GRAVETTE UPPER ELEMENTARY

GRAVETTE UPPER ELEMENTARY is a primary school of moderately sized scale in GRAVETTE, Arkansas, overseen by GRAVETTE SCHOOL DISTRICT, caters to 480 students in grades 3 through 5.

GRAVETTE SCHOOL DISTRICT comprises 4 schools with combined enrollment of 2,133 students; GRAVETTE UPPER ELEMENTARY is among them.

On the student-mix side, GRAVETTE UPPER ELEMENTARY lists that White students make up the majority at 79%; the rest is composed of 8% Hispanic, 8% multiracial, 3% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 60% White, putting the school's mix noticeably more White than the area baseline.

On the resource side, The school employs 26 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 18.8:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 16.0:1, putting GRAVETTE UPPER ELEMENTARY higher than the state norm the norm. An estimated 48% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Benton County runs at roughly 37%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, GRAVETTE UPPER ELEMENTARY sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 41.3%; this one delivers 42.8%.

Around the school, the surrounding county (Benton County) logs that median household income runs about $93,506, about 38% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. Across Benton County's 88 public schools (combined enrollment of about 57,071 students), GRAVETTE UPPER ELEMENTARY is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: GRAVETTE MIDDLE SCHOOL, around 0.1 miles off. Within five miles, there are 4 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts GRAVETTE UPPER ELEMENTARY at 3rd of 8; the average score across the group is 33.8%.

GRAVETTE UPPER ELEMENTARY operates from a small-town location.

Looking at the recent track record. GRAVETTE UPPER ELEMENTARY's enrollment has ticked up 11% since 2018, when it stood at 431 (now 480). The student-to-teacher ratio widened from 17.4:1 in 2018 to 18.8:1 today.

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