CAVANAUGH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

CAVANAUGH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, a compact K-5 school in FORT SMITH, Arkansas, part of FORT SMITH SCHOOL DISTRICT, educates 303 students, covering grades pre-K through 5. By comparison, Arkansas's public schools average about 418 students each, so CAVANAUGH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL sits 28% smaller than that benchmark.

FORT SMITH SCHOOL DISTRICT runs 27 schools in total, collectively educating 14,164 students. CAVANAUGH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, CAVANAUGH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports that the largest single group is White at 46%, but no single group is in the majority. The remainder is composed of 19% Hispanic, 16% multiracial, 13% Black, 5% Asian. By comparison, Sebastian County as a whole is about 68% White, so the school skews visibly less White than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, CAVANAUGH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports 18 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 16.6:1. The state averages about 16.0:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Roughly 72% of students at CAVANAUGH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), CAVANAUGH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 32.5%; this one delivers 43.0%.

Across the wider county, Sebastian County reports that median household income runs about $57,790, about 23% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. CAVANAUGH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 44 public schools in Sebastian County (combined enrollment of about 20,239 students).

BEARD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, CAVANAUGH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL comes 3rd of 9 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 37.7%.

The school occupies a metropolitan site.

Over the past 7-year window. CAVANAUGH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's enrollment has declined 5% since 2018, when it stood at 318 (now 303). Over the same period, the White share shrank from 53% to 46%. The student-to-teacher ratio rose from 14.1:1 in 2018 to 16.6:1 today.

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