OAKLAND HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

OAKLAND HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a mid-tier K-5 school in RUSSELLVILLE, Arkansas, part of RUSSELLVILLE SCHOOL DISTRICT. The school serves 503 students in grades pre-K through 4. By comparison, Arkansas's public schools average about 418 students each, so OAKLAND HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL sits 20% bigger than that benchmark.

RUSSELLVILLE SCHOOL DISTRICT runs 10 schools in total, collectively educating 5,591 students. OAKLAND HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, OAKLAND HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL records that the most-represented group is Hispanic (46%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups; the rest consists of 37% White, 8% multiracial, 8% Black. The wider county runs roughly 11% Hispanic, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, OAKLAND HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has 29 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 17.3:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 16.0:1 average. About 86% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is higher than Pope County's rate of about 64%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, OAKLAND HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 27.4%; this one delivers 30.2%.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Pope County) reports that the typical household earns roughly $57,344 per year, roughly 25% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 12% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Pope County runs 25 public schools (combined enrollment of about 10,311 students), of which OAKLAND HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one.

Nearest neighbor: PREMIER HIGH SCHOOL OF RUSSELLVILLE, around 0.6 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), OAKLAND HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks 6th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 35.9%.

Geographically, the school is in a town-center area.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count fell 7%: 541 students in 2018 compared to 503 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio widened from 14.6:1 in 2018 to 17.3:1 today.

On this page, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Members of the school community can share what they know.