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Enrollment
433
Elementary
DISTRICT 446 · STATE 418
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ROGERS SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 051197001588
JANIE DARR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
6505 MOUNT HEBRON RD, ROGERS, AR 72758 · (479) 631-3553 · Benton County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY13-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL433 STUDENTS
A+
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Scored higher than 95% of Arkansas public elementary schools
- A+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-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
17.7:1
25 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.5:1 · STATE 16.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
11%
47 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 4 | 1% |
| Kindergarten | 65 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 72 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 65 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 73 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 69 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 85 | 20% |
This year's kindergarten class (65) is 24% smaller than its 5th grade class (85).
Student demographics
43%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
73.6%
AR avg 34.9% . +6.2pp since 2023
Math
76.7%
AR avg 38.9% . +3.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the ATLAS, Arkansas's statewide test, about 74 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 77 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 6 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 3 points.
ATLAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 73.6% | 76.7% |
| 2023-24 | 67.4% | 73.4% |
% 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
70.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
55.8%
based on AR schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+14.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 70% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 56% 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 JANIE DARR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
JANIE DARR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (70.1% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| JANIE DARR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 433 | 10.9% | 70.1% |
| THOMAS JEFFERSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL BENTONVILLE | 404 | 16.6% | 60.9% |
| APPLE GLEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL BENTONVILLE | 497 | 19.5% | 69.5% |
| ROOT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL FAYETTEVILLE | 445 | 14.8% | 75.0% |
| SUGAR CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL BENTONVILLE | 381 | 18.6% | 61.1% |
| ELM TREE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL BENTONVILLE | 583 | 14.9% | 65.3% |
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 JANIE DARR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Arkansas | In Benton County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 70.1% | #5 of 461 | #2 of 39 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 76.7% | #6 of 465 ▲ 1 | #3 of 39 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 73.6% | #2 of 465 ▲ 4 | #1 of 39 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 433 | #233 of 531 | #31 of 47 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.7:1 | #351 of 480 | #27 of 44 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 43.3% | #257 of 480 | #34 of 44 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 10.9% | #509 of 513 | #40 of 44 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -37.7% | #14 of 311 | #2 of 26 |
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
433
+81 (+23%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
17.7:1
was 13.5:1
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 | 433 | 24.5 | 17.7:1 | 11% (47) |
| 2023-24 | 421 | 25 | 16.8:1 | 13% (53) |
| 2022-23 | 417 | 24.7 | 16.9:1 | 11% (45) |
| 2020-21 | 352 | 26 | 13.5:1 | 18% (63) |
| 2017-18 | 695 | 39 | 17.8:1 | 10% (72) |
| 2015-16 | 525 | 30 | 17.5:1 | 14% (73) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for JANIE DARR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About JANIE DARR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
JANIE DARR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, located in ROGERS, Arkansas, is a mid-sized elementary school. In all, 433 students attend the school in pre-K through 5.
JANIE DARR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is part of a district of 23 schools: ROGERS SCHOOL DISTRICT, with 15,688 students.
The share of White students at JANIE DARR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 73%, a majority. Smaller groups are 17% Hispanic and 6% multiracial. For comparison, the population of Benton County is roughly 60% White. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 43%.
JANIE DARR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reported 24.5 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25, a ratio of 17.7:1. Elementary schools in Arkansas average 16.0:1, 1.7 fewer students per teacher than here. There are 47 students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, 11% of enrollment. The rate at public schools in Benton County averages 37%, higher than here.
On the allk12 Grade, JANIE DARR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL lands at A+, ahead of 95% of Arkansas public elementary schools.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, JANIE DARR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL would score about 55.8%. It scores 70.1%, 14.3 points above that figure.
In Benton County, median household income comes to about $93,506, roughly 38% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Benton County counts 88 public schools with about 57,071 students.
Of the public schools around it, JANIE DARR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is closest to FAIRVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, about 1.6 miles away. JANIE DARR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Nearby schools average 56.4% on proficiency, and JANIE DARR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is above that at 70.1%.
JANIE DARR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is inside a principal city with a population under 100,000, a location NCES labels City: Small.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, JANIE DARR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL had a net gain of 81 students, or 23%. The number of students per teacher increased from 13.5 to 17.7 over 4 years.
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Benton County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
303,632
Census ACS
Median income
$93,506
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
38%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
88
57,071 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in ROGERS SCHOOL DISTRICT
- ROGERS HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,492 students
- ROGERS HERITAGE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,008 students
- ELMWOOD MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 1,066 students
- KIRKSEY MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 890 students
- OAKDALE MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 809 students
- LINGLE MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 643 students
Other schools in ROGERS
- ROGERS HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,492 students
- ROGERS HERITAGE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,008 students
- ELMWOOD MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 1,066 students
- KIRKSEY MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 890 students
- OAKDALE MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 809 students
- FOUNDERS CLASSICAL ACADEMIES OF ARKANSAS BENTONVILLEElementary · 787 students
Nearby schools
- FAIRVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.6 mi · 580
- BELLVIEW ELEMENTARY1.7 mi · 382
- HAAS HALL ACADEMY ROGERS2.6 mi · 230
- ELZA R. TUCKER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL3.1 mi · 626
- WILLIS SHAW ELEMENTARY SCH3.1 mi · 634
- EVENING STAR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL3.3 mi · 716
Frequently asked questions
About JANIE DARR ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHow many students attend JANIE DARR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
JANIE DARR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 433 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does JANIE DARR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
JANIE DARR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at JANIE DARR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at JANIE DARR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is approximately 17.7:1 (25 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at JANIE DARR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
Student demographics at JANIE DARR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL are roughly 73% White, 17% Hispanic, 1% Black, 2% Asian, 6% Two or more.
What district is JANIE DARR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL in?
JANIE DARR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is part of ROGERS SCHOOL DISTRICT.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.