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Enrollment
570
Elementary
DISTRICT 581 · STATE 418
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SPRINGDALE SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 051266001741
JIM D ROLLINS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL OF INNOVATION
354 E FLETCHER AVENUE, SPRINGDALE, AR 72765 · (479) 750-8880 · Washington County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL570 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 59% 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.
- C+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
18.7:1
30 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 18.0:1 · STATE 16.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
37%
212 students
DISTRICT 74% · 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 | 40 | 7% |
| Kindergarten | 93 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 99 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 87 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 79 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 88 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 84 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (93) is 11% larger than its 5th grade class (84).
Student demographics
55%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 64% · 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
43.5%
AR avg 34.9% . +9.2pp since 2023
Math
52.5%
AR avg 38.9% . +7.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the ATLAS, Arkansas's statewide test, about 44 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 53 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 9 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 7 points.
ATLAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 43.5% | 52.5% |
| 2023-24 | 34.3% | 45.5% |
% 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
45.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
46.0%
based on AR schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-0.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 45% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 46% 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 JIM D ROLLINS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL OF INNOVATION
JIM D ROLLINS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL OF INNOVATION's state test result (45.2% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| JIM D ROLLINS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL OF INNOVATION this school | 570 | 37.2% | 45.2% |
| WILLIS SHAW ELEMENTARY SCH SPRINGDALE | 634 | 32.0% | 56.1% |
| BERNICE YOUNG ELEMENTARY SPRINGDALE | 536 | 36.9% | 52.9% |
| ARKANSAS ARTS ACADEMY ELEMENTARY ROGERS | 523 | 43.8% | 46.3% |
| SPRINGHILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ALEXANDER | 551 | 37.9% | 52.0% |
| HOLCOMB ELEMENTARY SCHOOL FAYETTEVILLE | 603 | 30.5% | 57.5% |
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 JIM D ROLLINS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL OF INNOVATION ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Arkansas | In Washington County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 45.2% | #121 of 461 | #14 of 34 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 52.5% | #101 of 465 ▲ 38 | #7 of 34 ▲ 6 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 43.5% | #135 of 465 ▲ 99 | #13 of 34 ▲ 3 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 570 | #94 of 531 | #11 of 36 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.7:1 | #427 of 480 | #29 of 35 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 54.6% | #181 of 480 | #20 of 35 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 37.2% | #472 of 513 | #29 of 35 |
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.
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 570 | 30.4 | 18.7:1 | 37% (212) |
| 2023-24 | 482 | 32.3 | 14.9:1 | 39% (186) |
| 2022-23 | 436 | 24.4 | 17.9:1 | 32% (140) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for JIM D ROLLINS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL OF INNOVATION.
About JIM D ROLLINS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL OF INNOVATION
JIM D ROLLINS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL OF INNOVATION is a medium-sized elementary school for students in SPRINGDALE, Arkansas. The school's enrollment of 570 students covers pre-K through 5. Statewide, elementary schools in Arkansas average about 418 students each.
SPRINGDALE SCHOOL DISTRICT, which runs JIM D ROLLINS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL OF INNOVATION, has 29 schools and 22,685 students.
By race and ethnicity, JIM D ROLLINS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL OF INNOVATION is 63% White. Beyond that, enrollment is 22% Hispanic, 7% multiracial, and 4% Pacific Islander. The White share in Washington County as a whole is similar, at about 63%. The chance that two students picked at random at JIM D ROLLINS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL OF INNOVATION belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 55%.
With 30.4 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25, the ratio at JIM D ROLLINS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL OF INNOVATION was 18.7:1. Among elementary schools in Arkansas, the typical ratio is 16.0:1. JIM D ROLLINS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL OF INNOVATION's free or reduced-price lunch eligibility rate is 37%. It compares with 58% for public schools in Washington County.
allk12 grades JIM D ROLLINS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL OF INNOVATION a B. The grade compares the school only with Arkansas public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
When test results are adjusted for free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, JIM D ROLLINS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL OF INNOVATION is within a point of its prediction. Actual: 45.2%. Predicted: 46.0%.
County data help place the school in context: in Washington County, median household income is about $70,639, about 35% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 9%. JIM D ROLLINS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL OF INNOVATION is among the 76 public schools in Washington County.
The nearest other public school, HELLSTERN MIDDLE SCHOOL, is about 1.4 miles away. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of JIM D ROLLINS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL OF INNOVATION. JIM D ROLLINS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL OF INNOVATION places 4th of 9 on proficiency among the closest schools that report scores.
NCES lists the school's locale as Suburb: Large. That means it sits in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Discussion on this page can cover school safety, transportation, and start times. Reviews and ratings from people who know the school are welcome.
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 SPRINGDALE SCHOOL DISTRICT
- HAR-BER HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,271 students
- SPRINGDALE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,207 students
- DON TYSON SCHOOL OF INNOVATIONCombined · 1,976 students
- HUNT ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 890 students
- CENTRAL JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 852 students
- HELLSTERN MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 849 students
Other schools in SPRINGDALE
- HAR-BER HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,271 students
- SPRINGDALE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,207 students
- DON TYSON SCHOOL OF INNOVATIONCombined · 1,976 students
- HUNT ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 890 students
- CENTRAL JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 852 students
- HELLSTERN MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 849 students
Nearby schools
- HELLSTERN MIDDLE SCHOOL1.4 mi · 849
- HAR-BER HIGH SCHOOL1.6 mi · 2,271
- BERNICE YOUNG ELEMENTARY1.9 mi · 536
- HELEN TYSON MIDDLE SCHOOL3.3 mi · 676
- WALKER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL3.4 mi · 605
- WILLIS SHAW ELEMENTARY SCH3.9 mi · 634
Frequently asked questions
About JIM D ROLLINS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL OF INNOVATIONHow large is JIM D ROLLINS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL OF INNOVATION?
JIM D ROLLINS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL OF INNOVATION enrolls approximately 570 students in grades PK-05.
Is JIM D ROLLINS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL OF INNOVATION an elementary, middle, or high school?
JIM D ROLLINS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL OF INNOVATION is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at JIM D ROLLINS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL OF INNOVATION?
Approximately 18.7:1 students per teacher at JIM D ROLLINS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL OF INNOVATION.
What is the racial breakdown of students at JIM D ROLLINS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL OF INNOVATION?
At JIM D ROLLINS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL OF INNOVATION, the student body is approximately 63% White, 22% Hispanic, 2% Black, 1% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Is JIM D ROLLINS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL OF INNOVATION public or private?
JIM D ROLLINS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL OF INNOVATION is a public K-12 school, overseen by SPRINGDALE SCHOOL DISTRICT.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.