HUNT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

Located at 3511 SILENT GROVE ROAD, in SPRINGDALE, Arkansas, HUNT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a well-populated elementary-level community that enrolls 890 students (grades pre-K through 5), overseen by SPRINGDALE SCHOOL DISTRICT. That puts it 113% bigger than the typical public school in Arkansas, which averages around 418 students.

HUNT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 29 schools operated by SPRINGDALE SCHOOL DISTRICT, a district that instructs 22,685 students overall.

On the student-mix side, HUNT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports that 46% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Beyond that, the school logs 33% White, 10% Pacific Islander, 5% multiracial, 3% Black. The wider county runs roughly 19% Hispanic, putting the school's mix noticeably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the resource side, The school lists 50 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 17.7:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 16.0:1 average. Roughly 57% of students at HUNT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Benton County runs at roughly 37%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), HUNT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 37.8% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 49.6%.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Benton County) records that median household earnings sit near $93,506, roughly 38% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Benton County's 88 public schools (combined enrollment of about 57,071 students), HUNT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is THURMAN G. SMITH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, roughly 1.3 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), HUNT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks 1st on composite proficiency, above the local average of 24.5%.

The school occupies a high-density site.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at HUNT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has rose 5%, going from 846 students in 2018 to 890 in 2025. The White share of enrollment shrank from 49% to 33% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 23.0:1 in 2018 to 17.7:1 today.

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