SEQUOYAH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

As a middle-of-the-pack K-5 school in RUSSELLVILLE, Arkansas, SEQUOYAH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL teaches 542 students from grades pre-K through 4, part of RUSSELLVILLE SCHOOL DISTRICT. That puts it 30% bigger than the typical public school in Arkansas, which averages around 418 students.

RUSSELLVILLE SCHOOL DISTRICT runs 10 schools in total, collectively educating 5,591 students. SEQUOYAH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, SEQUOYAH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports that the largest single group is White, at 67% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school records 18% Hispanic, 7% multiracial, 4% Black, 2% Asian. By comparison, Pope County as a whole is about 84% White, so the school skews visibly less White than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 32 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 17.0:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 16.0:1, putting SEQUOYAH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL higher than the state norm the norm. Roughly 55% of students at SEQUOYAH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Pope County runs at roughly 64%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully below the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, SEQUOYAH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is in the OUTPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations model, which fits a per-state line through proficiency and FRL share. Schools with this campus's poverty mix typically land near 38.7%; this one delivers 59.5%, a residual of +20.8 points.

Across the wider county, census data for Pope County shows the typical household earns roughly $57,344 per year, roughly 25% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 12%. Across Pope County's 25 public schools (combined enrollment of about 10,311 students), SEQUOYAH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

RUSSELLVILLE INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.5 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, SEQUOYAH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL comes 1st of 8 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 31.7%.

The campus sits in a town-center setting.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 5%: 569 students in 2018 compared to 542 in 2025. Class-load math has grew: from 14.6:1 in 2018 to 17.0:1 in 2025.

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