WATSON PRIMARY SCHOOL

WATSON PRIMARY SCHOOL operates as a moderately sized K-5 school in HUNTSVILLE, Arkansas, overseen by HUNTSVILLE SCHOOL DISTRICT. Current enrollment sits at 516 students spanning grades pre-K through 2. That puts it 23% bigger than the typical public school in Arkansas, which averages around 418 students.

WATSON PRIMARY SCHOOL is one of 6 schools operated by HUNTSVILLE SCHOOL DISTRICT, a district that serves 2,287 students overall.

On the student-mix side, WATSON PRIMARY SCHOOL logs that nearly all students (84%) are White. Beyond that, the school records 10% Hispanic, 4% Pacific Islander. That is noticeably more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 70%.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 29 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 17.6:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 16.0:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Roughly 78% of students at WATSON PRIMARY SCHOOL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Madison County indicate median household earnings sit near $56,798, roughly 13% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Madison County's 8 public schools (combined enrollment of about 2,501 students), WATSON PRIMARY SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is HUNTSVILLE INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL, roughly 0.1 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 3 other public schools cluster around WATSON PRIMARY SCHOOL.

Geographically, the school is in a low-density area.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 4%: 538 students in 2018 compared to 516 in 2025. Class-load math has loosened: from 14.4:1 in 2018 to 17.6:1 in 2025.

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