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SCHOOL COMMUNITY·FAYETTEVILLE SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 050612000321

HAPPY HOLLOW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

2175 EAST PEPPERVINE DRIVE, FAYETTEVILLE, AR 72701 · (479) 444-3085 · Washington County
GRADES PK–04ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL521 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 78% of Arkansas public elementary schools
  • A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
  • B+Beats 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

Enrollment
521
Elementary
DISTRICT 463 · STATE 418
Student : Teacher
18.6:1
28 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.9:1 · STATE 16.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
47%
245 students
DISTRICT 44% · STATE 70%
Community
6
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

GradeStudentsShare
Pre-K204%
Kindergarten9719%
Grade 19819%
Grade 210220%
Grade 310119%
Grade 410320%

This year's kindergarten class (97) is 6% smaller than its 4th grade class (103).

Student demographics
56%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 58% · STATE 61% · US 70%
White
32663%
DISTRICT 61% · STATE 57% · US 43%
Hispanic
8216%
DISTRICT 15% · STATE 15% · US 30%
Black
448%
DISTRICT 11% · STATE 19% · US 15%
Asian
41%
DISTRICT 2% · STATE 2% · US 6%
Two+
5811%
DISTRICT 9% · STATE 5% · US 5%
Pacific Islander
71%
DISTRICT 2% · STATE 1% · US 0%
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
Male
26150%
Female
26050%

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Test scores

ATLAS 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3+4)
English Language Arts
51.5%
AR avg 34.9% . +2.6pp since 2023
Math
47.6%
AR avg 38.9% . +0.7pp since 2023

What this means: On the ATLAS, Arkansas's statewide test, about 52 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 48 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 3 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.

ATLAS results by year

School yearEnglish Language ArtsMath
2024-2551.5%47.6%
2023-2448.9%46.9%
% 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 · methodology
Tier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
50.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
42.3%
based on AR schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+8.1pp
above demographic expectation

What this means: About 50% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 42% 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 HAPPY HOLLOW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

HAPPY HOLLOW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (50.4% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 4 schools below with a result.

SchoolStudentsLow-incomeProficient
HAPPY HOLLOW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school52147.0%50.4%
BUTTERFIELD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
FAYETTEVILLE
56747.3%52.2%
SALEM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
BENTON
46945.0%48.1%
SOUTHSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
CABOT
55146.1%46.5%
LAKESIDE PRIMARY SCHOOL
HOT SPRINGS
58350.8%N/A
ARKANSAS ARTS ACADEMY ELEMENTARY
ROGERS
52343.8%46.3%
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 HAPPY HOLLOW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks

Among elementary schools
MeasureThis schoolIn ArkansasIn Washington County
State test proficiency
ranked highest first
50.4%#77 of 461#9 of 34
Math proficiency
ranked highest first
47.6%#144 of 465
▼ 12
#13 of 34
▼ 1
Reading proficiency
ranked highest first
51.5%#71 of 465
▲ 5
#9 of 34
▲ 1
Enrollment
ranked largest first
521#129 of 531#17 of 36
Students per teacher
ranked fewest first
18.6:1#412 of 480#26 of 35
Diversity index
ranked most diverse first
56.4%#160 of 480#17 of 35
Free and reduced lunch
ranked highest share first
47.0%#437 of 513#26 of 35
Enrollment change since 2017-18
ranked fastest growth first
+4.6%#103 of 138#9 of 11
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 2024-25
Enrollment
521
+52 (+11%) vs 2020
+13% since 1990-91, when it was 461
Student : Teacher
18.6:1
was 17.4:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Enrollment and staffing by year

School yearStudentsTeachers (FTE)Students per teacherFree and reduced lunch
2024-255212818.6:147% (245)
2023-245132719.0:144% (226)
2022-235332521.3:143% (229)
2020-214692717.4:141% (191)
2017-1849827.418.2:122% (111)
2015-164702518.8:143% (200)
2010-114122417.2:150% (205)
2000-013401917.9:140% (137)
1990-914612220.9:1N/A
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for HAPPY HOLLOW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.

About HAPPY HOLLOW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

HAPPY HOLLOW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a medium-sized elementary school for students in FAYETTEVILLE, Arkansas. The school reports 521 students in pre-K through 4. The school's enrollment is 25% above the 418 average for elementary schools in Arkansas.

HAPPY HOLLOW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL sits within FAYETTEVILLE SCHOOL DISTRICT, which has 17 schools and 10,291 students.

At HAPPY HOLLOW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, White students make up 63% of the student body. After that, the student body is 16% Hispanic, 11% multiracial, and 8% Black. For comparison, Washington County is about 63% White. The school's diversity index is 56%, meaning two students picked at random have a 56% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.

The count of teachers at HAPPY HOLLOW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 28 full-time equivalents, for a ratio of 18.6:1. That is higher than the 16.0:1 average for elementary schools in Arkansas. The school counts 245 students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, or 47%. For comparison, public schools in Washington County average 58%.

HAPPY HOLLOW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is graded A- by allk12, scoring above 78% of Arkansas public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.

A school with HAPPY HOLLOW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's lunch-eligibility share in Arkansas is predicted to score 42.3%. HAPPY HOLLOW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL scores 50.4%, 8.1 points above that line.

Census estimates describe Washington County this way: the median household income is $70,639, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 35% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 9%. In all, Washington County has 76 public schools and roughly 42,451 students.

The closest public school to HAPPY HOLLOW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is FAYETTEVILLE VIRTUAL ACADEMY A DIST CONVERSION CHARTER SCH, about 0.2 miles away. HAPPY HOLLOW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. HAPPY HOLLOW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL comes in 6th of 8 nearby schools on average proficiency.

HAPPY HOLLOW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has an NCES locale of City: Mid-size.

HAPPY HOLLOW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's enrollment climbed from 469 in 2020-21 to 521 in 2024-25. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio rose to 18.6:1, from 17.4:1.

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Washington County at a glance

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Population
256,765
Census ACS
Median income
$70,639
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
35%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
76
42,451 students

Quick facts

School name
HAPPY HOLLOW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
District
FAYETTEVILLE SCHOOL DISTRICT
Address
2175 EAST PEPPERVINE DRIVE, FAYETTEVILLE, AR 72701
Phone
(479) 444-3085
County
Washington County
Level
Elementary
Grade range
PK–04
Total enrollment
521
Teachers (FTE)
28
Student–teacher ratio
18.6:1
Free and reduced lunch
245 (47%)
Locale
12-City: Mid-size
NCES ID
050612000321
Charter school
No
Virtual school
No

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Frequently asked questions

About HAPPY HOLLOW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
What is the total enrollment at HAPPY HOLLOW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
HAPPY HOLLOW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 521 students in grades PK-04.
What grades does HAPPY HOLLOW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
HAPPY HOLLOW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves grades PK-04.
How many teachers does HAPPY HOLLOW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL have?
HAPPY HOLLOW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL employs 28 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 18.6:1.
What is the student diversity at HAPPY HOLLOW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
Student demographics at HAPPY HOLLOW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL are roughly 63% White, 16% Hispanic, 8% Black, 1% Asian, 11% Two or more.
Who oversees HAPPY HOLLOW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
HAPPY HOLLOW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is overseen by FAYETTEVILLE SCHOOL DISTRICT in Washington County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.
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