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Which teacher or staff member at CALDWELL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL deserves more recognition?
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Enrollment
427
Elementary
DISTRICT 435 · STATE 418
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BENTON SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 050296000064
CALDWELL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
CALDWELL ELEMENTARY, BENTON, AR 72019 · (501) 778-4444 · Saline County
GRADES KG–04ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL427 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
15.8:1
27 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.0:1 · STATE 16.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
24%
102 students
DISTRICT 40% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 88 | 21% |
| Grade 1 | 81 | 19% |
| Grade 2 | 91 | 21% |
| Grade 3 | 88 | 21% |
| Grade 4 | 79 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (88) is 11% larger than its 4th grade class (79).
Student demographics
30%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 47% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Based on grade levels within BENTON SCHOOL DISTRICT. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
ATLAS 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3+4)English Language Arts
60.2%
AR avg 34.9% . +7.7pp since 2023
Math
52.2%
AR avg 38.9% . +14.5pp since 2023
What this means: On the ATLAS, Arkansas's statewide test, about 60 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 52 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Arkansas schools, those numbers are about 35 and 39. Reading and writing scores are up about 8 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 15 points.
ATLAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 60.2% | 52.2% |
| 2023-24 | 52.5% | 37.7% |
% 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
51.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
50.9%
based on AR schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+0.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 51% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 51% 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 CALDWELL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
CALDWELL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (51.2% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| CALDWELL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 427 | 23.9% | 51.2% |
| MT. VIEW ELEMENTARY BENTON | 431 | 22.5% | 49.5% |
| THOMAS JEFFERSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL BENTONVILLE | 404 | 16.6% | 60.9% |
| SUGAR CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL BENTONVILLE | 381 | 18.6% | 61.1% |
| JERRY POP WILLIAMS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL FARMINGTON | 471 | 30.8% | 45.9% |
| PIGGOTT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PIGGOTT | 484 | 29.8% | 31.8% |
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 CALDWELL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Arkansas | In Saline County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 51.2% | #69 of 461 | #4 of 16 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 52.2% | #106 of 465 ▲ 107 | #8 of 16 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 60.2% | #23 of 465 ▲ 29 | #1 of 16 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 427 | #242 of 531 | #14 of 17 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.8:1 | #210 of 480 | #5 of 17 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 29.9% | #334 of 480 | #14 of 17 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 23.9% | #495 of 513 | #16 of 17 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -15.8% | #140 of 311 | #7 of 14 |
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
427
-76 (-15%) vs 2020
-14% since 1990-91, when it was 494
Student : Teacher
15.8:1
was 16.8:1
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 | 427 | 27 | 15.8:1 | 24% (102) |
| 2023-24 | 424 | 27.9 | 15.2:1 | 25% (105) |
| 2022-23 | 581 | 30.4 | 19.1:1 | 19% (108) |
| 2020-21 | 503 | 30 | 16.8:1 | 22% (110) |
| 2017-18 | 507 | 28 | 18.1:1 | 17% (84) |
| 2015-16 | 582 | 32 | 18.2:1 | 24% (137) |
| 2010-11 | 523 | 29 | 18.0:1 | 24% (127) |
| 2000-01 | 498 | 32 | 15.6:1 | 12% (62) |
| 1990-91 | 494 | 25 | 19.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for CALDWELL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About CALDWELL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
A medium-sized elementary school in BENTON, Arkansas, CALDWELL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is part of BENTON SCHOOL DISTRICT. Its 427 students are spread across kindergarten through 4.
Besides CALDWELL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, BENTON SCHOOL DISTRICT runs 7 other schools. The district enrolls 5,806 students.
About 83% of the student body at CALDWELL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is White. The remaining students are 6% Hispanic, 6% Black, and 4% multiracial. The county population is about 80% White, within a few points of the school. Pick two students at random and there is a 30% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Federal records show a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.8:1 at CALDWELL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, with 27 full-time-equivalent teachers. That matches the 16.0:1 average for elementary schools in Arkansas fairly closely. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility, a common measure of family income, is 24%. Across public schools in Saline County, the average is 47%.
Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the BeatsExpectations model predicts an average proficiency rate on state tests of 50.9% for CALDWELL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. The school posts 51.2%, within a point of the prediction.
Saline County has these Census figures: the median household income is $79,046, roughly 29% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Saline County is home to 33 public schools and about 20,022 public school students.
The school nearest to CALDWELL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is RINGGOLD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, at a distance of about 1.0 miles. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. On state test proficiency, CALDWELL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks 2nd in a group of 9 nearby schools.
By NCES locale, the school is Suburb: Large, or in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment has fallen by 76 students since 2020-21, to 427.
Topics for discussion here include science fairs, picture day, and bus routes. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
Saline County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
127,479
Census ACS
Median income
$79,046
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
29%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
33
20,022 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in BENTON SCHOOL DISTRICT
- BENTON MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 1,363 students
- BENTON HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,298 students
- BENTON JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 971 students
- RINGGOLD ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 511 students
- PERRIN ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 465 students
- MT. VIEW ELEMENTARYElementary · 431 students
Other schools in BENTON
- BENTON MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 1,363 students
- BENTON HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,298 students
- BENTON JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 971 students
- RINGGOLD ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 511 students
- SALEM ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 469 students
- PERRIN ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 465 students
Other Caldwell Elementary schools
8 other US public schools in 5 states are named Caldwell Elementary. CALDWELL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the 6th largest of the 9.
- Caldwell Elementary SchoolCALDWELL, TX · 641 students
- Caldwell Elementary SchoolScottsboro, AL · 579 students
- Caldwell Elementary SchoolROUND ROCK, TX · 545 students
- Caldwell Elementary SchoolCaldwell, OH · 511 students
- Caldwell ElemWichita, KS · 465 students
Nearby schools
- RINGGOLD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.0 mi · 511
- BENTON HIGH SCHOOL1.9 mi · 1,298
- BENTON JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL1.9 mi · 971
- ANGIE GRANT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.9 mi · 340
- BENTON MIDDLE SCHOOL2.0 mi · 1,363
- PERRIN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.3 mi · 465
Frequently asked questions
About CALDWELL ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHow large is CALDWELL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
CALDWELL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 427 students in grades KG-04.
What age range does CALDWELL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
CALDWELL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves students from grade KG through grade 04.
How many teachers does CALDWELL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL have?
CALDWELL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL employs 27 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.8:1.
What is the student diversity at CALDWELL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
Student demographics at CALDWELL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL are roughly 83% White, 6% Hispanic, 6% Black, 4% Two or more.
Who oversees CALDWELL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
CALDWELL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is overseen by BENTON SCHOOL DISTRICT in Saline County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.