Enrollment
234
Elementary
DISTRICT 379 · STATE 418
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·RUSSELLVILLE SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 051206000967
DWIGHT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
1300 WEST SECOND PLACE, RUSSELLVILLE, AR 72801 · (479) 968-3967 · Pope County
GRADES PK–04ELEMENTARY33-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL234 STUDENTS
C
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 29% of Arkansas public elementary schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats 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
14.2:1
17 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.6:1 · STATE 16.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
82%
193 students
DISTRICT 69% · STATE 70%
Community
0
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 38 | 16% |
| Kindergarten | 38 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 46 | 20% |
| Grade 2 | 40 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 39 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 33 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (38) is 15% larger than its 4th grade class (33).
Student demographics
60%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 58% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
DWIGHT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL→RUSSELLVILLE INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL→RUSSELLVILLE MIDDLE SCHOOL→RUSSELLVILLE JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL
Based on grade levels within RUSSELLVILLE SCHOOL DISTRICT. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
ATLAS 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3+4)English Language Arts
30.2%
AR avg 34.9% . +4.9pp since 2023
Math
30.3%
AR avg 38.9% . +8.6pp since 2023
What this means: On the ATLAS, Arkansas's statewide test, about 30 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 30 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 5 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 9 points.
ATLAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 30.2% | 30.3% |
| 2023-24 | 25.3% | 21.7% |
% 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
27.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
29.2%
based on AR schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-1.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 27% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 29% 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 DWIGHT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
DWIGHT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (27.3% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| DWIGHT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 234 | 82.5% | 27.3% |
| BARLING ELEMENTARY SCHOOL BARLING | 316 | 78.2% | 36.6% |
| BEARD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL FORT SMITH | 297 | 78.1% | 30.9% |
| CAVANAUGH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL FORT SMITH | 303 | 71.9% | 47.8% |
| CARNALL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL FORT SMITH | 172 | 91.3% | 18.5% |
| RAYMOND F. ORR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL FORT SMITH | 235 | 70.6% | 39.1% |
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 DWIGHT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Arkansas | In Pope County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 27.3% | #332 of 461 | #9 of 10 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 30.3% | #302 of 465 ▲ 69 | #7 of 10 ▲ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 30.2% | #292 of 465 ▲ 60 | #7 of 10 ▲ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 234 | #458 of 531 | #9 of 10 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.2:1 | #83 of 480 | #3 of 9 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 60.4% | #119 of 480 | #3 of 9 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 82.5% | #186 of 513 | #4 of 10 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +3.1% | #116 of 138 | N/A |
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
234
+12 (+5%) vs 2020
-12% since 1990-91, when it was 267
Student : Teacher
14.2:1
was 13.9:1
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 | 234 | 16.5 | 14.2:1 | 82% (193) |
| 2023-24 | 212 | 15.5 | 13.7:1 | 88% (186) |
| 2022-23 | 213 | 15 | 14.3:1 | 62% (133) |
| 2020-21 | 222 | 16 | 13.9:1 | 69% (153) |
| 2017-18 | 227 | 17.8 | 12.7:1 | 30% (68) |
| 2015-16 | 232 | 16 | 14.5:1 | 63% (146) |
| 2010-11 | 241 | 18 | 13.4:1 | 59% (143) |
| 2000-01 | 189 | 14 | 13.5:1 | 50% (95) |
| 1990-91 | 267 | 15 | 17.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for DWIGHT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About DWIGHT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
DWIGHT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, a small elementary school, is located in RUSSELLVILLE, Arkansas. Federal data show 234 students enrolled in pre-K through 4 in 2024-25. Across elementary schools in Arkansas, the average enrollment is about 418.
DWIGHT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 10 schools in RUSSELLVILLE SCHOOL DISTRICT, which enrolls 5,591 students in total.
The largest group at DWIGHT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is White students, at 55%. Other groups include 29% Hispanic, 9% multiracial, 4% Asian, and 3% Black. By comparison, Pope County residents are about 84% White. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 60%.
Teacher count: 16.5 full-time equivalents. Student-to-teacher ratio: 14.2:1. Compared with the 16.0:1 average for elementary schools in Arkansas, this school's ratio is lower. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch, often used to gauge student poverty, is 82%. Across public schools in Pope County, the average is 64%.
DWIGHT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL holds a C allk12 Grade, placing it above 29% of Arkansas public elementary schools.
Schools in Arkansas with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to score about 29.2%. DWIGHT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL scores 27.3%.
In the wider Pope County area, median household income comes to about $57,344, 25% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 12% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Pope County counts 25 public schools with about 10,311 students.
RUSSELLVILLE INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL is the nearest public school to DWIGHT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, about 0.4 miles away. DWIGHT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. Among 8 nearby schools that report test results, DWIGHT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks 7th on proficiency.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is Town: Remote: in a town far from an urbanized area.
From 222 students in 2020-21, enrollment increased to 234 by 2024-25.
Parents, students, and staff can share information on special education services, counseling, and support programs here. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
Pope County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
64,131
Census ACS
Median income
$57,344
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
25%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
12%
Below federal line
Schools in county
25
10,311 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in RUSSELLVILLE SCHOOL DISTRICT
- RUSSELLVILLE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,281 students
- RUSSELLVILLE JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 808 students
- RUSSELLVILLE MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 795 students
- SEQUOYAH ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 542 students
- OAKLAND HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 503 students
- RUSSELLVILLE INTERMEDIATE SCHOOLMiddle · 436 students
Other schools in RUSSELLVILLE
- RUSSELLVILLE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,281 students
- RUSSELLVILLE JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 808 students
- RUSSELLVILLE MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 795 students
- SEQUOYAH ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 542 students
- OAKLAND HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 503 students
- RUSSELLVILLE INTERMEDIATE SCHOOLMiddle · 436 students
Other Dwight Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Dwight Elementary. DWIGHT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the largest of the 2.
- Dwight Elementary SchoolFairfield, CT · 228 students
Nearby schools
- RUSSELLVILLE INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL0.4 mi · 436
- RUSSELLVILLE MIDDLE SCHOOL0.5 mi · 795
- RUSSELLVILLE JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL0.8 mi · 808
- PREMIER HIGH SCHOOL OF RUSSELLVILLE0.8 mi · 31
- SEQUOYAH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.9 mi · 542
- OAKLAND HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.4 mi · 503
Frequently asked questions
About DWIGHT ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHow large is DWIGHT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
DWIGHT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 234 students in grades PK-04.
What grades does DWIGHT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
DWIGHT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves grades PK-04.
How many teachers does DWIGHT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL have?
DWIGHT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL employs 17 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.2:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at DWIGHT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
At DWIGHT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 55% White, 29% Hispanic, 3% Black, 4% Asian, 9% Two or more.
Who oversees DWIGHT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
DWIGHT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is overseen by RUSSELLVILLE SCHOOL DISTRICT in Pope County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.