Enrollment
315
Elementary
DISTRICT 436 · STATE 418
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LITTLE ROCK SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 050900001409
WASHINGTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
2700 MAIN STREET, LITTLE ROCK, AR 72206 · (501) 447-6700 · Pulaski County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL315 STUDENTS
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Scored higher than 7% of Arkansas public elementary schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats 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
16.6:1
19 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.6:1 · STATE 16.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
99%
312 students
DISTRICT 82% · STATE 70%
Community
0
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 61 | 19% |
| Grade 1 | 50 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 48 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 48 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 48 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 60 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (61) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (60).
Student demographics
25%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 60% · 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
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ATLAS 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3+4)English Language Arts
16.0%
AR avg 34.9% . +2.7pp since 2023
Math
10.2%
AR avg 38.9% . -3.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the ATLAS, Arkansas's statewide test, about 16 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 10 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 down about 3 points.
ATLAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 16.0% | 10.2% |
| 2023-24 | 13.3% | 13.2% |
% 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
12.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
23.0%
based on AR schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-10.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 13% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 23% 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 WASHINGTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
WASHINGTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (12.9% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 3 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| WASHINGTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 315 | 99.0% | 12.9% |
| KIPP: BLYTHEVILLE COLLEGE PREPARATORY BLYTHEVILLE | 292 | 100.0% | 17.9% |
| BLYTHEVILLE PRIMARY SCHOOL BLYTHEVILLE | 343 | 100.0% | N/A |
| GLENVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL NORTH LITTLE ROCK | 344 | 100.0% | 12.5% |
| ROCKEFELLER EARLY CHILDHOOD CENTER LITTLE ROCK | 317 | 99.1% | N/A |
| LAKESIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL LAKE VILLAGE | 292 | 100.0% | 19.6% |
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 WASHINGTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Arkansas | In Pulaski County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 12.9% | #433 of 461 | #49 of 63 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 10.2% | #452 of 465 ▼ 25 | #57 of 63 ▼ 11 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 16.0% | #425 of 465 ▲ 13 | #47 of 63 ▲ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 315 | #375 of 531 | #47 of 72 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.6:1 | #273 of 480 | #39 of 65 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 24.9% | #360 of 480 | #62 of 65 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 99.0% | #111 of 513 | #23 of 69 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -25.2% | #58 of 311 | #16 of 42 |
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
315
-61 (-16%) vs 2020
-59% since 1990-91, when it was 762
Student : Teacher
16.6:1
was 13.9:1
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 | 315 | 19 | 16.6:1 | 99% (312) |
| 2023-24 | 339 | 30 | 11.3:1 | 99% (336) |
| 2022-23 | 319 | 20.2 | 15.8:1 | 97% (309) |
| 2020-21 | 376 | 27 | 13.9:1 | 100% (376) |
| 2017-18 | 421 | 33.3 | 12.6:1 | 24% (103) |
| 2015-16 | 487 | 40 | 12.2:1 | 99% (484) |
| 2010-11 | 534 | 39 | 13.7:1 | 92% (490) |
| 2000-01 | 495 | 31 | 16.0:1 | 61% (303) |
| 1990-91 | 762 | 54 | 14.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for WASHINGTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About WASHINGTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
WASHINGTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is classified as an elementary school. It is located in LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas. Students in kindergarten through 5 attend, and enrollment is 315 students. The school's enrollment is 25% smaller than the 418 average for elementary schools in Arkansas.
WASHINGTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one school in LITTLE ROCK SCHOOL DISTRICT, a system of 40 schools with 22,320 students.
Black students are the large majority at WASHINGTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, with 86% of enrollment. Other groups make up 6% Hispanic, 3% White, and 3% multiracial. County-wide, 37% of Pulaski County residents are Black. WASHINGTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has a diversity index of 25%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
The ratio of students to teachers is 16.6:1, with 19 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff. Across elementary schools in Arkansas, the average ratio is about 16.0:1. The percentage of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch is 99%. It compares with 71% for public schools in Pulaski County.
Measured against Arkansas public elementary schools, WASHINGTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL receives a D. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, WASHINGTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL would score about 23.0%. It scores 12.9%, 10.1 points below that figure.
Pulaski County census figures show that median household income is about $62,873, 38% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 13% of residents live below the federal poverty line. WASHINGTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is among the 133 public schools in Pulaski County.
The closest other public school is MANN MAGNET MIDDLE SCHOOL, about 0.7 miles away. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Ranking the closest schools with test data puts WASHINGTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL at 5th of 7.
Its NCES locale code is City: Mid-size: the school is inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
Federal counts put enrollment at 376 in 2020-21 and 315 in 2024-25, a 16% decrease. The student-to-teacher ratio went up from 13.9:1 to 16.6:1.
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Pulaski County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
399,818
Census ACS
Median income
$62,873
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
38%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
13%
Below federal line
Schools in county
133
64,124 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in LITTLE ROCK SCHOOL DISTRICT
- CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,371 students
- LITTLE ROCK SOUTHWEST HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,045 students
- DR. MARIAN G. LACEY K-8 ACADEMYElementary · 1,252 students
- PARKVIEW MAGNET HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,072 students
- DON ROBERTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 1,035 students
- CHICOT ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 897 students
Other schools in LITTLE ROCK
- ARKANSAS VIRTUAL ACADEMY HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,567 students
- CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,371 students
- ARKANSAS VIRTUAL ACADEMY ELEMENTARYElementary · 1,387 students
- ARKANSAS VIRTUAL ACADEMY MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 1,315 students
- DR. MARIAN G. LACEY K-8 ACADEMYElementary · 1,252 students
- PARKVIEW MAGNET HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,072 students
Other Washington Elementary schools
155 other US public schools in 28 states are named Washington Elementary. WASHINGTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the 90th largest of the 156.
- WASHINGTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOLFAYETTEVILLE, AR · 293 students
- Washington ElementaryRiverside, CA · 818 students
- Washington ElementaryRedondo Beach, CA · 776 students
- Washington ElementaryLindsay, CA · 730 students
- Washington Elementary SchoolPHOENIX, AZ · 720 students
Nearby schools
- MANN MAGNET MIDDLE SCHOOL0.7 mi · 557
- ROCKEFELLER EARLY CHILDHOOD CENTER0.9 mi · 317
- DUNBAR MAGNET MIDDLE SCHOOL1.0 mi · 315
- GIBBS MAGNET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.1 mi · 291
- IVY HILL PREPARATORY ACADEMY1.2 mi · 306
- PREMIER HIGH SCHOOL OF LITTLE ROCK1.3 mi · 78
Frequently asked questions
About WASHINGTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOLWhat is the total enrollment at WASHINGTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
WASHINGTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 315 students in grades KG-05.
Is WASHINGTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
WASHINGTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
How many teachers does WASHINGTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL have?
WASHINGTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL employs 19 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 16.6:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at WASHINGTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
At WASHINGTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 3% White, 6% Hispanic, 86% Black, 1% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Is WASHINGTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL public or private?
WASHINGTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a public K-12 school, overseen by LITTLE ROCK SCHOOL DISTRICT.
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