ELMDALE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

ELMDALE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of the average-sized K-5 schools in SPRINGDALE, Arkansas, one of the schools within SPRINGDALE SCHOOL DISTRICT, with 510 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 418 students per school, that is 22% larger than typical.

SPRINGDALE SCHOOL DISTRICT runs 29 schools in total, collectively educating 22,685 students. ELMDALE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of those campuses.

In terms of who attends, ELMDALE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL lists that 74% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. Beyond that, the school records 15% White, 5% Pacific Islander, 3% multiracial. That is considerably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 19%.

On the resource side, On paper, ELMDALE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has 27 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 19.1:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 16.0:1, putting ELMDALE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL higher than the state norm the norm. Around 89% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Washington County (around 58%), the school's rate is somewhat above typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, ELMDALE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 26.4%, the actual is 14.1%, a residual of -12.3 points.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Washington County indicate median household earnings sit near $70,639, 35% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 9%. ELMDALE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 76 public schools in Washington County (combined enrollment of about 42,451 students).

The closest other public school is SPRINGDALE HIGH SCHOOL, roughly 0.5 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around ELMDALE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), ELMDALE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks 8th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 32.6%.

Geographically, the school is in an urban area.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at ELMDALE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has edged down 19%, going from 631 students in 2018 to 510 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment edged up from 68% to 74% over that span.

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