WALKER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

WALKER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL operates as a medium-sized elementary school in SPRINGDALE, Arkansas, part of SPRINGDALE SCHOOL DISTRICT. Current enrollment sits at 605 students spanning grades pre-K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 45% above the state mean of about 418.

Within SPRINGDALE SCHOOL DISTRICT, which oversees 29 schools and 22,685 students, WALKER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one campus in the system.

In terms of who attends, WALKER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports that 44% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Beyond that, the school reports 31% White, 14% Pacific Islander, 6% multiracial, 3% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 19% Hispanic, putting the school's mix considerably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the resource side, On paper, WALKER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has 34 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 17.8:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 16.0:1, putting WALKER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL higher than the state norm the norm. An estimated 72% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Washington County (around 58%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, WALKER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 32.6% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 35.6%.

Across the wider county, census data for Washington County shows the typical household earns roughly $70,639 per year, 35% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 9%. In all, Washington County runs 76 public schools (combined enrollment of about 42,451 students), of which WALKER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one.

HELEN TYSON MIDDLE SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.0 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around WALKER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), WALKER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 26.6%.

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

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at WALKER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has edged up 7%, going from 568 students in 2018 to 605 in 2025. The White share of enrollment fell from 56% to 31% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 20.4:1 in 2018 to 17.8:1 today.

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