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Enrollment
511
Elementary
DISTRICT 435 · STATE 418
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BENTON SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 050296000067
RINGGOLD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
RINGGOLD ELEMENTARY, BENTON, AR 72019 · (501) 778-3500 · Saline County
GRADES PK–04ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL511 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
18.2:1
28 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.0:1 · STATE 16.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
62%
317 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 77 | 15% |
| Kindergarten | 79 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 89 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 89 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 86 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 91 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (79) is 13% smaller than its 4th grade class (91).
Student demographics
61%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
27.2%
AR avg 34.9% . +1.2pp since 2023
Math
28.9%
AR avg 38.9% . +3.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the ATLAS, Arkansas's statewide test, about 27 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 29 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 1 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 3 points.
ATLAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 27.2% | 28.9% |
| 2023-24 | 26.0% | 25.6% |
% 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
26.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
36.8%
based on AR schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-10.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 26% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 37% 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 RINGGOLD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
RINGGOLD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (26.4% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| RINGGOLD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 511 | 62.0% | 26.4% |
| NOBLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL HAMBURG | 416 | 68.8% | N/A |
| PARKVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL VAN BUREN | 437 | 65.7% | 44.5% |
| ELLEN SMITH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CONWAY | 461 | 63.6% | 34.0% |
| MCRAE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL SEARCY | 445 | 60.4% | 42.7% |
| DEWITT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL DEWITT | 518 | 62.0% | 36.3% |
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 RINGGOLD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Arkansas | In Saline County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 26.4% | #338 of 461 | #16 of 16 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 28.9% | #311 of 465 ▲ 26 | #16 of 16 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 27.2% | #327 of 465 ▲ 16 | #16 of 16 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 511 | #140 of 531 | #6 of 17 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.2:1 | #390 of 480 | #15 of 17 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 61.4% | #107 of 480 | #8 of 17 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 62.0% | #348 of 513 | #4 of 17 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -6.2% | #256 of 311 | #11 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
511
+19 (+4%) vs 2020
+4% since 1990-91, when it was 490
Student : Teacher
18.2:1
was 17.6:1
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 | 511 | 28.1 | 18.2:1 | 62% (317) |
| 2023-24 | 442 | 27.7 | 16.0:1 | 70% (311) |
| 2022-23 | 570 | 27.1 | 21.0:1 | 56% (321) |
| 2020-21 | 492 | 28 | 17.6:1 | 50% (246) |
| 2017-18 | 545 | 27.6 | 19.7:1 | 29% (157) |
| 2015-16 | 631 | 35 | 18.0:1 | 57% (359) |
| 2010-11 | 567 | 32 | 17.7:1 | 51% (288) |
| 2000-01 | 449 | 31 | 14.5:1 | 19% (86) |
| 1990-91 | 490 | 26 | 18.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for RINGGOLD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About RINGGOLD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
RINGGOLD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a mid-sized elementary school in BENTON, Arkansas, under BENTON SCHOOL DISTRICT. The school runs pre-K through 4 and enrolls 511 students. The school is 22% above the average for elementary schools in Arkansas.
The 8 schools of BENTON SCHOOL DISTRICT, including RINGGOLD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, enroll 5,806 students.
The student body at RINGGOLD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 56% White. The school is also 19% Black, 16% Hispanic, and 8% multiracial. The White share of the county population is higher, at 80%. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 61, compared with 70 nationally.
RINGGOLD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has 28.1 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff and a student-to-teacher ratio of 18.2:1. By comparison, the average for elementary schools in Arkansas is 16.0:1. At RINGGOLD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, 62% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25. That is higher than the 47% average for public schools in Saline County.
RINGGOLD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's actual average proficiency rate across its state test results (26.4%) and its predicted rate (36.8%) put it outside the top and bottom 10% of Arkansas schools.
American Community Survey estimates for Saline County show that the median household earns about $79,046 a year, about 29% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 6% of residents are in poverty. Saline County has 33 public schools with about 20,022 students, including RINGGOLD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
Of the public schools around it, RINGGOLD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is closest to CALDWELL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, about 1.0 miles away. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. On average proficiency, RINGGOLD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 9th of 9 nearby schools with test data.
The school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more, according to its NCES locale (Suburb: Large).
The school's student count rose 4% between the 2020-21 and 2024-25 school years.
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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
- PERRIN ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 465 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
- SALEM ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 469 students
- PERRIN ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 465 students
- HURRICANE CREEK ELEMENTARYElementary · 435 students
Other Ringgold Elementary schools
4 other US public schools in 5 states are named Ringgold Elementary. RINGGOLD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the 2nd largest of the 5.
- Ringgold ElementaryClarksville, TN · 829 students
- Ringgold Elementary SchoolRIO GRANDE CITY, TX · 482 students
- Ringgold Elementary SchoolRinggold, GA · 445 students
- Ringgold Elementary SchoolRinggold, LA · 195 students
Nearby schools
- CALDWELL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.0 mi · 427
- ANGIE GRANT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.1 mi · 340
- BENTON HIGH SCHOOL1.1 mi · 1,298
- BENTON JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL1.2 mi · 971
- BENTON MIDDLE SCHOOL1.3 mi · 1,363
- PERRIN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.8 mi · 465
Frequently asked questions
About RINGGOLD ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHow many students attend RINGGOLD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
RINGGOLD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 511 students in grades PK-04.
Is RINGGOLD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
RINGGOLD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is an elementary school covering grades PK-04.
How many teachers does RINGGOLD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL have?
RINGGOLD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL employs 28 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 18.2:1.
What is the student diversity at RINGGOLD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
Student demographics at RINGGOLD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL are roughly 56% White, 16% Hispanic, 19% Black, 0% Asian, 8% Two or more.
Who oversees RINGGOLD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
RINGGOLD 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.