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Enrollment
551
Elementary
DISTRICT 547 · STATE 418
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BRYANT SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 050369001439
SPRINGHILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
2716 NORTHLAKE RD, ALEXANDER, AR 72002 · (501) 847-5675 · Saline County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY41-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL551 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
16.2:1
34 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.6:1 · STATE 16.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
38%
209 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 | 89 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 81 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 77 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 99 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 103 | 19% |
| Grade 5 | 102 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (89) is 13% smaller than its 5th grade class (102).
Student demographics
54%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
57.0%
AR avg 34.9% . +11.3pp since 2023
Math
60.9%
AR avg 38.9% . +4.8pp since 2023
What this means: On the ATLAS, Arkansas's statewide test, about 57 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 61 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 11 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 5 points.
ATLAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 57.0% | 60.9% |
| 2023-24 | 45.7% | 56.1% |
% 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
52.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
45.7%
based on AR schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+6.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 52% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 46% 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 SPRINGHILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
SPRINGHILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (52.0% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| SPRINGHILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 551 | 37.9% | 52.0% |
| WOODROW CUMMINS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CONWAY | 450 | 36.9% | 53.6% |
| HOLCOMB ELEMENTARY SCHOOL FAYETTEVILLE | 603 | 30.5% | 57.5% |
| BERNICE YOUNG ELEMENTARY SPRINGDALE | 536 | 36.9% | 52.9% |
| MOUNTAIN SPRINGS ELEM SCHOOL CABOT | 494 | 37.0% | 59.8% |
| BOB FOLSOM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL FARMINGTON | 438 | 37.0% | 46.6% |
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 SPRINGHILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Arkansas | In Saline County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 52.0% | #65 of 461 | #3 of 16 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 60.9% | #45 of 465 ▲ 17 | #2 of 16 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 57.0% | #38 of 465 ▲ 63 | #2 of 16 ▲ 5 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 551 | #113 of 531 | #5 of 17 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.2:1 | #243 of 480 | #9 of 17 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 53.6% | #193 of 480 | #9 of 17 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 37.9% | #470 of 513 | #14 of 17 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -22.0% | #72 of 311 | #3 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
551
+22 (+4%) vs 2020
+19% since 2000-01, when it was 463
Student : Teacher
16.2:1
was 15.6:1
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 | 551 | 34 | 16.2:1 | 38% (209) |
| 2023-24 | 534 | 35.3 | 15.1:1 | 33% (175) |
| 2022-23 | 559 | 33.7 | 16.6:1 | 33% (187) |
| 2020-21 | 529 | 34 | 15.6:1 | 28% (146) |
| 2017-18 | 706 | 40.3 | 17.5:1 | 22% (158) |
| 2015-16 | 608 | 34 | 17.9:1 | 30% (180) |
| 2010-11 | 543 | 29 | 18.7:1 | 25% (135) |
| 2000-01 | 463 | 24 | 19.3:1 | 32% (149) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for SPRINGHILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About SPRINGHILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
SPRINGHILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a public mid-sized elementary school in ALEXANDER, Arkansas. The school has 551 students in 2024-25 across kindergarten through 5. Elementary schools in Arkansas average about 418 students, which makes this school 32% above average.
SPRINGHILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is part of a district of 12 schools: BRYANT SCHOOL DISTRICT, with 9,827 students.
More than half of enrollment at SPRINGHILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is White: 65%. Other groups make up 14% Black, 12% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, and 3% Asian. Saline County as a whole is about 80% White, so the school's share is lower. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, SPRINGHILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL scores 54%.
The school had 34 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25. Its student-to-teacher ratio is 16.2:1. That is in line with the 16.0:1 average for elementary schools in Arkansas. The school reported 38% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25. That is lower than the 47% average for public schools in Saline County.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, SPRINGHILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL would score about 45.7%. It scores 52.0%, 6.2 points above that figure.
Census data for Saline County show median household income comes to about $79,046, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 29%, and roughly 6% of residents are in poverty. The county has 33 public schools and about 20,022 students.
SPRINGHILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's nearest public school is ARKANSAS CONSOLIDATED HIGH SCHOOL-ALEXANDER (about 1.6 miles). In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of SPRINGHILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. Of the 9 nearby schools with scores, including this one, SPRINGHILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 3rd on average proficiency.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is Rural: Fringe.
Federal enrollment counts rose from 529 (2020-21) to 551 (2024-25).
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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
- ROBERT L. DAVIS ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 504 students
- ARKANSAS CONSOLIDATED HIGH SCHOOL-ALEXANDERHigh · 106 students
Other Springhill Elementary schools
2 other US public schools in 3 states are named Springhill Elementary. SPRINGHILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the largest of the 3.
- Springhill Elementary SchoolPFLUGERVILLE, TX · 541 students
- Springhill ElementaryLafayette, CA · 479 students
Nearby schools
- ARKANSAS CONSOLIDATED HIGH SCHOOL-ALEXANDER1.6 mi · 106
- BETHEL MIDDLE SCHOOL1.7 mi · 762
- COLLEGEVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.4 mi · 503
- PARKWAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.6 mi · 568
- SALEM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.8 mi · 469
- BRYANT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL3.4 mi · 785
Frequently asked questions
About SPRINGHILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHow many students attend SPRINGHILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
SPRINGHILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 551 students in grades KG-05.
Is SPRINGHILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
SPRINGHILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
How many students per teacher at SPRINGHILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
Approximately 16.2:1 students per teacher at SPRINGHILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
What is the racial breakdown of students at SPRINGHILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
At SPRINGHILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 65% White, 12% Hispanic, 14% Black, 3% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Is SPRINGHILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL public or private?
SPRINGHILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a public K-12 school, overseen by BRYANT SCHOOL DISTRICT.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.