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What's something MONITOR ELEMENTARY does better than most schools?
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Enrollment
586
Elementary
DISTRICT 581 · STATE 418
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SPRINGDALE SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 051266001452
MONITOR ELEMENTARY
3955 EAST MONITOR ROAD, SPRINGDALE, AR 72765 · (479) 750-8749 · Washington County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL586 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 33% of Arkansas public elementary schools
- CTest 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
18.4:1
32 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 18.0:1 · STATE 16.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
83%
485 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 | 38 | 6% |
| Kindergarten | 84 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 96 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 85 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 87 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 98 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 98 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (84) is 14% smaller than its 5th grade class (98).
Student demographics
67%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
30.4%
AR avg 34.9% . +3.4pp since 2023
Math
34.2%
AR avg 38.9% . +3.7pp since 2023
What this means: On the ATLAS, Arkansas's statewide test, about 30 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 34 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 3 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 4 points.
ATLAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 30.4% | 34.2% |
| 2023-24 | 27.0% | 30.5% |
% 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
29.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
29.1%
based on AR schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-0.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 29% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 29% 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 MONITOR ELEMENTARY
MONITOR ELEMENTARY's state test result (29.0% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| MONITOR ELEMENTARY this school | 586 | 82.8% | 29.0% |
| TURNBOW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL SPRINGDALE | 599 | 81.6% | 35.6% |
| DEQUEEN PRIMARY DE QUEEN | 555 | 79.3% | N/A |
| DEQUEEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL DE QUEEN | 558 | 81.9% | 46.2% |
| OAKLAND HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL RUSSELLVILLE | 503 | 86.1% | 28.8% |
| WESTWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL SPRINGDALE | 498 | 86.1% | 19.7% |
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 MONITOR ELEMENTARY ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Arkansas | In Washington County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 29.0% | #310 of 461 | #26 of 34 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 34.2% | #269 of 465 ▲ 17 | #24 of 34 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 30.4% | #289 of 465 ▲ 41 | #25 of 34 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 586 | #82 of 531 | #9 of 36 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.4:1 | #402 of 480 | #24 of 35 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 66.9% | #37 of 480 | #5 of 35 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 82.8% | #185 of 513 | #10 of 35 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -23.2% | #67 of 311 | #4 of 20 |
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
586
+31 (+6%) vs 2020
-27% since 2010-11, when it was 808
Student : Teacher
18.4:1
was 13.9:1
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 | 586 | 31.8 | 18.4:1 | 83% (485) |
| 2023-24 | 587 | 35.8 | 16.4:1 | 88% (518) |
| 2022-23 | 652 | 33.8 | 19.3:1 | 81% (526) |
| 2020-21 | 555 | 40 | 13.9:1 | 83% (458) |
| 2017-18 | 763 | 42.6 | 17.9:1 | 57% (437) |
| 2015-16 | 859 | 48 | 17.9:1 | 87% (751) |
| 2010-11 | 808 | 42 | 19.2:1 | 80% (647) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for MONITOR ELEMENTARY.
About MONITOR ELEMENTARY
MONITOR ELEMENTARY is a medium-sized elementary school with an address in SPRINGDALE, Arkansas. It enrolled 586 students in pre-K through 5 for the 2024-25 school year. Statewide, elementary schools in Arkansas average about 418 students each.
SPRINGDALE SCHOOL DISTRICT runs 29 schools with a combined 22,685 students. MONITOR ELEMENTARY is one of them.
Hispanic students form the largest group at MONITOR ELEMENTARY, 49% of enrollment. Other groups include 25% White, 17% Pacific Islander, 4% multiracial, and 3% Black. By comparison, Washington County residents are about 19% Hispanic. By the diversity index, MONITOR ELEMENTARY comes in at 67%.
The teaching staff at MONITOR ELEMENTARY is 31.8 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the ratio is 18.4:1. That ratio is over the 16.0:1 average for elementary schools in Arkansas. The percentage of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch is 83%. On average, public schools in Washington County report 58%.
MONITOR ELEMENTARY is graded C by allk12, scoring above 33% of Arkansas public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Given its share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, MONITOR ELEMENTARY would be expected to post about 29.1%. Its actual average proficiency rate on state tests is 29.0%.
Within Washington County, median household income is about $70,639, 35% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 9% of people live in poverty. The public schools of Washington County number 76 and enroll about 42,451.
The closest public school, BAYYARI ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, is about 1.3 miles from MONITOR ELEMENTARY. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. On state test proficiency, MONITOR ELEMENTARY ranks 4th in a group of 9 nearby schools.
The school's locale code, Rural: Fringe, means it is in rural territory close to an urban area.
Enrollment was 555 in 2020-21 and 586 in 2024-25, a gain of 31 students. There were more students per teacher in 2024-25 (18.4:1) than in 2020-21 (13.9:1).
Topics for discussion here include sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
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
- BAYYARI ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.3 mi · 543
- HAAS HALL ACADEMY JONES CENTER2.1 mi · 164
- PARSON HILLS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.3 mi · 517
- LISA ACADEMY SPRINGDALE2.8 mi · 450
- JONES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.8 mi · 464
- DON TYSON SCHOOL OF INNOVATION2.9 mi · 1,976
Frequently asked questions
About MONITOR ELEMENTARYHow many students attend MONITOR ELEMENTARY?
MONITOR ELEMENTARY enrolls approximately 586 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does MONITOR ELEMENTARY serve?
MONITOR ELEMENTARY serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many teachers does MONITOR ELEMENTARY have?
MONITOR ELEMENTARY employs 32 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 18.4:1.
What is the student diversity at MONITOR ELEMENTARY?
Student demographics at MONITOR ELEMENTARY are roughly 25% White, 49% Hispanic, 3% Black, 2% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Who oversees MONITOR ELEMENTARY?
MONITOR ELEMENTARY is overseen by SPRINGDALE SCHOOL DISTRICT in Washington County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.