SUTTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

SUTTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a medium-sized K-5 school in FORT SMITH, Arkansas, operated by FORT SMITH SCHOOL DISTRICT. The school serves 411 students in grades pre-K through 5.

SUTTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 27 schools operated by FORT SMITH SCHOOL DISTRICT, a district that teaches 14,164 students overall.

Looking at the student body, SUTTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports that Hispanic students make up the majority at 57%; the rest reads as 16% White, 10% Black, 10% multiracial, 7% Asian. That is meaningfully more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 16%.

Looking at school resources, The school reports having 27 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 15.0:1. The state averages around 16.0:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 91% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Sebastian County (around 65%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, SUTTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 25.4%; this one delivers 14.9%.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Sebastian County indicate median household income runs about $57,790, about 23% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. SUTTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 44 public schools in Sebastian County (combined enrollment of about 20,239 students).

The closest other public school is DORA KIMMONS MIDDLE SCHOOL, roughly 0.3 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around SUTTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. On composite proficiency, SUTTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL comes 8th of 9 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 19.7%.

SUTTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL operates from a city-core location.

Looking at the recent track record. SUTTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's enrollment has contracted 23% since 2018, when it stood at 535 (now 411).

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