VAUGHN ELEMENTARY

Set in BENTONVILLE, Arkansas, VAUGHN ELEMENTARY is a sizable elementary campus, operated by BENTONVILLE SCHOOL DISTRICT. It serves 647 students across grades K through 4. By comparison, Arkansas's public schools average about 418 students each, so VAUGHN ELEMENTARY sits 55% above that benchmark.

BENTONVILLE SCHOOL DISTRICT runs 24 schools in total, collectively educating 19,575 students. VAUGHN ELEMENTARY is one of those campuses.

On demographics, VAUGHN ELEMENTARY records that White students make up the majority at 62%; the rest comes out to 20% Hispanic, 7% multiracial, 6% Asian, 2% Black. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 35 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 18.6:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 16.0:1, putting VAUGHN ELEMENTARY higher than the state norm the norm. Roughly 22% of students at VAUGHN ELEMENTARY qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Benton County runs at roughly 37%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat below the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, VAUGHN ELEMENTARY tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 51.7% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 51.4%.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Benton County indicate median household earnings sit near $93,506, about 38% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. VAUGHN ELEMENTARY is one of 88 public schools in Benton County (combined enrollment of about 57,071 students).

The closest other public school is GRIMSLEY JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL, roughly 1.8 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, VAUGHN ELEMENTARY comes 7th of 8 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 62.7%.

VAUGHN ELEMENTARY operates from a countryside location.

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