SYLVAN HILLS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

Set in SHERWOOD, Arkansas, SYLVAN HILLS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a moderately sized elementary school, run under PULASKI COUNTY SPECIAL SCHOOL DISTRICT. It works with 516 students across grades pre-K through 5. That puts it 23% larger than the typical public school in Arkansas, which averages around 418 students.

Within PULASKI COUNTY SPECIAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, which oversees 26 schools and 12,586 students, SYLVAN HILLS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, SYLVAN HILLS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports that 45% of students identify as Black, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. The remainder reads as 36% White, 8% multiracial, 7% Hispanic, 3% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 37% Black, putting the school's mix visibly more Black than the area baseline.

On the resource side, The school lists 29 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 17.8:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 16.0:1 average. An estimated 49% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is lower than Pulaski County's rate of about 71%.

After controlling for student poverty, SYLVAN HILLS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 40.8% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 39.0%.

Around the school, ACS estimates for Pulaski County put median household earnings sit near $62,873, roughly 38% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 13% of residents live below the federal poverty line. SYLVAN HILLS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 133 public schools in Pulaski County (combined enrollment of about 64,124 students).

SYLVAN HILLS HIGH SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, SYLVAN HILLS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL comes 2nd of 9 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 29.6%.

The school occupies a suburban site.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at SYLVAN HILLS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has edged up 23%, going from 421 students in 2018 to 516 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 48% to 36% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio widened from 14.7:1 in 2018 to 17.8:1 today.

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