HILL FARM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

Set in BRYANT, Arkansas, HILL FARM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a mid-sized elementary school, operated by BRYANT SCHOOL DISTRICT. It works with 562 students across grades K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 34% bigger than the state mean of about 418.

Within BRYANT SCHOOL DISTRICT, which oversees 12 schools and 9,827 students, HILL FARM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one campus in the system.

Looking at the student body, HILL FARM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL logs that the largest single group is White at 39%, but no single group is in the majority. The remainder breaks down as 32% Hispanic, 23% Black, 6% multiracial. By comparison, Saline County as a whole is about 80% White, so the school skews noticeably less White than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 33 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 16.8:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 16.0:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. About 74% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Saline County (around 47%), the school's rate is north of typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, HILL FARM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 31.9%, the actual is 38.4%, a residual of +6.6 points.

In the area at large, census data for Saline County shows the typical household earns roughly $79,046 per year, 29% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. In all, Saline County runs 33 public schools (combined enrollment of about 20,022 students), of which HILL FARM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one.

The closest other public school is BRYANT JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL, roughly 0.2 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, HILL FARM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL comes 5th of 9 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 38.6%.

Geographically, the school is in a bedroom-community area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at HILL FARM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has remained close to its prior level, going from 576 students in 2018 to 562 in 2025. The White share of enrollment declined from 68% to 39% over that span.

On the community side, the feed for HILL FARM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL typically covers science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.