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Enrollment
514
Elementary
DISTRICT 354 · STATE 418
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·FORT SMITH SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 050633000378
JOHN P. WOODS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
3201 MASSARD RD, FORT SMITH, AR 72903 · (479) 452-5808 · Sebastian County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL514 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
19.3:1
27 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 18.1:1 · STATE 16.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
50%
257 students
DISTRICT 78% · 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 | 4% |
| Kindergarten | 75 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 79 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 82 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 91 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 83 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 84 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (75) is 11% smaller than its 5th grade class (84).
Student demographics
65%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 71% · 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
60.7%
AR avg 34.9% . -0.2pp since 2023
Math
58.8%
AR avg 38.9% . -0.9pp since 2023
What this means: On the ATLAS, Arkansas's statewide test, about 61 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 59 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Arkansas schools, those numbers are about 35 and 39. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
ATLAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 60.7% | 58.8% |
| 2023-24 | 60.9% | 59.7% |
% 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of AR schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
58.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
41.2%
based on AR schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+17.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 59% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 41% typical for Arkansas schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 18 points, placing it in Arkansas's top 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 JOHN P. WOODS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
JOHN P. WOODS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (58.9% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| JOHN P. WOODS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 514 | 50.0% | 58.9% |
| THE INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL AT MARY MAE JONES BENTONVILLE | 567 | 42.5% | 50.6% |
| LISA ACADEMY FAYETTEVILLE FAYETTEVILLE | 377 | 41.9% | 52.6% |
| GENTRY PRIMARY SCHOOL GENTRY | 347 | 55.3% | N/A |
| GENTRY INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL GENTRY | 416 | 55.5% | 42.4% |
| R.E. BAKER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL BENTONVILLE | 309 | 38.2% | 54.0% |
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 JOHN P. WOODS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Arkansas | In Sebastian County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 58.9% | #32 of 461 | #2 of 23 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 58.8% | #61 of 465 ▼ 18 | #4 of 23 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 60.7% | #21 of 465 ▲ 1 | #2 of 23 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 514 | #138 of 531 | #4 of 23 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 19.3:1 | #451 of 480 | #19 of 21 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 65.2% | #62 of 480 | #7 of 21 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 50.0% | #424 of 513 | #21 of 23 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -10.5% | #193 of 311 | #15 of 18 |
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
514
-42 (-8%) vs 2020
-7% since 1990-91, when it was 555
Student : Teacher
19.3:1
was 18.5:1
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 | 514 | 26.6 | 19.3:1 | 50% (257) |
| 2023-24 | 505 | 24.4 | 20.7:1 | 51% (258) |
| 2022-23 | 487 | 26.1 | 18.7:1 | 43% (211) |
| 2020-21 | 556 | 30 | 18.5:1 | 44% (246) |
| 2017-18 | 574 | 30.7 | 18.7:1 | 25% (145) |
| 2015-16 | 539 | 27 | 20.0:1 | 41% (220) |
| 2010-11 | 462 | 25 | 18.5:1 | 36% (167) |
| 2000-01 | 455 | 21 | 21.7:1 | 17% (79) |
| 1990-91 | 555 | 23 | 24.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for JOHN P. WOODS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About JOHN P. WOODS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
JOHN P. WOODS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is listed by the National Center for Education Statistics as an elementary school in FORT SMITH, Arkansas. There are 514 students enrolled, covering pre-K through 5. The school is 23% above the average for elementary schools in Arkansas.
FORT SMITH SCHOOL DISTRICT has 27 schools; together they serve 14,164 students.
Of every 100 students at JOHN P. WOODS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, about 54 are White. Other reported shares: 15% Hispanic, 15% multiracial, 11% Asian, and 6% Black. Sebastian County's residents are about 68% White, 14 points above the school's share. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 65%.
There are about 19.3 students for every full-time-equivalent teacher at JOHN P. WOODS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, which has 26.6. Elementary schools in Arkansas average 16.0:1, 3.4 fewer students per teacher than here. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at JOHN P. WOODS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is about 50%. The rate at public schools in Sebastian County averages 65%, higher than here.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, JOHN P. WOODS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL would score about 41.2%. It scores 58.9%, a top-10% result among Arkansas schools on BeatsExpectations.
In Sebastian County, where the school is located, median household income comes to about $57,790, about 23% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 11%. The county has 44 public schools and about 20,239 students.
A public school less than a tenth of a mile away, L. A. CHAFFIN MIDDLE SCHOOL, is the closest to JOHN P. WOODS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. Nearby schools with test data average 38.7% proficiency; JOHN P. WOODS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL posts 58.9%.
JOHN P. WOODS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL falls in the City: Small locale category, used for schools inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.
From 556 students in 2020-21, enrollment fell to 514 by 2024-25.
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Sebastian County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
128,900
Census ACS
Median income
$57,790
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
23%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
44
20,239 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in FORT SMITH SCHOOL DISTRICT
- NORTHSIDE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,231 students
- SOUTHSIDE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,053 students
- RAMSEY MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 801 students
- DORA KIMMONS MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 753 students
- L. A. CHAFFIN MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 753 students
- WILLIAM O. DARBY MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 711 students
Other schools in FORT SMITH
- NORTHSIDE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,231 students
- SOUTHSIDE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,053 students
- RAMSEY MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 801 students
- DORA KIMMONS MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 753 students
- L. A. CHAFFIN MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 753 students
- WILLIAM O. DARBY MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 711 students
Nearby schools
- L. A. CHAFFIN MIDDLE SCHOOL0.1 mi · 753
- EUPER LANE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.4 mi · 397
- FORT SMITH VIRTUAL ACADEMY2.0 mi · 106
- BONNEVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.1 mi · 287
- BARLING ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.2 mi · 316
- SOUTHSIDE HIGH SCHOOL2.8 mi · 2,053
Frequently asked questions
About JOHN P. WOODS ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHow many students attend JOHN P. WOODS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
JOHN P. WOODS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 514 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does JOHN P. WOODS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
JOHN P. WOODS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at JOHN P. WOODS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at JOHN P. WOODS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is approximately 19.3:1 (27 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at JOHN P. WOODS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
Student demographics at JOHN P. WOODS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL are roughly 54% White, 15% Hispanic, 6% Black, 11% Asian, 15% Two or more.
What district is JOHN P. WOODS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL in?
JOHN P. WOODS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is part of FORT SMITH SCHOOL DISTRICT.
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