WESTERN YELL COUNTY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

WESTERN YELL COUNTY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a minimally staffed K-5 school in BELLEVILLE, Arkansas, part of WESTERN YELL COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT. The school serves 157 students in grades pre-K through 6. Compared to the state average of about 418 students per school, that is 62% smaller than typical.

WESTERN YELL COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT runs 2 schools in total, collectively educating 298 students. WESTERN YELL COUNTY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, WESTERN YELL COUNTY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports that the student body is overwhelmingly White (80%); the rest consists of 15% Hispanic, 4% Asian. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

On the resource side, On paper, WESTERN YELL COUNTY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has 14 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 11.0:1. The state averages around 16.0:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 98% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Yell County runs at roughly 79%, so the school's eligibility rate is above the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, WESTERN YELL COUNTY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 23.0%; this one delivers 30.1%.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Yell County indicate median household earnings sit near $55,934, about 15% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. WESTERN YELL COUNTY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 12 public schools in Yell County (combined enrollment of about 3,945 students).

DANVILLE LOWER MIDDLE SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 4.2 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 5 other public schools cluster around WESTERN YELL COUNTY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. On composite proficiency, WESTERN YELL COUNTY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL comes 5th of 9 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 30.0%.

Geographically, the school is in a small-town area.

Trend over the last 7 years. WESTERN YELL COUNTY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's enrollment has ticked down 20% since 2018, when it stood at 196 (now 157). White enrollment moved from 74% to 80% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 12.3:1 in 2018 to 11.0:1 today.

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