Total enrollment
22,685
+414 (+2%) vs SY 2020-21
29 schools in SPRINGDALE SCHOOL DISTRICT
Arkansas · 22,685 students · 1 city
Across SPRINGDALE SCHOOL DISTRICT (Arkansas), 29 public K-12 schools serve approximately 22,685 students, an average of 782 per school.
4-year change in SPRINGDALE SCHOOL DISTRICT
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25School count
29
+1 (+4%) vs SY 2020-21
Source: NCES Common Core of Data, enrollment-weighted demographic averages
How SPRINGDALE SCHOOL DISTRICT ranks
Among districts| Measure | This district | In Arkansas | In the US |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 31.7% | #87 of 138 | N/A |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 22,685 | #1 of 208 | #333 of 9,234 |
| Number of schools ranked most first | 29 | #2 of 208 | N/A |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.0:1 | #175 of 190 | #5,514 of 9,044 |
| Free or reduced-price lunch share ranked highest first | 72.2% | #94 of 208 | #1,772 of 8,164 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 64.1% | #16 of 118 | #1,113 of 6,853 |
Districts need at least 2 schools and 500 students to be ranked. Test proficiency is ranked within the state only, since each state gives a different test. Each rank links to the full list.
Inside SPRINGDALE SCHOOL DISTRICT
State test results across the district's 29 scored schools run from WILLIS SHAW ELEMENTARY SCH at 56.1% proficient to PARSON HILLS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL at 14.2%, a gap of 41.9 points. That is the 7th widest gap among 69 Arkansas districts with four or more scored schools.
Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across each school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25; schools with fewer than 100 students and schools serving specialized populations are left out. Staffing figures come from the NCES Common Core of Data and count only schools that reported students and teachers in both years.
About SPRINGDALE SCHOOL DISTRICT
SPRINGDALE SCHOOL DISTRICT runs 29 public schools across Arkansas, collectively instructing roughly 22,685 students.
On the level-by-level breakdown, SPRINGDALE SCHOOL DISTRICT comprises 18 elementary, 4 middle, 6 high schools, and 1 combined or other.
On a per-school basis, SPRINGDALE SCHOOL DISTRICT runs about 782 students per school, 71% noticeably above the state mean of roughly 456.
Over the past 4-year window. Total public-school enrollment in SPRINGDALE SCHOOL DISTRICT has stayed largely flat since SY 2020-21, moving from about 22,271 students to 22,685. Over that span, SPRINGDALE SCHOOL DISTRICT gained 1 school, going from 28 to 29.
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