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What's one thing OLIVER SPRINGS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL gets right about preparing students for what comes next?
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Enrollment
441
Elementary
DISTRICT 442 · STATE 418
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·VAN BUREN SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 051341001699
OLIVER SPRINGS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
505 NORTHRIDGE DRIVE EAST, VAN BUREN, AR 72956 · (479) 471-3120 · Crawford County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY22-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL441 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 74% of Arkansas public elementary schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+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
18.1:1
24 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 18.1:1 · STATE 16.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
54%
237 students
DISTRICT 67% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 66 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 70 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 77 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 71 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 68 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 89 | 20% |
This year's kindergarten class (66) is 26% smaller than its 5th grade class (89).
Student demographics
50%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 55% · 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
42.4%
AR avg 34.9% . -3.6pp since 2023
Math
51.5%
AR avg 38.9% . +1.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the ATLAS, Arkansas's statewide test, about 42 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 52 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Arkansas schools, those numbers are about 35 and 39. Reading and writing scores are down about 4 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 1 points.
ATLAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 42.4% | 51.5% |
| 2023-24 | 46.0% | 50.2% |
% 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
47.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
39.9%
based on AR schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+7.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 47% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 40% 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 OLIVER SPRINGS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
OLIVER SPRINGS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (47.2% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| OLIVER SPRINGS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 441 | 53.7% | 47.2% |
| RENA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL VAN BUREN | 414 | 54.8% | 44.4% |
| SEQUOYAH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL RUSSELLVILLE | 542 | 54.6% | 58.0% |
| HAPPY HOLLOW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL FAYETTEVILLE | 521 | 47.0% | 50.4% |
| EAST END ELEMENTARY SCHOOL LITTLE ROCK | 442 | 49.8% | N/A |
| MCRAE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL SEARCY | 445 | 60.4% | 42.7% |
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 OLIVER SPRINGS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Arkansas | In Crawford County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 47.2% | #105 of 461 | #1 of 10 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 51.5% | #110 of 465 ▼ 9 | #3 of 10 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 42.4% | #145 of 465 ▼ 48 | #2 of 10 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 441 | #224 of 531 | #5 of 11 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.1:1 | #385 of 480 | #5 of 10 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 50.4% | #223 of 480 | #5 of 10 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 53.7% | #401 of 513 | #9 of 11 |
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
441
+67 (+18%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
18.1:1
was 17.0:1
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 | 441 | 24.3 | 18.1:1 | 54% (237) |
| 2023-24 | 463 | 24.3 | 19.0:1 | 51% (236) |
| 2022-23 | 476 | 24.2 | 19.6:1 | 46% (217) |
| 2020-21 | 374 | 22 | 17.0:1 | 39% (147) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for OLIVER SPRINGS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About OLIVER SPRINGS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
OLIVER SPRINGS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a mid-sized elementary school in VAN BUREN SCHOOL DISTRICT, located in VAN BUREN, Arkansas. Enrollment stands at 441 students, covering kindergarten through 5.
OLIVER SPRINGS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL falls under VAN BUREN SCHOOL DISTRICT, which has 11 schools enrolling 5,703 students.
The share of White students at OLIVER SPRINGS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 67%, a majority. Other students are 19% Hispanic and 10% multiracial. That is lower than the 81% White share among all Crawford County residents. A diversity index of 50% means there is a 50% chance two randomly chosen students at OLIVER SPRINGS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL are from different groups.
The school had 24.3 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25. Its student-to-teacher ratio is 18.1:1. Across elementary schools in Arkansas, the average ratio is 16.0:1. The eligibility rate for free or reduced-price meals is 54%. The gap from the 65% average for public schools in Crawford County is 11 points.
On the allk12 Grade, OLIVER SPRINGS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL lands at B+, ahead of 74% of Arkansas public elementary schools.
Given its share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, OLIVER SPRINGS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL would be expected to post about 39.9%. Its actual average proficiency rate across its state test results is 47.2%.
For Crawford County, Census Bureau data show the median household earns about $64,132 a year, roughly 20% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 10%. Public schools in Crawford County number 23, with about 10,496 students.
OLIVER SPRINGS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is about 0.5 miles from RIVER VALLEY VIRTUAL ACADEMY, its nearest public school. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. OLIVER SPRINGS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's average proficiency of 47.2% compares with 36.3% for its nearest scored neighbors.
NCES lists the school's locale as Suburb: Mid-size. That means it sits in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, OLIVER SPRINGS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL had a net gain of 67 students, or 18%. The school's ratio increased from 17.0:1 to 18.1:1 between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
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Crawford County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
61,139
Census ACS
Median income
$64,132
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
20%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
23
10,496 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in VAN BUREN SCHOOL DISTRICT
- VAN BUREN HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,232 students
- NORTHRIDGE MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 713 students
- BUTTERFIELD TRAIL MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 557 students
- VAN BUREN FRESHMAN ACADEMYHigh · 468 students
- CENTRAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 466 students
- JAMES R. TATE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 459 students
Other schools in VAN BUREN
- VAN BUREN HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,232 students
- NORTHRIDGE MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 713 students
- BUTTERFIELD TRAIL MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 557 students
- VAN BUREN FRESHMAN ACADEMYHigh · 468 students
- CENTRAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 466 students
- JAMES R. TATE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 459 students
Nearby schools
- RIVER VALLEY VIRTUAL ACADEMY0.5 mi · 79
- NORTHRIDGE MIDDLE SCHOOL0.6 mi · 713
- VAN BUREN FRESHMAN ACADEMY1.2 mi · 468
- VAN BUREN HIGH SCHOOL1.4 mi · 1,232
- RENA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.5 mi · 414
- PARKVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.9 mi · 437
Frequently asked questions
About OLIVER SPRINGS ELEMENTARY SCHOOLWhat is the total enrollment at OLIVER SPRINGS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
OLIVER SPRINGS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 441 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does OLIVER SPRINGS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
OLIVER SPRINGS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at OLIVER SPRINGS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
Approximately 18.1:1 students per teacher at OLIVER SPRINGS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
How diverse is OLIVER SPRINGS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
OLIVER SPRINGS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports a student body of 67% White, 19% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Asian, 10% Two or more.
Is OLIVER SPRINGS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL public or private?
OLIVER SPRINGS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a public K-12 school, overseen by VAN BUREN SCHOOL DISTRICT.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.