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 2 points.
ATLAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 37.9% | 41.7% |
| 2023-24 | 49.7% | 43.7% |
% Proficient (Level 3+4), all students and all tested grades.
Source: ATLAS. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
42.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
33.9%
based on AR schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+8.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 42% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 34% typical for Arkansas schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Arkansas's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like BONNIE GRIMES ELEM. SCHOOL
BONNIE GRIMES ELEM. SCHOOL's state test result (42.2% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| BONNIE GRIMES ELEM. SCHOOL this school | 458 | 69.7% | 42.2% |
| WESTSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ROGERS | 402 | 68.9% | 37.2% |
| JOE MATHIAS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ROGERS | 478 | 72.2% | 39.3% |
| THURMAN G. SMITH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL SPRINGDALE | 483 | 74.5% | 35.4% |
| LISA ACADEMY SPRINGDALE SPRINGDALE | 450 | 73.8% | 42.0% |
| JONES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ROGERS | 463 | 68.0% | 42.7% |
Matched among Arkansas elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where BONNIE GRIMES ELEM. SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Arkansas | In Benton County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 42.2% | #159 of 461 | #31 of 39 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 41.7% | #198 of 465 ▼ 47 | #34 of 39 ▼ 6 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 37.9% | #211 of 465 ▼ 137 | #35 of 39 ▼ 18 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 458 | #206 of 531 | #29 of 47 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.5:1 | #267 of 480 | #20 of 44 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 52.6% | #202 of 480 | #27 of 44 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 69.7% | #293 of 513 | #6 of 44 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -9.8% | #203 of 311 | #18 of 26 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
458
+8 (+2%) vs 2020
-6% since 1990-91, when it was 487
Student : Teacher
16.5:1
was 13.2:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 458 | 27.7 | 16.5:1 | 70% (319) |
| 2023-24 | 437 | 27.5 | 15.9:1 | 71% (312) |
| 2022-23 | 464 | 30.8 | 15.1:1 | 64% (297) |
| 2020-21 | 450 | 34 | 13.2:1 | 78% (351) |
| 2017-18 | 508 | 36.1 | 14.1:1 | 55% (279) |
| 2015-16 | 468 | 32 | 14.6:1 | 77% (359) |
| 2010-11 | 564 | 33 | 17.1:1 | 82% (465) |
| 2000-01 | 530 | 29 | 18.3:1 | 46% (243) |
| 1990-91 | 487 | 25 | 19.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for BONNIE GRIMES ELEM. SCHOOL.
About BONNIE GRIMES ELEM. SCHOOL
BONNIE GRIMES ELEM. SCHOOL is a mid-sized elementary school located in ROGERS, Arkansas. The school has 458 students in 2024-25 across pre-K through 5.
BONNIE GRIMES ELEM. SCHOOL reports to ROGERS SCHOOL DISTRICT, which has 23 schools and 15,688 students.
Federal enrollment data show BONNIE GRIMES ELEM. SCHOOL is 62% Hispanic. The next largest groups are 30% White, 4% Pacific Islander, and 3% multiracial. The school's Hispanic share is 43 points above the 19% share among Benton County residents. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 53%.
For every teacher at BONNIE GRIMES ELEM. SCHOOL, there are about 16.5 students; the school has 27.7 full-time-equivalent teachers. That is in line with the 16.0:1 average for elementary schools in Arkansas. The eligibility rate for free or reduced-price meals is 70%. Compared with the 37% average for public schools in Benton County, the school's rate is higher.
BONNIE GRIMES ELEM. SCHOOL earns a B+ on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 69% of Arkansas public elementary schools.
The allk12 BeatsExpectations score for BONNIE GRIMES ELEM. SCHOOL is +8.2 points: 42.2% actual, 33.9% predicted.
The school is in Benton County, where median household income comes to about $93,506, roughly 38% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Benton County's 88 public schools enroll about 57,071 students and include BONNIE GRIMES ELEM. SCHOOL.
ELMWOOD MIDDLE SCHOOL is the nearest public school to BONNIE GRIMES ELEM. SCHOOL, about 0.3 miles away. Within five miles of BONNIE GRIMES ELEM. SCHOOL, there are at least 8 other public schools. In a group of 9 nearby schools with scores, BONNIE GRIMES ELEM. SCHOOL ranks 6th on average proficiency.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is City: Small.
The student count changed little between 2020-21 (450) and 2024-25 (458). Federal data show the ratio rising from 13.2:1 to 16.5:1.
Parents, students, and staff can share information on pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback here. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
Benton County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
303,632
Census ACS
Median income
$93,506
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
38%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
88
57,071 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in ROGERS SCHOOL DISTRICT
- ROGERS HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,492 students
- ROGERS HERITAGE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,008 students
- ELMWOOD MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 1,066 students
- KIRKSEY MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 890 students
- OAKDALE MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 809 students
- LINGLE MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 643 students
Other schools in ROGERS
- ROGERS HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,492 students
- ROGERS HERITAGE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,008 students
- ELMWOOD MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 1,066 students
- KIRKSEY MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 890 students
- OAKDALE MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 809 students
- FOUNDERS CLASSICAL ACADEMIES OF ARKANSAS BENTONVILLEElementary · 787 students
Nearby schools
- ELMWOOD MIDDLE SCHOOL0.3 mi · 1,066
- ARKANSAS ARTS ACADEMY ELEMENTARY0.4 mi · 523
- ROGERS HERITAGE HIGH SCHOOL1.0 mi · 2,008
- ROGERS HIGH SCHOOL1.1 mi · 2,492
- ROGERS NEW TECHNOLOGY HIGH SCHOOL1.2 mi · 640
- WESTSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.3 mi · 402
Frequently asked questions
About BONNIE GRIMES ELEM. SCHOOLHow large is BONNIE GRIMES ELEM. SCHOOL?
BONNIE GRIMES ELEM. SCHOOL enrolls approximately 458 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does BONNIE GRIMES ELEM. SCHOOL serve?
BONNIE GRIMES ELEM. SCHOOL serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at BONNIE GRIMES ELEM. SCHOOL?
Approximately 16.5:1 students per teacher at BONNIE GRIMES ELEM. SCHOOL.
What is the student diversity at BONNIE GRIMES ELEM. SCHOOL?
Student demographics at BONNIE GRIMES ELEM. SCHOOL are roughly 30% White, 62% Hispanic, 1% Black, 3% Two or more.
Is BONNIE GRIMES ELEM. SCHOOL public or private?
BONNIE GRIMES ELEM. SCHOOL is a public K-12 school, overseen by ROGERS SCHOOL DISTRICT.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.