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Enrollment
504
Elementary
DISTRICT 547 · STATE 418
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BRYANT SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 050369001407
ROBERT L. DAVIS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
12001 COUNTY LINE RD, ALEXANDER, AR 72002 · (501) 455-5672 · Saline County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL504 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
16.2:1
31 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.6:1 · STATE 16.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
74%
372 students
DISTRICT 55% · 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 | 73 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 77 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 92 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 79 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 73 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 110 | 22% |
This year's kindergarten class (73) is 34% smaller than its 5th grade class (110).
Student demographics
70%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 65% · 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
37.1%
AR avg 34.9% . +7.0pp since 2023
Math
41.7%
AR avg 38.9% . +4.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the ATLAS, Arkansas's statewide test, about 37 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 42 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 7 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 4 points.
ATLAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 37.1% | 41.7% |
| 2023-24 | 30.1% | 37.3% |
% 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
34.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
32.4%
based on AR schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+2.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 35% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 32% 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 ROBERT L. DAVIS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
ROBERT L. DAVIS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (34.7% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| ROBERT L. DAVIS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 504 | 73.8% | 34.7% |
| PRESTON & FLORENCE MATTISON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CONWAY | 417 | 70.5% | 35.1% |
| HILL FARM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL BRYANT | 562 | 73.7% | 37.5% |
| ELLEN SMITH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CONWAY | 461 | 63.6% | 34.0% |
| OWL CREEK SCHOOL FAYETTEVILLE | 619 | 69.6% | 36.2% |
| MARGUERITE VANN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CONWAY | 359 | 70.8% | 26.5% |
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 ROBERT L. DAVIS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Arkansas | In Saline County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 34.7% | #249 of 461 | #13 of 16 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 41.7% | #197 of 465 ▲ 23 | #12 of 16 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 37.1% | #215 of 465 ▲ 68 | #12 of 16 ▲ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 504 | #147 of 531 | #7 of 17 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.2:1 | #237 of 480 | #7 of 17 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 69.6% | #18 of 480 | #1 of 17 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 73.8% | #252 of 513 | #1 of 17 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -8.2% | #231 of 311 | #10 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
504
-19 (-4%) vs 2020
+6% since 1990-91, when it was 474
Student : Teacher
16.2:1
was 15.8:1
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 | 504 | 31.2 | 16.2:1 | 74% (372) |
| 2023-24 | 530 | 31.3 | 16.9:1 | 67% (355) |
| 2022-23 | 491 | 30 | 16.4:1 | 70% (345) |
| 2020-21 | 523 | 33 | 15.8:1 | 66% (344) |
| 2017-18 | 549 | 35.2 | 15.6:1 | 36% (196) |
| 2015-16 | 531 | 33 | 16.1:1 | 53% (281) |
| 2010-11 | 423 | 25 | 16.9:1 | 52% (220) |
| 2000-01 | 498 | 27 | 18.4:1 | 38% (189) |
| 1990-91 | 474 | 24 | 19.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for ROBERT L. DAVIS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About ROBERT L. DAVIS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
ROBERT L. DAVIS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves students in ALEXANDER, Arkansas, as a medium-sized elementary school. Its 504 students are spread across kindergarten through 5. The school's enrollment is 21% larger than the 418 average for elementary schools in Arkansas.
BRYANT SCHOOL DISTRICT operates 12 schools. Combined enrollment is 9,827 students.
Enrollment at ROBERT L. DAVIS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is mixed, with White students the largest group at 39%. The school is also 31% Black, 22% Hispanic, and 7% multiracial. That is lower than the 80% White share among all Saline County residents. The chance that two students picked at random at ROBERT L. DAVIS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 70%.
Teacher staffing is 31.2 full-time equivalents, or about 16.2 students per teacher. Elementary schools in Arkansas average about 16.0:1, a similar figure. About 74% of students, or 372, qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Compared with the 47% average for public schools in Saline County, the school's rate is higher.
Given its share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, ROBERT L. DAVIS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL would be expected to post about 32.4%. Its actual average proficiency rate on state tests is 34.7%.
In Saline County (population about 127,479), median household income is about $79,046, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 29% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 6%. ROBERT L. DAVIS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 33 public schools in Saline County, which together enroll about 20,022 students.
The school nearest to ROBERT L. DAVIS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is MABELVALE MIDDLE SCHOOL, at a distance of about 2.2 miles. Within five miles of ROBERT L. DAVIS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, there are at least 8 other public schools. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 15.5%; ROBERT L. DAVIS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's is 34.7%, ranking 2nd of 9.
ROBERT L. DAVIS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is coded as Suburb: Large in federal locale data.
ROBERT L. DAVIS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL had 523 students in 2020-21 and 504 in 2024-25, a 4% decrease.
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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 BRYANT SCHOOL DISTRICT
- BRYANT HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,369 students
- BRYANT JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,545 students
- BRYANT ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 785 students
- BRYANT MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 774 students
- BETHEL MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 762 students
- PARKWAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 568 students
Other schools in ALEXANDER
- BETHEL MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 762 students
- PARKWAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 568 students
- SPRINGHILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 551 students
- ARKANSAS CONSOLIDATED HIGH SCHOOL-ALEXANDERHigh · 106 students
Nearby schools
- MABELVALE MIDDLE SCHOOL2.2 mi · 477
- MABELVALE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.5 mi · 369
- OTTER CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.9 mi · 372
- LITTLE ROCK SOUTHWEST HIGH SCHOOL3.1 mi · 2,045
- ARKANSAS MILITARY AND FIRST RESPONDERS ACADEMY (AMFRA)3.2 mi · 176
- CHICOT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL3.2 mi · 897
Frequently asked questions
About ROBERT L. DAVIS ELEMENTARY SCHOOLWhat is the total enrollment at ROBERT L. DAVIS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
ROBERT L. DAVIS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 504 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does ROBERT L. DAVIS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
ROBERT L. DAVIS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at ROBERT L. DAVIS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
Approximately 16.2:1 students per teacher at ROBERT L. DAVIS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
What is the student diversity at ROBERT L. DAVIS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
Student demographics at ROBERT L. DAVIS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL are roughly 39% White, 22% Hispanic, 31% Black, 1% Asian, 7% Two or more.
What district is ROBERT L. DAVIS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL in?
ROBERT L. DAVIS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is part of BRYANT SCHOOL DISTRICT.
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