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Enrollment
465
Elementary
DISTRICT 435 · STATE 418
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BENTON SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 050296000066
PERRIN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
HOWARD PERRIN ELEMENTARY, BENTON, AR 72019 · (501) 778-7411 · Saline County
GRADES KG–04ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL465 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
15.0:1
31 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.0:1 · STATE 16.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
35%
163 students
DISTRICT 40% · 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 | 100 | 22% |
| Grade 1 | 95 | 20% |
| Grade 2 | 91 | 20% |
| Grade 3 | 92 | 20% |
| Grade 4 | 87 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (100) is 15% larger than its 4th grade class (87).
Student demographics
42%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 47% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Based on grade levels within BENTON SCHOOL DISTRICT. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
ATLAS 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3+4)English Language Arts
50.0%
AR avg 34.9% . +2.1pp since 2023
Math
58.3%
AR avg 38.9% . +14.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the ATLAS, Arkansas's statewide test, about 50 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 58 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 2 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 14 points.
ATLAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 50.0% | 58.3% |
| 2023-24 | 47.9% | 44.3% |
% 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
47.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
46.8%
based on AR schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+1.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 48% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 47% 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 PERRIN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
PERRIN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (47.9% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| PERRIN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 465 | 35.1% | 47.9% |
| PARKERS CHAPEL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL EL DORADO | 491 | 39.1% | 51.0% |
| MOUNTAIN SPRINGS ELEM SCHOOL CABOT | 494 | 37.0% | 59.8% |
| BOB FOLSOM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL FARMINGTON | 438 | 37.0% | 46.6% |
| JERRY POP WILLIAMS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL FARMINGTON | 471 | 30.8% | 45.9% |
| PEA RIDGE INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL PEA RIDGE | 399 | 35.3% | 49.6% |
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 PERRIN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Arkansas | In Saline County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 47.9% | #98 of 461 | #8 of 16 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 58.3% | #66 of 465 ▲ 81 | #5 of 16 ▲ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 50.0% | #82 of 465 ▲ 4 | #6 of 16 ▼ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 465 | #195 of 531 | #10 of 17 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.0:1 | #131 of 480 | #2 of 17 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 42.4% | #267 of 480 | #11 of 17 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 35.1% | #481 of 513 | #15 of 17 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -21.7% | #75 of 311 | #5 of 14 |
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
465
-103 (-18%) vs 2020
-17% since 1990-91, when it was 559
Student : Teacher
15.0:1
was 17.2:1
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 | 465 | 31 | 15.0:1 | 35% (163) |
| 2023-24 | 480 | 28.6 | 16.8:1 | 38% (180) |
| 2022-23 | 597 | 34.4 | 17.3:1 | 30% (182) |
| 2020-21 | 568 | 33 | 17.2:1 | 33% (188) |
| 2017-18 | 594 | 31.3 | 19.0:1 | 21% (125) |
| 2015-16 | 658 | 34 | 19.4:1 | 40% (264) |
| 2010-11 | 617 | 32 | 19.3:1 | 34% (208) |
| 2000-01 | 576 | 33 | 17.4:1 | 16% (91) |
| 1990-91 | 559 | 28 | 20.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for PERRIN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About PERRIN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
The public elementary school PERRIN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is located in BENTON, Arkansas. Students in kindergarten through 4 attend, and enrollment is 465 students.
PERRIN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one school in an 8-school district, BENTON SCHOOL DISTRICT, which enrolls 5,806 students.
PERRIN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's enrollment is 74% White. Other groups make up 12% Black, 7% Hispanic, and 6% multiracial. PERRIN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has a diversity index of 42%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
Staffing totals 31 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 15.0:1. For comparison, elementary schools in Arkansas average 16.0:1. A measure often used for student poverty, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, stands at 35%. That rate is below the 47% average among public schools in Saline County.
After adjusting for student poverty, PERRIN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL lands between the top and bottom 10% of Arkansas schools. Its average proficiency rate on state tests is 47.9%; the prediction is 46.8%.
Among Saline County residents, median household income is about $79,046, roughly 29% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Federal data list 33 public schools in Saline County, with a combined enrollment of about 20,022.
BENTON JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL is located about 0.7 miles from PERRIN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. The school's 47.9% average proficiency ranks 4th among 9 nearby schools.
Locale data from NCES put PERRIN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more (Suburb: Large).
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, PERRIN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL went from 568 students to 465. Its ratio of students to teachers was 17.2:1 in 2020-21, and 15.0:1 in 2024-25.
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Saline County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
127,479
Census ACS
Median income
$79,046
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
29%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
33
20,022 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in BENTON SCHOOL DISTRICT
- BENTON MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 1,363 students
- BENTON HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,298 students
- BENTON JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 971 students
- RINGGOLD ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 511 students
- MT. VIEW ELEMENTARYElementary · 431 students
- CALDWELL ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 427 students
Other schools in BENTON
- BENTON MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 1,363 students
- BENTON HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,298 students
- BENTON JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 971 students
- RINGGOLD ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 511 students
- SALEM ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 469 students
- HURRICANE CREEK ELEMENTARYElementary · 435 students
Nearby schools
- BENTON JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL0.7 mi · 971
- BENTON MIDDLE SCHOOL0.7 mi · 1,363
- BENTON HIGH SCHOOL0.9 mi · 1,298
- ANGIE GRANT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.0 mi · 340
- RINGGOLD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.8 mi · 511
- CALDWELL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.3 mi · 427
Frequently asked questions
About PERRIN ELEMENTARY SCHOOLWhat is the total enrollment at PERRIN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
PERRIN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 465 students in grades KG-04.
What age range does PERRIN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
PERRIN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves students from grade KG through grade 04.
How many students per teacher at PERRIN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
Approximately 15.0:1 students per teacher at PERRIN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
How diverse is PERRIN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
PERRIN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports a student body of 74% White, 7% Hispanic, 12% Black, 1% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Who oversees PERRIN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
PERRIN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is overseen by BENTON SCHOOL DISTRICT in Saline County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.