CALDWELL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

Located at CALDWELL ELEMENTARY, in BENTON, Arkansas, CALDWELL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a reasonably sized elementary school that educates 427 students (grades K through 4), operated by BENTON SCHOOL DISTRICT.

BENTON SCHOOL DISTRICT comprises 8 schools with combined enrollment of 5,806 students; CALDWELL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is among them.

In terms of who attends, CALDWELL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL lists that nearly all students (83%) are White. Other groups include 6% Hispanic, 6% Black, 4% multiracial. That composition is broadly in line with Saline County as a whole.

Looking at school resources, CALDWELL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL records 27 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 15.8:1. That tracks the state average closely. An estimated 24% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Saline County runs at roughly 47%, so the school's eligibility rate is below the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), CALDWELL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 49.9%, the actual is 44.3%, a residual of -5.5 points.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Saline County indicate median household earnings sit near $79,046, 29% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. CALDWELL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 33 public schools in Saline County (combined enrollment of about 20,022 students).

RINGGOLD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.0 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around CALDWELL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts CALDWELL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL at 3rd of 9; the average score across the group is 39.5%.

The school occupies a suburban site.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at CALDWELL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has shrank 16%, going from 507 students in 2018 to 427 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share shrank from 89% to 83%. Class-load math has fell: from 18.1:1 in 2018 to 15.8:1 in 2025.

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