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SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HARMONY GROVE SCHOOL DISTRICT (SALINE)·NCES 050732000445

WESTBROOK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

2621 N HWY 229, BENTON, AR 72015 · (501) 778-7331 · Saline County
GRADES PK–03ELEMENTARY41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL371 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 68% of Arkansas public elementary schools
  • A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
  • B-Beats 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

Enrollment
371
Elementary
DISTRICT 317 · STATE 418
Student : Teacher
19.4:1
19 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.5:1 · STATE 16.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
40%
147 students
DISTRICT 31% · 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

GradeStudentsShare
Pre-K205%
Kindergarten7721%
Grade 110328%
Grade 28022%
Grade 39125%
Student demographics
23%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 23% · STATE 61% · US 70%
White
32487%
DISTRICT 87% · STATE 57% · US 43%
Hispanic
175%
DISTRICT 6% · STATE 15% · US 30%
Black
72%
DISTRICT 2% · STATE 19% · US 15%
Asian
21%
DISTRICT 0% · STATE 2% · US 6%
Two+
195%
DISTRICT 4% · STATE 5% · US 5%
Native American
10%
DISTRICT 0% · STATE 1% · US 1%
Pacific Islander
10%
DISTRICT 0% · STATE 1% · US 0%
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
Male
19452%
Female
17748%

School pathway

Students here typically continue to
WESTBROOK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL→HARMONY GROVE MIDDLE SCHOOL→HARMONY GROVE JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL→HARMONY GROVE HIGH SCHOOL
Based on grade levels within HARMONY GROVE SCHOOL DISTRICT (Saline). Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.

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Test scores

ATLAS 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3+4)
English Language Arts
40.2%
AR avg 34.9% . -4.9pp since 2023
Math
54.4%
AR avg 38.9% . -2.5pp since 2023

What this means: On the ATLAS, Arkansas's statewide test, about 40 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 54 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Arkansas schools, those numbers are about 35 and 39. Reading and writing scores are down about 5 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 3 points.

ATLAS results by year

School yearEnglish Language ArtsMath
2024-2540.2%54.4%
2023-2445.1%56.9%
% 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 · methodology
Tier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
48.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
45.1%
based on AR schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+2.9pp
above demographic expectation

What this means: About 48% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 45% 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 WESTBROOK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

WESTBROOK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (48.0% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 4 schools below with a result.

SchoolStudentsLow-incomeProficient
WESTBROOK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school37139.6%48.0%
BROOKLAND PRIMARY SCHOOL
BROOKLAND
38440.4%N/A
TAYLOR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
TAYLOR
34137.8%56.6%
GREENBRIER WOOSTER ELEMENTARY
GREENBRIER
40842.9%59.6%
GREENBRIER SPRINGHILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
GREENBRIER
44740.9%73.4%
MAGNESS CREEK ELEMENTARY
CABOT
35141.9%42.1%
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 WESTBROOK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks

Among elementary schools
MeasureThis schoolIn ArkansasIn Saline County
State test proficiency
ranked highest first
48.0%#97 of 461#7 of 16
Math proficiency
ranked highest first
54.4%#89 of 465
▼ 32
#7 of 16
▼ 4
Reading proficiency
ranked highest first
40.2%#172 of 465
▼ 62
#10 of 16
▼ 2
Enrollment
ranked largest first
371#312 of 531#16 of 17
Students per teacher
ranked fewest first
19.4:1#455 of 480#17 of 17
Diversity index
ranked most diverse first
23.2%#367 of 480#17 of 17
Free and reduced lunch
ranked highest share first
39.6%#466 of 513#13 of 17
Enrollment change since 2017-18
ranked steepest decline first
-0.5%#308 of 311#14 of 14
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 2024-25
Enrollment
371
+9 (+2%) vs 2020
+9% since 1990-91, when it was 340
Student : Teacher
19.4:1
was 16.4:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Enrollment and staffing by year

School yearStudentsTeachers (FTE)Students per teacherFree and reduced lunch
2024-2537119.119.4:140% (147)
2023-2436920.617.9:144% (162)
2022-2337321.317.5:140% (149)
2020-213622216.4:141% (149)
2017-1837325.214.8:130% (113)
2015-163972416.5:145% (177)
2010-114673015.6:150% (234)
2000-014292914.8:131% (131)
1990-913402116.2:1N/A
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for WESTBROOK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.

About WESTBROOK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

WESTBROOK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a medium-sized elementary school. Its address is in BENTON, Arkansas. It educates 371 students in pre-K through 3.

HARMONY GROVE SCHOOL DISTRICT (Saline) enrolls 1,269 students, and its 4 schools include WESTBROOK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.

At WESTBROOK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, White students make up 87% of the student body. Other students are 5% multiracial and 5% Hispanic. WESTBROOK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has a diversity index of 23%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.

The count of teachers at WESTBROOK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 19.1 full-time equivalents, for a ratio of 19.4:1. The average ratio among elementary schools in Arkansas is 16.0:1, lower than at this school. Around 40% of the school's students qualify for free or reduced-price meals.

Measured against Arkansas public elementary schools, WESTBROOK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL receives a B+. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.

On BeatsExpectations, WESTBROOK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 2.9 points above its prediction, a result in the middle 80% of Arkansas schools.

Saline County has these Census figures: median household income is about $79,046, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 29%, and roughly 6% of residents are in poverty. WESTBROOK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is among the 33 public schools in Saline County.

The closest public school, HARMONY GROVE MIDDLE SCHOOL, is less than a tenth of a mile from WESTBROOK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. Around the school, 6 other public schools are within five miles. Of the 9 nearby schools with scores, including this one, WESTBROOK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 3rd on average proficiency.

NCES lists the school's locale as Rural: Fringe. That means it sits in rural territory close to an urban area.

The school's size has been steady, with 362 students in 2020-21 and 371 in 2024-25. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio rose to 19.4:1, from 16.4:1.

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Saline County at a glance

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Population
127,479
Census ACS
Median income
$79,046
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
29%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
33
20,022 students

Quick facts

School name
WESTBROOK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
District
HARMONY GROVE SCHOOL DISTRICT (Saline)
Address
2621 N HWY 229, BENTON, AR 72015
Phone
(501) 778-7331
County
Saline County
Level
Elementary
Grade range
PK–03
Total enrollment
371
Teachers (FTE)
19
Student–teacher ratio
19.4:1
Free and reduced lunch
147 (40%)
Locale
41-Rural: Fringe
NCES ID
050732000445
Charter school
No
Virtual school
No

Related schools

Other schools in HARMONY GROVE SCHOOL DISTRICT (Saline)
Other schools in BENTON
Other Westbrook Elementary schools

4 other US public schools in 5 states are named Westbrook Elementary. WESTBROOK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the 5th largest of the 5.

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Frequently asked questions

About WESTBROOK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
How large is WESTBROOK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
WESTBROOK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 371 students in grades PK-03.
Is WESTBROOK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
WESTBROOK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is an elementary school covering grades PK-03.
How many teachers does WESTBROOK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL have?
WESTBROOK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL employs 19 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 19.4:1.
What is the student diversity at WESTBROOK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
Student demographics at WESTBROOK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL are roughly 87% White, 5% Hispanic, 2% Black, 1% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Is WESTBROOK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL public or private?
WESTBROOK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a public K-12 school, overseen by HARMONY GROVE SCHOOL DISTRICT (Saline).
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