DON TYSON SCHOOL OF INNOVATION

Located at 2667 HYLTON ROAD, in SPRINGDALE, Arkansas, DON TYSON SCHOOL OF INNOVATION is a large multi-level school that teaches 1,976 students (grades K through 12), part of SPRINGDALE SCHOOL DISTRICT. Enrollment runs roughly 270% bigger than the state mean of about 534.

DON TYSON SCHOOL OF INNOVATION is one of 29 schools operated by SPRINGDALE SCHOOL DISTRICT, a district that enrolls 22,685 students overall.

On the student-mix side, DON TYSON SCHOOL OF INNOVATION logs that 48% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. The remainder consists of 43% White, 4% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 19% Hispanic, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, DON TYSON SCHOOL OF INNOVATION shows 183 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 10.8:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 8.3:1 average. Roughly 58% of students at DON TYSON SCHOOL OF INNOVATION qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), DON TYSON SCHOOL OF INNOVATION performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 37.4%, the actual is 45.3%, a residual of +7.9 points.

Across the wider county, census data for Washington County shows median household income runs about $70,639, about 35% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 9%. DON TYSON SCHOOL OF INNOVATION is one of 76 public schools in Washington County (combined enrollment of about 42,451 students).

The closest other public school is LAKESIDE JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL, roughly 0.3 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around DON TYSON SCHOOL OF INNOVATION. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts DON TYSON SCHOOL OF INNOVATION at 1st of 8; the average score across the group is 23.6%.

DON TYSON SCHOOL OF INNOVATION operates from a rural location. DON TYSON SCHOOL OF INNOVATION is a charter school, which puts it inside the public-school system but outside the standard district-managed model.

Trend over the last 7 years. DON TYSON SCHOOL OF INNOVATION's enrollment has expanded 155% since 2018, when it stood at 774 (now 1,976). Over the same period, the Hispanic share climbed from 40% to 48%. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 16.1:1 in 2018 to 10.8:1 today.

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