GARFIELD SCHOLARS ACADEMY

GARFIELD SCHOLARS ACADEMY, a micro-enrollment elementary campus in GARFIELD, Arkansas, operated by GARFIELD SCHOLARS' ACADEMY, instructs 73 students, covering grades K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 83% leaner than the state mean of about 418.

GARFIELD SCHOLARS ACADEMY sits inside GARFIELD SCHOLARS' ACADEMY, the local public-school operator responsible for the campus.

On the student-mix side, GARFIELD SCHOLARS ACADEMY shows that the largest single group is White, at 78% of enrollment. The remainder consists of 12% Hispanic, 4% multiracial, 4% Pacific Islander. That is considerably more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 60%.

In terms of school funding signals, The school reports having 7 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 10.4:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 16.0:1 average. Around 40% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy.

With demographic context factored in, GARFIELD SCHOLARS ACADEMY performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 45.1%, the actual is 33.5%, a residual of -11.5 points.

Zooming out to the county, Benton County reports that the typical household earns roughly $93,506 per year, roughly 38% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Benton County runs 88 public schools (combined enrollment of about 57,071 students), of which GARFIELD SCHOLARS ACADEMY is one.

GARFIELD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.8 miles from this campus. 6 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts GARFIELD SCHOLARS ACADEMY at 7th of 8; the average score across the group is 46.4%.

GARFIELD SCHOLARS ACADEMY operates from an outlying location. As a public charter, GARFIELD SCHOLARS ACADEMY runs on public funding but with greater curricular and operational autonomy than a typical district school.

Inside the community feed, the feed for GARFIELD SCHOLARS ACADEMY typically covers fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.