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What's the one class at HOLCOMB ELEMENTARY SCHOOL every student should take?
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Enrollment
603
Elementary
DISTRICT 463 · STATE 418
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·FAYETTEVILLE SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 050612000229
HOLCOMB ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
2900 N SALEM ROAD, FAYETTEVILLE, AR 72704 · (479) 527-3610 · Washington County
GRADES PK–04ELEMENTARY12-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL603 STUDENTS
A
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 85% of Arkansas public elementary schools
- ATest 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
Student : Teacher
20.8:1
29 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.9:1 · STATE 16.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
31%
184 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
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 20 | 3% |
| Kindergarten | 108 | 18% |
| Grade 1 | 121 | 20% |
| Grade 2 | 117 | 19% |
| Grade 3 | 131 | 22% |
| Grade 4 | 106 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (108) is about the same size as its 4th grade class (106).
Student demographics
53%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 58% · 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
57.8%
AR avg 34.9% . +3.6pp since 2023
Math
62.8%
AR avg 38.9% . +4.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the ATLAS, Arkansas's statewide test, about 58 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 63 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 4 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 4 points.
ATLAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 57.8% | 62.8% |
| 2023-24 | 54.2% | 58.8% |
% 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
57.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.5%
based on AR schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+9.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 58% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 48% 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 HOLCOMB ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
HOLCOMB ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (57.5% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| HOLCOMB ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 603 | 30.5% | 57.5% |
| WILLIS SHAW ELEMENTARY SCH SPRINGDALE | 634 | 32.0% | 56.1% |
| SPRINGHILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ALEXANDER | 551 | 37.9% | 52.0% |
| EAST POINTE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL GREENWOOD | 693 | 32.2% | 57.2% |
| BERNICE YOUNG ELEMENTARY SPRINGDALE | 536 | 36.9% | 52.9% |
| JERRY POP WILLIAMS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL FARMINGTON | 471 | 30.8% | 45.9% |
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 HOLCOMB ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Arkansas | In Washington County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 57.5% | #38 of 461 | #4 of 34 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 62.8% | #40 of 465 ▲ 6 | #3 of 34 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 57.8% | #36 of 465 ▲ 4 | #3 of 34 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 603 | #73 of 531 | #7 of 36 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 20.8:1 | #474 of 480 | #35 of 35 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 53.1% | #200 of 480 | #21 of 35 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 30.5% | #490 of 513 | #33 of 35 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -8.1% | #233 of 311 | #16 of 20 |
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
603
-24 (-4%) vs 2020
+35% since 2000-01, when it was 447
Student : Teacher
20.8:1
was 19.6:1
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 | 603 | 29 | 20.8:1 | 31% (184) |
| 2023-24 | 578 | 32 | 18.1:1 | 29% (165) |
| 2022-23 | 643 | 31 | 20.7:1 | 31% (199) |
| 2020-21 | 627 | 32 | 19.6:1 | 33% (206) |
| 2017-18 | 656 | 34.7 | 18.9:1 | 22% (142) |
| 2015-16 | 593 | 34 | 17.4:1 | 34% (200) |
| 2010-11 | 549 | 32 | 17.2:1 | 42% (231) |
| 2000-01 | 447 | 23 | 19.4:1 | 42% (187) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for HOLCOMB ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About HOLCOMB ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
HOLCOMB ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a mid-sized elementary school serving families in FAYETTEVILLE, Arkansas. In all, 603 students attend the school in pre-K through 4. It has 44% more students than the average for elementary schools in Arkansas (about 418).
FAYETTEVILLE SCHOOL DISTRICT serves 10,291 students across 17 schools.
At HOLCOMB ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, 66% of students are White. It is also 14% Hispanic, 9% multiracial, 7% Black, and 3% Asian. Census estimates put Washington County at about 63% White, close to the school's figure. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, HOLCOMB ELEMENTARY SCHOOL scores 53%.
Staffing at HOLCOMB ELEMENTARY SCHOOL comes to 29 full-time-equivalent teachers, or 20.8:1. Elementary schools in Arkansas average 16.0:1, 4.8 fewer students per teacher than here. HOLCOMB ELEMENTARY SCHOOL counts 31% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The rate at public schools in Washington County averages 58%, higher than here.
On the allk12 Grade, HOLCOMB ELEMENTARY SCHOOL lands at A, ahead of 85% of Arkansas public elementary schools.
Given its share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, HOLCOMB ELEMENTARY SCHOOL would be expected to post about 48.5%. Its actual average proficiency rate across its state test results is 57.5%.
The county, Washington County, is where the school is located. Median household income comes to about $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%. The county's public schools total 76, with about 42,451 students.
HOLT MIDDLE SCHOOL sits about 0.8 miles from HOLCOMB ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Of the 7 nearby schools with scores, including this one, HOLCOMB ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 2nd on average proficiency.
The school's locale code, City: Mid-size, means it is inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
From 627 students in 2020-21, enrollment fell to 603 by 2024-25. Students per teacher increased from 19.6 in 2020-21 to 20.8 in 2024-25.
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Washington County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
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
Related schools
Other schools in FAYETTEVILLE SCHOOL DISTRICT
- FAYETTEVILLE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,588 students
- WOODLAND JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOLMiddle · 765 students
- RAMAY JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOLMiddle · 761 students
- MCNAIR MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 670 students
- OWL CREEK SCHOOLElementary · 619 students
- BUTTERFIELD ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 567 students
Other schools in FAYETTEVILLE
- FAYETTEVILLE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,588 students
- WOODLAND JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOLMiddle · 765 students
- RAMAY JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOLMiddle · 761 students
- MCNAIR MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 670 students
- OWL CREEK SCHOOLElementary · 619 students
- BUTTERFIELD ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 567 students
Other Holcomb Elementary schools
2 other US public schools in 3 states are named Holcomb Elementary. HOLCOMB ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the largest of the 3.
- Holcomb Elementary SchoolOregon City, OR · 516 students
- HOLCOMB ELEM.HOLCOMB, MO · 235 students
Nearby schools
- HOLT MIDDLE SCHOOL0.8 mi · 463
- ASBELL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.9 mi · 319
- LISA ACADEMY FAYETTEVILLE2.0 mi · 377
- LISA ACADEMY FAYETTEVILLE MIDDLE SCHOOL2.0 mi · 31
- OWL CREEK SCHOOL2.6 mi · 619
- LEVERETT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.7 mi · 238
Frequently asked questions
About HOLCOMB ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHow many students attend HOLCOMB ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
HOLCOMB ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 603 students in grades PK-04.
What grades does HOLCOMB ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
HOLCOMB ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves grades PK-04.
What is the student-teacher ratio at HOLCOMB ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at HOLCOMB ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is approximately 20.8:1 (29 FTE teachers).
How diverse is HOLCOMB ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
HOLCOMB ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports a student body of 66% White, 14% Hispanic, 7% Black, 3% Asian, 9% Two or more.
Who oversees HOLCOMB ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
HOLCOMB ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is overseen by FAYETTEVILLE SCHOOL DISTRICT in Washington County.
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