PERRIN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

PERRIN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a K-5 school of middle-of-the-pack scale in BENTON, Arkansas, one of the schools within BENTON SCHOOL DISTRICT, serveing 465 students in grades K through 4.

BENTON SCHOOL DISTRICT runs 8 schools in total, collectively educating 5,806 students. PERRIN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, PERRIN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL lists that the largest single group is White, at 74% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school records 12% Black, 7% Hispanic, 6% multiracial.

On the income-and-resources front, PERRIN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports 31 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 15.0:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 16.0:1 average. About 35% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Saline County runs at roughly 47%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully below the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), PERRIN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 45.8%, the actual is 43.7%, a residual of -2.1 points.

Zooming out to the county, Saline County reports that the typical household earns roughly $79,046 per year, roughly 29% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. Across Saline County's 33 public schools (combined enrollment of about 20,022 students), PERRIN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: BENTON JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL, around 0.7 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), PERRIN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks 4th on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 38.9%.

The school occupies a residential site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 22%: 594 students in 2018 compared to 465 in 2025. The White share of enrollment shrank from 86% to 74% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 19.0:1 in 2018 to 15.0:1 today.

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