ROOT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

ROOT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of the middle-of-the-pack elementary campuss in FAYETTEVILLE, Arkansas, run under FAYETTEVILLE SCHOOL DISTRICT, with 445 students on its rolls from grades K through 4.

Across the 17 schools in FAYETTEVILLE SCHOOL DISTRICT (10,291 students total), ROOT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Looking at the student body, ROOT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL shows that 84% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Other groups include 7% Hispanic, 4% multiracial, 2% Asian. By comparison, Washington County as a whole is about 63% White, so the school skews considerably more White than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, On paper, ROOT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 17.8:1. The state averages around 16.0:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. An estimated 15% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Washington County (around 58%), the school's rate is south of typical.

After controlling for student poverty, ROOT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL sits in the top 10% of Arkansas schools after the BeatsExpectations adjustment. Predicted proficiency for the school's FRL share is roughly 53.1%; actual is 68.8%, +15.7 points clear of the demographic baseline.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (Washington County) logs that median household earnings sit near $70,639, about 35% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Washington County runs 76 public schools (combined enrollment of about 42,451 students), of which ROOT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one.

The closest other public school is WOODLAND JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL, roughly 1.0 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, ROOT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL comes 1st of 7 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 57.1%.

The campus sits in a metropolitan setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. ROOT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's enrollment has rose 7% since 2018, when it stood at 417 (now 445). The Hispanic share of enrollment rose from 3% to 7% over that span.

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