WESTERN GROVE ELEMENTARY

Located at 300 SCHOOL STREET, in WESTERN GROVE, Arkansas, WESTERN GROVE ELEMENTARY is a minimally staffed primary school that educates 153 students (grades K through 6), part of OZARK MOUNTAIN SCHOOL DISTRICT. Enrollment runs roughly 63% below the state mean of about 418.

OZARK MOUNTAIN SCHOOL DISTRICT comprises 4 schools with combined enrollment of 495 students; WESTERN GROVE ELEMENTARY is among them.

In terms of who attends, WESTERN GROVE ELEMENTARY logs that the student body is overwhelmingly White (94%). Other groups include 3% multiracial, 3% Hispanic. Compared to Newton County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

Looking at school resources, On paper, WESTERN GROVE ELEMENTARY has 10 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 15.9:1. The state averages about 16.0:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. An estimated 98% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, WESTERN GROVE ELEMENTARY sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 23.0%; this one delivers 19.2%.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Newton County indicate median household earnings sit near $48,986, about 16% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 15% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Newton County's 7 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,213 students), WESTERN GROVE ELEMENTARY is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is OZARK MOUNTAIN HIGH SCHOOL, roughly 0.0 miles away. 4 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), WESTERN GROVE ELEMENTARY ranks 7th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 48.8%.

Geographically, the school is in a rural area.

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