CENTER VALLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

CENTER VALLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, a middle-of-the-pack elementary campus in RUSSELLVILLE, Arkansas, one of the schools within RUSSELLVILLE SCHOOL DISTRICT, works with 397 students, covering grades pre-K through 4.

Across the 10 schools in RUSSELLVILLE SCHOOL DISTRICT (5,591 students total), CENTER VALLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On demographics, CENTER VALLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL records that the largest single group is White, at 79% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school shows 10% Hispanic, 7% multiracial, 2% Asian.

On the income-and-resources front, The school employs 27 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 14.6:1. The state averages around 16.0:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 58% of students at CENTER VALLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

With demographic context factored in, CENTER VALLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL sits in the top 10% of Arkansas schools after the BeatsExpectations adjustment. Predicted proficiency for the school's FRL share is roughly 37.5%; actual is 52.6%, +15.0 points clear of the demographic baseline.

Around the school, ACS estimates for Pope County put median household income runs about $57,344, roughly 25% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 12% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Pope County runs 25 public schools (combined enrollment of about 10,311 students), of which CENTER VALLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one.

CRAWFORD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 3.5 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 5 other public schools cluster around CENTER VALLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts CENTER VALLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL at 1st of 8; the average score across the group is 31.6%.

CENTER VALLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL operates from a countryside location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count remained close to its prior level: 407 students in 2018 compared to 397 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 84% to 79% across the same window. Class-load math has widened: from 13.2:1 in 2018 to 14.6:1 in 2025.

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