VALLEY SPRINGS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

VALLEY SPRINGS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, an intimate K-5 school in VALLEY SPRINGS, Arkansas, run under VALLEY SPRINGS SCHOOL DISTRICT, hosts 315 students, covering grades pre-K through 4. Compared to the state average of about 418 students per school, that is 25% leaner than typical.

VALLEY SPRINGS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 3 schools operated by VALLEY SPRINGS SCHOOL DISTRICT, a district that teaches 787 students overall.

On the student-mix side, VALLEY SPRINGS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL lists that the student body is overwhelmingly White (93%). Other groups include 2% Hispanic. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

On the resource side, The school reports having 20 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 15.6:1. That tracks the state average closely. About 63% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, VALLEY SPRINGS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL sits in the top 10% of Arkansas schools after the BeatsExpectations adjustment. Predicted proficiency for the school's FRL share is roughly 35.5%; actual is 55.3%, +19.8 points clear of the demographic baseline.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Boone County shows median household income runs about $55,143, 17% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. In all, Boone County runs 18 public schools (combined enrollment of about 5,818 students), of which VALLEY SPRINGS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one.

VALLEY SPRINGS MIDDLE SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. 4 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), VALLEY SPRINGS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 43.3%.

VALLEY SPRINGS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL operates from a low-density location.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at VALLEY SPRINGS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has declined 11%, going from 355 students in 2018 to 315 in 2025.

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