WESTWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

WESTWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, a well-populated elementary school in GREENWOOD, Arkansas, overseen by GREENWOOD SCHOOL DISTRICT, hosts 839 students, covering grades pre-K through 4. That puts it 101% above the typical public school in Arkansas, which averages around 418 students.

GREENWOOD SCHOOL DISTRICT comprises 5 schools with combined enrollment of 3,930 students; WESTWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, WESTWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL logs that White students make up the majority at 77%. Other groups include 11% multiracial, 10% Hispanic. The wider county runs roughly 68% White, putting the school's mix considerably more White than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, WESTWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has 45 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 18.7:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 16.0:1 average. Around 37% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Sebastian County (around 65%), the school's rate is south of typical.

With demographic context factored in, WESTWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks in the top 10% of Arkansas public schools. The BeatsExpectations model, a per-state regression of composite proficiency on FRL share, predicts schools with this student profile to land around 46.1%; WESTWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL posts 62.0%, +16.0 points above that line.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Sebastian County) shows that median household income runs about $57,790, about 23% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. WESTWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 44 public schools in Sebastian County (combined enrollment of about 20,239 students).

GREENWOOD JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 2.1 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 4 other public schools cluster around WESTWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. On composite proficiency, WESTWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL comes 1st of 8 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 41.1%.

Geographically, the school is in a countryside area.

Five-year trend. WESTWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's enrollment has grew 13% since 2018, when it stood at 741 (now 839). Over the same period, the White share decreased from 89% to 77%. The student-to-teacher ratio grew from 15.6:1 in 2018 to 18.7:1 today.

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