JOHN TYSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

JOHN TYSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a moderately sized elementary campus in SPRINGDALE, Arkansas, operated by SPRINGDALE SCHOOL DISTRICT. The school serves 571 students in grades pre-K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 418 students per school, that is 37% above typical.

Across the 29 schools in SPRINGDALE SCHOOL DISTRICT (22,685 students total), JOHN TYSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

In terms of who attends, JOHN TYSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL shows that 55% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Other groups include 32% White, 7% Pacific Islander, 3% multiracial. That is visibly more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 19%.

In terms of school funding signals, JOHN TYSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL lists 31 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 18.7:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 16.0:1 average. Around 72% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Washington County (around 58%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, JOHN TYSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 32.5%, the actual is 46.7%, a residual of +14.2 points.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Washington County indicate median household income runs about $70,639, roughly 35% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 9%. In all, Washington County runs 76 public schools (combined enrollment of about 42,451 students), of which JOHN TYSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one.

SOUTHWEST JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.5 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), JOHN TYSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks 1st on composite proficiency, above the local average of 23.6%.

JOHN TYSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL operates from a downtown location.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count changed only slightly: 567 students in 2018 compared to 571 in 2025.

On the community side, posts here usually surface around fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.