SPRADLING ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

SPRADLING ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a small K-5 school in FORT SMITH, Arkansas, operated by FORT SMITH SCHOOL DISTRICT. The school works with 307 students in grades pre-K through 5. That puts it 27% leaner than the typical public school in Arkansas, which averages around 418 students.

FORT SMITH SCHOOL DISTRICT runs 27 schools in total, collectively educating 14,164 students. SPRADLING ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of those campuses.

On demographics, SPRADLING ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports that 63% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. The remainder comes out to 16% White, 10% Black, 7% multiracial, 4% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 16% Hispanic, putting the school's mix visibly more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, On paper, SPRADLING ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has 17 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 18.3:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 16.0:1, putting SPRADLING ELEMENTARY SCHOOL higher than the state norm the norm. About 94% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Sebastian County runs at roughly 65%, so the school's eligibility rate is above the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, SPRADLING ELEMENTARY SCHOOL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 24.3%; this one delivers 24.6%.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for Sebastian County put median household income runs about $57,790, roughly 23% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. Across Sebastian County's 44 public schools (combined enrollment of about 20,239 students), SPRADLING ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is SUTTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, roughly 0.7 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, SPRADLING ELEMENTARY SCHOOL comes 2nd of 9 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 20.2%.

The campus sits in an inner-city setting.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count decreased 28%: 427 students in 2018 compared to 307 in 2025. The Black share of enrollment ticked down from 15% to 10% over that span. Class-load math has widened: from 14.9:1 in 2018 to 18.3:1 in 2025.

Within the allk12 community for this school, recent activity here tends to focus on school events, parent volunteer needs, and clubs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.