ELMWOOD MIDDLE SCHOOL

As a sprawling 6-8 campus in ROGERS, Arkansas, ELMWOOD MIDDLE SCHOOL caters to 1,066 students from grades 6 through 8, one of the schools within ROGERS SCHOOL DISTRICT. By comparison, Arkansas's public schools average about 464 students each, so ELMWOOD MIDDLE SCHOOL sits 130% bigger than that benchmark.

ELMWOOD MIDDLE SCHOOL is one of 23 schools operated by ROGERS SCHOOL DISTRICT, a district that instructs 15,688 students overall.

On the student-mix side, ELMWOOD MIDDLE SCHOOL reports that the largest single group is White at 52%, but no single group is in the majority. Other groups include 38% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, 2% Asian. That is considerably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 60%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 64 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 16.6:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 13.9:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Around 39% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, ELMWOOD MIDDLE SCHOOL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 44.2%; this one delivers 54.4%.

In the area at large, Benton County reports that median household income runs about $93,506, 38% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. ELMWOOD MIDDLE SCHOOL is one of 88 public schools in Benton County (combined enrollment of about 57,071 students).

BONNIE GRIMES ELEM. SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around ELMWOOD MIDDLE SCHOOL. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts ELMWOOD MIDDLE SCHOOL at 2nd of 8; the average score across the group is 43.0%.

Geographically, the school is in a high-density area.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at ELMWOOD MIDDLE SCHOOL has ticked up 30%, going from 822 students in 2018 to 1,066 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment shrank from 46% to 38% over that span. Class-load math has loosened: from 14.1:1 in 2018 to 16.6:1 in 2025.

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