HARP ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

HARP ELEMENTARY SCHOOL operates as an average-sized elementary school in SPRINGDALE, Arkansas, part of SPRINGDALE SCHOOL DISTRICT. Current enrollment sits at 559 students spanning grades pre-K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 34% larger than the state mean of about 418.

SPRINGDALE SCHOOL DISTRICT comprises 29 schools with combined enrollment of 22,685 students; HARP ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is among them.

Demographically, HARP ELEMENTARY SCHOOL shows that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 59% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school reports 21% White, 12% Pacific Islander, 4% multiracial, 2% Asian. By comparison, Washington County as a whole is about 19% Hispanic, so the school skews visibly more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, HARP ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has 31 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 17.8:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 16.0:1 average. An estimated 79% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is north of Washington County's rate of about 58%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, HARP ELEMENTARY SCHOOL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 30.1%, the actual is 25.9%, a residual of -4.2 points.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Washington County indicate the typical household earns roughly $70,639 per year, about 35% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 9%. HARP ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 76 public schools in Washington County (combined enrollment of about 42,451 students).

LAKESIDE JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.5 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts HARP ELEMENTARY SCHOOL at 3rd of 8; the average score across the group is 25.7%.

Geographically, the school is in a city-core area.

Trend over the last 7 years. HARP ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's enrollment has remained close to its prior level since 2018, when it stood at 559 (now 559). The White share of enrollment edged down from 32% to 21% over that span.

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