WATSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

As a mid-sized primary school in LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas, WATSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL teaches 383 students from grades K through 5, overseen by LITTLE ROCK SCHOOL DISTRICT.

LITTLE ROCK SCHOOL DISTRICT comprises 40 schools with combined enrollment of 22,320 students; WATSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is among them.

Looking at the student body, WATSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL lists that the most-represented group is Hispanic (51%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Other groups include 43% Black, 4% White. The wider county runs roughly 8% Hispanic, putting the school's mix noticeably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 22 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 17.4:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 16.0:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Around 99% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Pulaski County runs at roughly 71%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, On a poverty-adjusted basis, WATSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 22.6%; actual is 7.1%, a gap of -15.5 points.

Zooming out to the county, Pulaski County reports that median household income runs about $62,873, 38% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 13% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Pulaski County's 133 public schools (combined enrollment of about 64,124 students), WATSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

DR. MARIAN G. LACEY K-8 ACADEMY is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.8 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around WATSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), WATSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks 6th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 13.8%.

The campus sits in a city-core setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 29%: 543 students in 2018 compared to 383 in 2025. Over the same period, the Black share edged down from 63% to 43%.

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