LEVERETT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

As a cozy elementary-level community in FAYETTEVILLE, Arkansas, LEVERETT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL works with 238 students from grades pre-K through 4, part of FAYETTEVILLE SCHOOL DISTRICT. Enrollment runs roughly 43% below the state mean of about 418.

Within FAYETTEVILLE SCHOOL DISTRICT, which oversees 17 schools and 10,291 students, LEVERETT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one campus in the system.

On demographics, LEVERETT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL lists that 47% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. The remainder looks like 20% Hispanic, 17% Black, 11% multiracial, 3% Asian. That is visibly less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 63%.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 14 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 17.0:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 16.0:1, putting LEVERETT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL higher than the state norm the norm. Around 56% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, LEVERETT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 38.3%; this one delivers 44.9%.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Washington County) logs that median household income runs about $70,639, about 35% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, 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 LEVERETT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one.

ASBELL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.8 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, LEVERETT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL comes 4th of 9 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 41.4%.

Geographically, the school is in a high-density area.

Looking at the recent track record. LEVERETT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's enrollment has shrank 14% since 2018, when it stood at 276 (now 238). White enrollment moved from 60% to 47% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio grew from 13.3:1 in 2018 to 17.0:1 today.

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