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Enrollment
510
Elementary
DISTRICT 354 · STATE 418
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·FORT SMITH SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 050633000375
SUNNYMEDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
4201 N O ST, FORT SMITH, AR 72904 · (479) 783-6327 · Sebastian County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL510 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 23% of Arkansas public elementary schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Arkansas public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
18.7:1
27 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 18.1:1 · STATE 16.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
91%
466 students
DISTRICT 78% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 20 | 4% |
| Kindergarten | 82 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 77 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 81 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 75 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 84 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 91 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (82) is 10% smaller than its 5th grade class (91).
Student demographics
56%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 71% · 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
23.8%
AR avg 34.9% . +3.9pp since 2023
Math
24.6%
AR avg 38.9% . -0.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the ATLAS, Arkansas's statewide test, about 24 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 25 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 4 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
ATLAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 23.8% | 24.6% |
| 2023-24 | 19.9% | 25.0% |
% 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
22.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
25.9%
based on AR schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-3.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 23% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 26% 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 SUNNYMEDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
SUNNYMEDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (22.6% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| SUNNYMEDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 510 | 91.4% | 22.6% |
| HARRY C. MORRISON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL FORT SMITH | 493 | 90.3% | 17.8% |
| SUTTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL FORT SMITH | 411 | 91.5% | 16.9% |
| LINDA CHILDERS KNAPP ELEMENTARY SCHOOL SPRINGDALE | 607 | 89.0% | 21.5% |
| WESTWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL SPRINGDALE | 498 | 86.1% | 19.7% |
| JONES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL SPRINGDALE | 464 | 95.0% | 14.3% |
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 SUNNYMEDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Arkansas | In Sebastian County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 22.6% | #367 of 461 | #17 of 23 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 24.6% | #354 of 465 ▼ 15 | #16 of 23 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 23.8% | #357 of 465 ▲ 46 | #18 of 23 ▲ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 510 | #141 of 531 | #5 of 23 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.7:1 | #422 of 480 | #13 of 21 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 56.0% | #168 of 480 | #16 of 21 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 91.4% | #156 of 513 | #6 of 23 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -19.6% | #98 of 311 | #11 of 18 |
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
510
-81 (-14%) vs 2020
+43% since 1990-91, when it was 357
Student : Teacher
18.7:1
was 19.7:1
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 | 510 | 27.3 | 18.7:1 | 91% (466) |
| 2023-24 | 503 | 27.6 | 18.2:1 | 92% (463) |
| 2022-23 | 468 | 23.1 | 20.2:1 | 93% (435) |
| 2020-21 | 591 | 30 | 19.7:1 | 94% (556) |
| 2017-18 | 634 | 40.8 | 15.5:1 | 49% (309) |
| 2015-16 | 642 | 37 | 17.4:1 | 93% (600) |
| 2010-11 | 606 | 35 | 17.3:1 | 93% (562) |
| 2000-01 | 395 | 23 | 17.2:1 | 77% (304) |
| 1990-91 | 357 | 16 | 22.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for SUNNYMEDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About SUNNYMEDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
SUNNYMEDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a medium-sized elementary school found in FORT SMITH, Arkansas. The student body numbers 510 students, from pre-K through 5. An average school in this group (elementary schools in Arkansas) has about 418 students.
SUNNYMEDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is part of FORT SMITH SCHOOL DISTRICT, where 27 schools serve 14,164 students.
Hispanic students account for 63% of enrollment at SUNNYMEDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. Other groups make up 14% White, 12% multiracial, 7% Black, and 4% Asian. Sebastian County as a whole is about 16% Hispanic, so the school's share is higher. SUNNYMEDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has a diversity index of 56%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
SUNNYMEDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL counts 27.3 full-time-equivalent teachers, about 18.7 students for each one. The 16.0:1 average for elementary schools in Arkansas is lower than this school's figure. About 91% of students at the school meet free or reduced-price lunch income limits. For comparison, public schools in Sebastian County average 65%.
SUNNYMEDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is graded C- by allk12, scoring above 23% of Arkansas public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
The model predicts 25.9% for a school in Arkansas with SUNNYMEDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's free or reduced-price lunch share. SUNNYMEDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL posts 22.6%.
Within Sebastian County, median household income is about $57,790, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 23% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 11%. Federal data list 44 public schools in Sebastian County, with a combined enrollment of about 20,239.
The closest other public school is DORA KIMMONS MIDDLE SCHOOL, about 0.6 miles away. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. On proficiency, SUNNYMEDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is ahead of the 19.1% nearby average, ranking 3rd of 9.
Under the NCES locale system, SUNNYMEDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is City: Small.
Enrollment was 591 in 2020-21 and 510 in 2024-25, a decrease of 81 students.
Questions about sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week can be posted here. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
Sebastian County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
128,900
Census ACS
Median income
$57,790
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
23%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
44
20,239 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in FORT SMITH SCHOOL DISTRICT
- NORTHSIDE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,231 students
- SOUTHSIDE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,053 students
- RAMSEY MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 801 students
- DORA KIMMONS MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 753 students
- L. A. CHAFFIN MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 753 students
- WILLIAM O. DARBY MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 711 students
Other schools in FORT SMITH
- NORTHSIDE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,231 students
- SOUTHSIDE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,053 students
- RAMSEY MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 801 students
- DORA KIMMONS MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 753 students
- L. A. CHAFFIN MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 753 students
- WILLIAM O. DARBY MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 711 students
Nearby schools
- DORA KIMMONS MIDDLE SCHOOL0.6 mi · 753
- SUTTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.9 mi · 411
- PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.0 mi · 387
- TRUSTY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.4 mi · 119
- TILLES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.5 mi · 343
- SPRADLING ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.6 mi · 307
Frequently asked questions
About SUNNYMEDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLWhat is the total enrollment at SUNNYMEDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
SUNNYMEDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 510 students in grades PK-05.
Is SUNNYMEDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
SUNNYMEDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does SUNNYMEDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL have?
SUNNYMEDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL employs 27 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 18.7:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at SUNNYMEDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
At SUNNYMEDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 14% White, 63% Hispanic, 7% Black, 4% Asian, 12% Two or more.
Is SUNNYMEDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL public or private?
SUNNYMEDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a public K-12 school, overseen by FORT SMITH SCHOOL DISTRICT.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.