OSAGE CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

As a reasonably sized elementary school in BENTONVILLE, Arkansas, OSAGE CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL instructs 551 students from grades K through 4, overseen by BENTONVILLE SCHOOL DISTRICT. Enrollment runs roughly 32% above the state mean of about 418.

Within BENTONVILLE SCHOOL DISTRICT, which oversees 24 schools and 19,575 students, OSAGE CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, OSAGE CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL logs that the most-represented group is White (54%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Beyond that, the school reports 18% Asian, 11% Hispanic, 7% Black, 6% multiracial.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, OSAGE CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has 29 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 19.0:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 16.0:1 average. About 28% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Benton County runs at roughly 37%, so the school's eligibility rate is lower than the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, OSAGE CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 48.5% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 42.3%.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Benton County shows the typical household earns roughly $93,506 per year, about 38% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Benton County's 88 public schools (combined enrollment of about 57,071 students), OSAGE CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

CREEKSIDE MIDDLE SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), OSAGE CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks 7th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 65.5%.

The campus sits in a city-core setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count increased 3%: 534 students in 2018 compared to 551 in 2025. The White share of enrollment edged down from 69% to 54% over that span. Class-load math has loosened: from 16.1:1 in 2018 to 19.0:1 in 2025.

Within the allk12 community for this school, recent activity here tends to focus on sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.