WESTSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

As a close-knit elementary campus in HARTMAN, Arkansas, WESTSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls 279 students from grades pre-K through 5, operated by WESTSIDE SCHOOL DISTRICT (Johnson). By comparison, Arkansas's public schools average about 418 students each, so WESTSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL sits 33% smaller than that benchmark.

WESTSIDE SCHOOL DISTRICT (Johnson) runs 2 schools in total, collectively educating 585 students. WESTSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of those campuses.

In terms of who attends, WESTSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL logs that 87% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Beyond that, the school shows 6% multiracial, 4% Hispanic, 3% Asian.

On the resource side, On paper, WESTSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has 16 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 17.6:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 16.0:1 average. Roughly 99% of students at WESTSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is north of Johnson County's rate of about 86%.

After controlling for student poverty, WESTSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 22.7% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 33.6%.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Johnson County put the typical household earns roughly $45,995 per year, about 18% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 13% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Johnson County runs 13 public schools (combined enrollment of about 4,527 students), of which WESTSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one.

WESTSIDE HIGH SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 2.2 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint. On composite proficiency, WESTSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL comes 4th of 8 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 30.3%.

The campus sits in an outlying setting.

Over the past 7-year window. WESTSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's enrollment has declined 28% since 2018, when it stood at 387 (now 279). The White share of enrollment decreased from 95% to 87% over that span. Class-load math has widened: from 13.6:1 in 2018 to 17.6:1 in 2025.

On the community side, members of the WESTSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL community share and discuss open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.