SALEM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

SALEM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL operates as a moderately sized primary school in BENTON, Arkansas, operated by BRYANT SCHOOL DISTRICT. Current enrollment sits at 469 students spanning grades K through 5.

Across the 12 schools in BRYANT SCHOOL DISTRICT (9,827 students total), SALEM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

For racial and ethnic makeup, SALEM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL lists that the largest single group is White, at 73% of enrollment. Other groups include 11% Hispanic, 9% Black, 5% multiracial.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 29 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 16.2:1 students per teacher. That tracks the state average closely. Around 45% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, SALEM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 42.2%, the actual is 45.3%, a residual of +3.0 points.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Saline County) records that the typical household earns roughly $79,046 per year, about 29% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. In all, Saline County runs 33 public schools (combined enrollment of about 20,022 students), of which SALEM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one.

Nearest neighbor: BETHEL MIDDLE SCHOOL, around 2.2 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around SALEM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), SALEM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks 5th on composite proficiency, above the local average of 40.6%.

The campus sits in a commuter-belt setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. SALEM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's enrollment has ticked down 22% since 2018, when it stood at 602 (now 469). Over the same period, the White share fell from 87% to 73%.

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