WAKEFIELD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

As a middle-of-the-pack primary school in LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas, WAKEFIELD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls 493 students from grades K through 5, run under LITTLE ROCK SCHOOL DISTRICT.

Across the 40 schools in LITTLE ROCK SCHOOL DISTRICT (22,320 students total), WAKEFIELD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

For racial and ethnic makeup, WAKEFIELD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL records that the most-represented group is Black (53%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups; the rest looks like 37% Hispanic, 8% White. The wider county runs roughly 37% Black, putting the school's mix considerably more Black than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, WAKEFIELD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has 29 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 17.0:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 16.0:1 average. About 99% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Pulaski County (around 71%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, WAKEFIELD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 22.5%, the actual is 22.1%, a residual of -0.5 points.

In the surrounding community, census data for Pulaski County shows the typical household earns roughly $62,873 per year, about 38% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 13%. In all, Pulaski County runs 133 public schools (combined enrollment of about 64,124 students), of which WAKEFIELD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one.

Nearest neighbor: THE EXCEL CENTER, around 0.6 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around WAKEFIELD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts WAKEFIELD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL at 1st of 6; the average score across the group is 8.8%.

Geographically, the school is in a city-core area.

Looking at the recent track record. WAKEFIELD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's enrollment has declined 11% since 2018, when it stood at 554 (now 493). Over the same period, the Black share decreased from 59% to 53%. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 18.3:1 in 2018 to 17.0:1 today.

Inside the community feed, members of the WAKEFIELD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL community share and discuss science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.