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Enrollment
562
Elementary
DISTRICT 547 · STATE 418
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BRYANT SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 050369001563
HILL FARM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
500 HILL FARM RD, BRYANT, AR 72022 · (501) 653-5950 · Saline County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL562 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 54% of Arkansas public elementary schools
- B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats 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
Student : Teacher
16.8:1
33 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.6:1 · STATE 16.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
74%
414 students
DISTRICT 55% · 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
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 84 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 97 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 75 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 91 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 102 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 113 | 20% |
This year's kindergarten class (84) is 26% smaller than its 5th grade class (113).
Student demographics
69%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 65% · STATE 61% · US 70%
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
Test scores
ATLAS 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3+4)English Language Arts
33.5%
AR avg 34.9% . -1.5pp since 2023
Math
46.3%
AR avg 38.9% . -5.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the ATLAS, Arkansas's statewide test, about 34 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 46 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Arkansas schools, those numbers are about 35 and 39. Reading and writing scores are down about 2 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 5 points.
ATLAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 33.5% | 46.3% |
| 2023-24 | 35.0% | 51.6% |
% 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 · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
37.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
32.4%
based on AR schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+5.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 38% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 32% 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 HILL FARM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
HILL FARM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (37.5% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| HILL FARM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 562 | 73.7% | 37.5% |
| ROBERT L. DAVIS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ALEXANDER | 504 | 73.8% | 34.7% |
| FAIRVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL FORT SMITH | 582 | 80.6% | 33.3% |
| PRESTON & FLORENCE MATTISON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CONWAY | 417 | 70.5% | 35.1% |
| OWL CREEK SCHOOL FAYETTEVILLE | 619 | 69.6% | 36.2% |
| SONORA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL SPRINGDALE | 604 | 74.8% | 31.6% |
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 HILL FARM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Arkansas | In Saline County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 37.5% | #215 of 461 | #12 of 16 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 46.3% | #159 of 465 ▼ 68 | #11 of 16 ▼ 5 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 33.5% | #254 of 465 ▼ 29 | #14 of 16 ▼ 3 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 562 | #100 of 531 | #4 of 17 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.8:1 | #292 of 480 | #12 of 17 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 69.1% | #22 of 480 | #2 of 17 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 73.7% | #256 of 513 | #2 of 17 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -2.4% | #292 of 311 | #13 of 14 |
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 2024-25Enrollment
562
+2 (+0%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
16.8:1
was 15.6:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 562 | 33.4 | 16.8:1 | 74% (414) |
| 2023-24 | 566 | 30.8 | 18.4:1 | 69% (388) |
| 2022-23 | 594 | 35 | 17.0:1 | 69% (412) |
| 2020-21 | 560 | 36 | 15.6:1 | 68% (379) |
| 2017-18 | 576 | 34.6 | 16.7:1 | 33% (190) |
| 2015-16 | 578 | 33 | 17.5:1 | 45% (262) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for HILL FARM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About HILL FARM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
HILL FARM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a medium-sized elementary school serving families in BRYANT, Arkansas. Enrollment is 562 students in 2024-25, and the school serves kindergarten through 5. Against the 418-student average for elementary schools in Arkansas, enrollment here is 34% higher.
BRYANT SCHOOL DISTRICT enrolls 9,827 students in 12 schools, including HILL FARM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
By race and ethnicity, the largest group at HILL FARM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is White (39%). Other students are 32% Hispanic, 23% Black, and 6% multiracial. That is lower than the 80% White share among all Saline County residents. By the diversity index, HILL FARM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL comes in at 69%.
Its teaching staff equals 33.4 full-time positions, a ratio of 16.8:1. For comparison, elementary schools in Arkansas average 16.0:1. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility, a common measure of family income, is 74%. The 47% average for public schools in Saline County is 27 points lower.
allk12 grades HILL FARM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL a B-. The grade compares the school only with Arkansas public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
HILL FARM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's actual average proficiency rate on state tests (37.5%) and its predicted rate (32.4%) put it outside the top and bottom 10% of Arkansas schools.
In Saline County (population about 127,479), median household income is about $79,046, roughly 29% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. HILL FARM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 33 public schools in Saline County, which together enroll about 20,022 students.
The closest public school to HILL FARM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is BRYANT JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL, about 0.2 miles away. Within five miles of HILL FARM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, there are at least 8 other public schools. On proficiency, HILL FARM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is behind the 39.3% nearby average, ranking 5th of 9.
Under the NCES locale system, HILL FARM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is Suburb: Large.
The student count changed little between 2020-21 (560) and 2024-25 (562). The student-to-teacher ratio went up from 15.6:1 to 16.8:1.
Topics for discussion here include school safety, transportation, and start times. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
Saline County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
127,479
Census ACS
Median income
$79,046
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
29%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
33
20,022 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in BRYANT SCHOOL DISTRICT
- BRYANT HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,369 students
- BRYANT JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,545 students
- BRYANT ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 785 students
- BRYANT MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 774 students
- BETHEL MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 762 students
- PARKWAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 568 students
Other schools in BRYANT
- BRYANT HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,369 students
- BRYANT JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,545 students
- BRYANT ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 785 students
Nearby schools
- BRYANT JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL0.2 mi · 1,545
- BRYANT HIGH SCHOOL1.3 mi · 2,369
- PINE HAVEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.4 mi · 753
- BRYANT MIDDLE SCHOOL1.6 mi · 774
- BRYANT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.7 mi · 785
- BAUXITE MIDDLE SCHOOL2.2 mi · 413
Frequently asked questions
About HILL FARM ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHow many students attend HILL FARM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
HILL FARM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 562 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does HILL FARM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
HILL FARM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many teachers does HILL FARM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL have?
HILL FARM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL employs 33 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 16.8:1.
What is the student diversity at HILL FARM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
Student demographics at HILL FARM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL are roughly 39% White, 32% Hispanic, 23% Black, 0% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Is HILL FARM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL public or private?
HILL FARM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a public K-12 school, overseen by BRYANT SCHOOL DISTRICT.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.