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COLLEGEVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
Test scores
ATLAS 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3+4)What this means: On the ATLAS, Arkansas's statewide test, about 57 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 61 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 10 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 3 points.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 54% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 41% 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%.
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About COLLEGEVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
COLLEGEVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a reasonably sized elementary campus in BRYANT AR, Arkansas, operated by BRYANT SCHOOL DISTRICT. The school educates 503 students in grades K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 20% bigger than the state mean of about 418.
BRYANT SCHOOL DISTRICT runs 12 schools in total, collectively educating 9,827 students. COLLEGEVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of those campuses.
On the student-mix side, COLLEGEVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports that the largest single group is White at 49%, but no single group is in the majority. Other groups include 21% Black, 21% Hispanic, 5% Asian, 4% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 80% White, putting the school's mix visibly less White than the area baseline.
On the resource side, On paper, COLLEGEVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has 30 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 17.0:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 16.0:1 average. Roughly 50% of students at COLLEGEVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.
With demographic context factored in, COLLEGEVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 41.1% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 53.5%.
In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for Saline County put median household earnings sit near $79,046, about 29% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. In all, Saline County runs 33 public schools (combined enrollment of about 20,022 students), of which COLLEGEVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one.
The closest other public school is BRYANT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, roughly 1.0 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), COLLEGEVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 36.2%.
The school occupies a bedroom-community site.
Trend over the last 7 years. COLLEGEVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's enrollment has contracted 11% since 2018, when it stood at 568 (now 503). White enrollment moved from 62% to 49% across the same window.
On the community side, members of the COLLEGEVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL community share and discuss open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.
Saline County at a glance
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