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Teachers: what resource would make the biggest difference at TURNBOW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this year?
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Enrollment
599
Elementary
DISTRICT 581 · STATE 418
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SPRINGDALE SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 051266001161
TURNBOW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
3390 HABBERTON ROAD, SPRINGDALE, AR 72765 · (479) 750-8785 · Washington County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL599 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 52% of Arkansas public elementary schools
- B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats 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
17.5:1
34 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 18.0:1 · STATE 16.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
82%
489 students
DISTRICT 74% · 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 | 41 | 7% |
| Kindergarten | 101 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 90 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 96 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 90 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 84 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 97 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (101) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (97).
Student demographics
65%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 64% · 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
36.4%
AR avg 34.9% . +2.7pp since 2023
Math
45.5%
AR avg 38.9% . +5.5pp since 2023
What this means: On the ATLAS, Arkansas's statewide test, about 36 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 46 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 3 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 6 points.
ATLAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 36.4% | 45.5% |
| 2023-24 | 33.7% | 40.0% |
% 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
35.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
29.5%
based on AR schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+6.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 36% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 29% 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 TURNBOW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
TURNBOW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (35.6% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| TURNBOW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 599 | 81.6% | 35.6% |
| MONITOR ELEMENTARY SPRINGDALE | 586 | 82.8% | 29.0% |
| DEQUEEN PRIMARY DE QUEEN | 555 | 79.3% | N/A |
| HARP ELEMENTARY SCHOOL SPRINGDALE | 559 | 78.5% | 28.9% |
| DEQUEEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL DE QUEEN | 558 | 81.9% | 46.2% |
| WESTWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL SPRINGDALE | 498 | 86.1% | 19.7% |
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 TURNBOW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Arkansas | In Washington County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 35.6% | #236 of 461 | #19 of 34 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 45.5% | #170 of 465 ▲ 21 | #16 of 34 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 36.4% | #225 of 465 ▲ 17 | #21 of 34 ▼ 4 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 599 | #77 of 531 | #8 of 36 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.5:1 | #334 of 480 | #14 of 35 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 65.2% | #63 of 480 | #6 of 35 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 81.6% | #193 of 513 | #11 of 35 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -11.4% | #181 of 311 | #14 of 20 |
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
599
+53 (+10%) vs 2020
-25% since 2010-11, when it was 797
Student : Teacher
17.5:1
was 16.1:1
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 | 599 | 34.3 | 17.5:1 | 82% (489) |
| 2023-24 | 551 | 31.5 | 17.5:1 | 89% (493) |
| 2022-23 | 591 | 33.1 | 17.8:1 | 79% (467) |
| 2020-21 | 546 | 34 | 16.1:1 | 81% (443) |
| 2017-18 | 676 | 36.7 | 18.4:1 | 53% (361) |
| 2015-16 | 783 | 42 | 18.6:1 | 82% (643) |
| 2010-11 | 797 | 44 | 18.1:1 | 76% (607) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for TURNBOW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About TURNBOW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
SPRINGDALE, Arkansas, is home to TURNBOW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, a medium-sized elementary school. The grade span is pre-K through 5, and enrollment is 599 students. An average school in this group (elementary schools in Arkansas) has about 418 students.
SPRINGDALE SCHOOL DISTRICT enrolls 22,685 students in 29 schools, including TURNBOW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
Hispanic students account for 51% of enrollment at TURNBOW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. Other students are 23% Pacific Islander, 17% White, 4% multiracial, and 3% Black. That is higher than the 19% Hispanic share among all Washington County residents. By the diversity index, TURNBOW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL comes in at 65%.
The school reported 34.3 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25 and a ratio of 17.5:1. For comparison, elementary schools in Arkansas average 16.0:1. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 82%. The average for public schools in Washington County is 58%.
allk12 grades TURNBOW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL a B-. The grade compares the school only with Arkansas public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
Based on student poverty, the model expects 29.5% at TURNBOW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL; the school's average proficiency rate on state tests is 35.6%.
Census Bureau estimates for Washington County show that median household income is about $70,639, 35% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. A total of 76 public schools operate in Washington County, serving about 42,451 students.
The closest public school, LAKESIDE JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL, is about 0.5 miles from TURNBOW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. By average proficiency, TURNBOW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 2nd among 9 schools close by.
Under the NCES locale system, TURNBOW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is Rural: Fringe.
Enrollment was 546 in 2020-21 and 599 in 2024-25, a rise of 53 students. The student-to-teacher ratio went up from 16.1:1 to 17.5:1.
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Washington County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
256,765
Census ACS
Median income
$70,639
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
35%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
76
42,451 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in SPRINGDALE SCHOOL DISTRICT
- HAR-BER HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,271 students
- SPRINGDALE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,207 students
- DON TYSON SCHOOL OF INNOVATIONCombined · 1,976 students
- HUNT ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 890 students
- CENTRAL JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 852 students
- HELLSTERN MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 849 students
Other schools in SPRINGDALE
- HAR-BER HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,271 students
- SPRINGDALE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,207 students
- DON TYSON SCHOOL OF INNOVATIONCombined · 1,976 students
- HUNT ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 890 students
- CENTRAL JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 852 students
- HELLSTERN MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 849 students
Nearby schools
- LAKESIDE JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL0.5 mi · 654
- DON TYSON SCHOOL OF INNOVATION0.6 mi · 1,976
- HARP ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.0 mi · 559
- SONORA MIDDLE SCHOOL1.8 mi · 668
- LINDA CHILDERS KNAPP ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.9 mi · 607
- SONORA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.9 mi · 604
Frequently asked questions
About TURNBOW ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHow many students attend TURNBOW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
TURNBOW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 599 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does TURNBOW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
TURNBOW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at TURNBOW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at TURNBOW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is approximately 17.5:1 (34 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at TURNBOW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
At TURNBOW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 17% White, 51% Hispanic, 3% Black, 2% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Who oversees TURNBOW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
TURNBOW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is overseen by SPRINGDALE SCHOOL DISTRICT in Washington County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.