WILLIS SHAW ELEMENTARY SCH

WILLIS SHAW ELEMENTARY SCH is an elementary campus of sizable scale in SPRINGDALE, Arkansas, operated by SPRINGDALE SCHOOL DISTRICT, instructing 634 students in grades pre-K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 418 students per school, that is 52% bigger than typical.

SPRINGDALE SCHOOL DISTRICT runs 29 schools in total, collectively educating 22,685 students. WILLIS SHAW ELEMENTARY SCH is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, WILLIS SHAW ELEMENTARY SCH logs that 68% of the student body identifies as White. The remainder looks like 20% Hispanic, 7% multiracial.

In terms of school funding signals, The school currently runs with 38 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 16.8:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 16.0:1, putting WILLIS SHAW ELEMENTARY SCH higher than the state norm the norm. About 32% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), WILLIS SHAW ELEMENTARY SCH sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 47.9%; this one delivers 56.1%.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Benton County) shows that the typical household earns roughly $93,506 per year, 38% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. Across Benton County's 88 public schools (combined enrollment of about 57,071 students), WILLIS SHAW ELEMENTARY SCH is one campus in the mix.

HELLSTERN MIDDLE SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 2.8 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts WILLIS SHAW ELEMENTARY SCH at 2nd of 9; the average score across the group is 41.1%.

Geographically, the school is in a countryside area.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at WILLIS SHAW ELEMENTARY SCH has shrank 11%, going from 711 students in 2018 to 634 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 83% to 68% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 18.6:1 in 2018 to 16.8:1 today.

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