SPRINGHILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

SPRINGHILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of the moderately sized elementary schools in ALEXANDER, Arkansas, run under BRYANT SCHOOL DISTRICT, with 551 students on its rolls from grades K through 5. By comparison, Arkansas's public schools average about 418 students each, so SPRINGHILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL sits 32% bigger than that benchmark.

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

On demographics, SPRINGHILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL lists that the largest single group is White, at 65% of enrollment. The remainder breaks down as 14% Black, 12% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, 3% Asian. That is meaningfully less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 80%.

On the income-and-resources front, SPRINGHILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL lists 34 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 16.2:1. The state averages about 16.0:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. About 38% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Saline County runs at roughly 47%, so the school's eligibility rate is lower than the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, SPRINGHILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 44.8% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 48.3%.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for Saline County put median household income runs about $79,046, roughly 29% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. SPRINGHILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 33 public schools in Saline County (combined enrollment of about 20,022 students).

Nearest neighbor: ARKANSAS CONSOLIDATED HIGH SCHOOL-ALEXANDER, around 1.6 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, SPRINGHILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL comes 3rd of 9 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 37.0%.

The school occupies a countryside site.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count fell 22%: 706 students in 2018 compared to 551 in 2025. Black enrollment moved from 5% to 14% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 17.5:1 in 2018 to 16.2:1 today.

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