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If you had an hour of school board time for CENTRAL PARK AT MORNING STAR, what would you bring up?
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Enrollment
604
Elementary
DISTRICT 560 · STATE 418
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BENTONVILLE SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 050306001080
CENTRAL PARK AT MORNING STAR
1400 SW LIBERTY AVENUE, BENTONVILLE, AR 72712 · (479) 696-3200 · Benton County
GRADES KG–04ELEMENTARY13-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL604 STUDENTS
A
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 87% of Arkansas public elementary schools
- A+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
18.9:1
32 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 18.3:1 · STATE 16.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
18%
108 students
DISTRICT 20% · 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 | 92 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 127 | 21% |
| Grade 2 | 122 | 20% |
| Grade 3 | 156 | 26% |
| Grade 4 | 107 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (92) is 14% smaller than its 4th grade class (107).
Student demographics
54%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 51% · 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
58.5%
AR avg 34.9% . -4.6pp since 2023
Math
64.9%
AR avg 38.9% . -0.2pp since 2023
What this means: On the ATLAS, Arkansas's statewide test, about 59 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 65 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 5 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
ATLAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 58.5% | 64.9% |
| 2023-24 | 63.1% | 65.1% |
% 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
61.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
53.2%
based on AR schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+8.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 62% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 53% 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 CENTRAL PARK AT MORNING STAR
CENTRAL PARK AT MORNING STAR's state test result (61.5% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| CENTRAL PARK AT MORNING STAR this school | 604 | 17.9% | 61.5% |
| OSAGE CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL BENTONVILLE | 551 | 27.8% | 46.3% |
| CHENAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL LITTLE ROCK | 448 | 27.5% | 64.3% |
| DON ROBERTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL LITTLE ROCK | 1,035 | 30.6% | 65.9% |
| BAKER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL LITTLE ROCK | 407 | 26.0% | 65.4% |
| CENTERTON GAMBLE ELEMENTARY CENTERTON | 725 | 20.0% | 50.9% |
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 CENTRAL PARK AT MORNING STAR ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Arkansas | In Benton County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 61.5% | #24 of 461 | #10 of 39 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 64.9% | #28 of 465 ▼ 5 | #11 of 39 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 58.5% | #35 of 465 ▼ 21 | #14 of 39 ▼ 10 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 604 | #71 of 531 | #12 of 47 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.9:1 | #434 of 480 | #35 of 44 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 54.2% | #186 of 480 | #25 of 44 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 17.9% | #504 of 513 | #37 of 44 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -29.7% | #36 of 311 | #3 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
604
-164 (-21%) vs 2020
-33% since 2010-11, when it was 908
Student : Teacher
18.9:1
was 18.7:1
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 | 604 | 32 | 18.9:1 | 18% (108) |
| 2023-24 | 584 | 30 | 19.5:1 | 12% (72) |
| 2022-23 | 537 | 31 | 17.3:1 | 13% (69) |
| 2020-21 | 768 | 41 | 18.7:1 | 24% (182) |
| 2017-18 | 859 | 54.4 | 15.8:1 | 5% (41) |
| 2015-16 | 861 | 50 | 17.2:1 | 11% (96) |
| 2010-11 | 908 | 51 | 17.8:1 | 10% (88) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for CENTRAL PARK AT MORNING STAR.
About CENTRAL PARK AT MORNING STAR
The public elementary school CENTRAL PARK AT MORNING STAR is located in BENTONVILLE, Arkansas. It enrolled 604 students in kindergarten through 4 for the 2024-25 school year. Statewide, elementary schools in Arkansas average about 418 students each.
District-wide, BENTONVILLE SCHOOL DISTRICT has 24 schools and 19,575 students.
White students are the majority at CENTRAL PARK AT MORNING STAR, with 65% of enrollment. Other groups make up 15% Asian, 12% Hispanic, 4% multiracial, and 3% Black. The school's diversity index is 54%, meaning two students picked at random have a 54% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
Dividing enrollment by its 32 full-time-equivalent teachers gives a ratio of about 18.9:1. That is higher than the 16.0:1 average for elementary schools in Arkansas. Eligible students account for 18% of enrollment in the free or reduced-price lunch program. Public schools in Benton County average 37%.
Measured against Arkansas public elementary schools, CENTRAL PARK AT MORNING STAR receives an A. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
A school with CENTRAL PARK AT MORNING STAR's lunch-eligibility share in Arkansas is predicted to score 53.2%. CENTRAL PARK AT MORNING STAR scores 61.5%, 8.4 points above that line.
Across Benton County, the median household income is $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 is home to 88 public schools and about 57,071 public school students.
Nearby, J. WILLIAM FULBRIGHT JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL is about 0.3 miles away. Within five miles of CENTRAL PARK AT MORNING STAR, there are at least 8 other public schools. CENTRAL PARK AT MORNING STAR is 6th of 9 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.
Locale: City: Small. In NCES terms, the school is inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.
2024-25 enrollment was 604, a 21% decrease from 768 in 2020-21.
Families, students, and staff can use this page to discuss school safety, transportation, and start times at CENTRAL PARK AT MORNING STAR. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
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 BENTONVILLE SCHOOL DISTRICT
- BENTONVILLE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,579 students
- BENTONVILLE WEST HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,661 students
- GRIMSLEY JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOLMiddle · 846 students
- CENTERTON GAMBLE ELEMENTARYElementary · 725 students
- LINCOLN JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOLMiddle · 723 students
- J. WILLIAM FULBRIGHT JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOLMiddle · 718 students
Other schools in BENTONVILLE
- ARKANSAS CONNECTIONS ACADEMY HIGHCombined · 4,575 students
- BENTONVILLE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,579 students
- BENTONVILLE WEST HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,661 students
- GRIMSLEY JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOLMiddle · 846 students
- LINCOLN JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOLMiddle · 723 students
- J. WILLIAM FULBRIGHT JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOLMiddle · 718 students
Nearby schools
- J. WILLIAM FULBRIGHT JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL0.3 mi · 718
- WILLOWBROOK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.4 mi · 671
- BRIGHT FIELD MIDDLE SCHOOL0.4 mi · 697
- FOUNDERS CLASSICAL ACADEMIES OF ARKANSAS ROGERS1.8 mi · 521
- FOUNDERS CLASSICAL ACADEMIES OF ARKANSAS HIGH SCHOOL ROGERS1.8 mi · 207
- OSAGE CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.8 mi · 551
Frequently asked questions
About CENTRAL PARK AT MORNING STARHow large is CENTRAL PARK AT MORNING STAR?
CENTRAL PARK AT MORNING STAR enrolls approximately 604 students in grades KG-04.
What age range does CENTRAL PARK AT MORNING STAR serve?
CENTRAL PARK AT MORNING STAR serves students from grade KG through grade 04.
How many students per teacher at CENTRAL PARK AT MORNING STAR?
Approximately 18.9:1 students per teacher at CENTRAL PARK AT MORNING STAR.
What is the student diversity at CENTRAL PARK AT MORNING STAR?
Student demographics at CENTRAL PARK AT MORNING STAR are roughly 65% White, 12% Hispanic, 3% Black, 15% Asian, 4% Two or more.
What district is CENTRAL PARK AT MORNING STAR in?
CENTRAL PARK AT MORNING STAR is part of BENTONVILLE SCHOOL DISTRICT.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.