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Enrollment
450
Elementary
DISTRICT 404 · STATE 418
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CONWAY SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 050459001486
WOODROW CUMMINS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
1400 PADGETT RD, CONWAY, AR 72034 · (501) 513-4417 · Faulkner County
GRADES KG–04ELEMENTARY13-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL450 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 80% of Arkansas public elementary schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Arkansas public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
18.0:1
25 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.7:1 · STATE 16.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
37%
166 students
DISTRICT 58% · STATE 70%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 81 | 18% |
| Grade 1 | 78 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 92 | 20% |
| Grade 3 | 90 | 20% |
| Grade 4 | 109 | 24% |
This year's kindergarten class (81) is 26% smaller than its 4th grade class (109).
Student demographics
62%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 67% · STATE 61% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
ATLAS 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3+4)English Language Arts
49.3%
AR avg 34.9% . -4.1pp since 2023
Math
59.2%
AR avg 38.9% . -3.6pp since 2023
What this means: On the ATLAS, Arkansas's statewide test, about 49 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 59 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Arkansas schools, those numbers are about 35 and 39. Reading and writing scores are down about 4 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 4 points.
ATLAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 49.3% | 59.2% |
| 2023-24 | 53.4% | 62.8% |
% Proficient (Level 3+4), all students and all tested grades.
Source: ATLAS. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
53.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
46.1%
based on AR schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+7.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 54% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 46% typical for Arkansas schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Arkansas's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like WOODROW CUMMINS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
WOODROW CUMMINS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (53.6% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| WOODROW CUMMINS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 450 | 36.9% | 53.6% |
| SPRINGHILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ALEXANDER | 551 | 37.9% | 52.0% |
| BERNICE YOUNG ELEMENTARY SPRINGDALE | 536 | 36.9% | 52.9% |
| FOREST PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL LITTLE ROCK | 379 | 33.2% | 66.9% |
| JEFFERSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL LITTLE ROCK | 359 | 35.7% | 75.5% |
| LISA ACADEMY FAYETTEVILLE FAYETTEVILLE | 377 | 41.9% | 52.6% |
Matched among Arkansas elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where WOODROW CUMMINS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Arkansas | In Faulkner County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 53.6% | #55 of 461 | #8 of 18 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 59.2% | #55 of 465 ▼ 22 | #4 of 18 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 49.3% | #87 of 465 ▼ 43 | #8 of 18 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 450 | #213 of 531 | #7 of 18 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.0:1 | #370 of 480 | #15 of 18 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 62.0% | #99 of 480 | #8 of 18 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 36.9% | #477 of 513 | #18 of 18 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -18.2% | #110 of 311 | #1 of 10 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
450
-28 (-6%) vs 2020
-7% since 2010-11, when it was 482
Student : Teacher
18.0:1
was 18.4:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 450 | 25.1 | 18.0:1 | 37% (166) |
| 2023-24 | 448 | 24.1 | 18.6:1 | 39% (173) |
| 2022-23 | 465 | 25.1 | 18.5:1 | 40% (188) |
| 2020-21 | 478 | 26 | 18.4:1 | 36% (171) |
| 2017-18 | 550 | 28.2 | 19.5:1 | 15% (80) |
| 2015-16 | 525 | 28 | 18.8:1 | 32% (167) |
| 2010-11 | 482 | 25 | 19.3:1 | 31% (149) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for WOODROW CUMMINS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About WOODROW CUMMINS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
A mid-sized elementary school in CONWAY, Arkansas, WOODROW CUMMINS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is part of CONWAY SCHOOL DISTRICT. It reports enrollment of 450 students in kindergarten through 4.
The district, CONWAY SCHOOL DISTRICT, operates 16 schools serving 10,212 students.
Of every 100 students at WOODROW CUMMINS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, about 57 are White. The school is also 17% Black, 15% Hispanic, 7% multiracial, and 4% Asian. The White share of the county population is higher, at 79%. The diversity index for WOODROW CUMMINS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 62%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
Its staff includes 25.1 full-time-equivalent teachers, for about 18.0 students per teacher. Compared with the 16.0:1 average for elementary schools in Arkansas, this school's ratio is higher. Roughly 37% of students at WOODROW CUMMINS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL can receive free or reduced-price lunch. That rate is below the 52% average among public schools in Faulkner County.
Among Arkansas public elementary schools, WOODROW CUMMINS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL outscored 80%, which works out to an A- on the allk12 Grade.
BeatsExpectations compares each school's average proficiency rate across its state test results with a prediction based on free or reduced-price lunch eligibility. For WOODROW CUMMINS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, the prediction is 46.1% and the result is 53.6%.
For Faulkner County, Census Bureau data show median household income comes to about $67,289, 35% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Counting WOODROW CUMMINS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, Faulkner County has 37 public schools.
WOODROW CUMMINS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's closest public school neighbor is RUTH DOYLE MIDDLE SCHOOL, about 0.5 miles away. Within five miles of WOODROW CUMMINS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, there are at least 8 other public schools. Of 9 schools in the immediate area with test results, WOODROW CUMMINS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks 2nd on average proficiency.
In the federal locale system, WOODROW CUMMINS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is coded City: Small, for schools inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.
By 2024-25, enrollment had dropped to 450, from 478 in 2020-21.
WOODROW CUMMINS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has a community page on allk12 for topics such as special education services, counseling, and support programs. You can also rate the school on this page.
Faulkner County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
127,717
Census ACS
Median income
$67,289
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
35%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
37
18,977 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in CONWAY SCHOOL DISTRICT
- CONWAY HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,350 students
- CONWAY JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,568 students
- CARL STUART MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 752 students
- RUTH DOYLE MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 547 students
- CAROLYN LEWIS ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 514 students
- BOB COURTWAY MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 498 students
Other schools in CONWAY
- CONWAY HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,350 students
- CONWAY JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,568 students
- CARL STUART MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 752 students
- RUTH DOYLE MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 547 students
- CAROLYN LEWIS ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 514 students
- BOB COURTWAY MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 498 students
Nearby schools
- RUTH DOYLE MIDDLE SCHOOL0.5 mi · 547
- JIM STONE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.6 mi · 357
- JULIA LEE MOORE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.4 mi · 328
- MARGUERITE VANN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL3.3 mi · 359
- CARL STUART MIDDLE SCHOOL3.4 mi · 752
- CONWAY HIGH SCHOOL3.6 mi · 2,350
Frequently asked questions
About WOODROW CUMMINS ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHow large is WOODROW CUMMINS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
WOODROW CUMMINS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 450 students in grades KG-04.
What age range does WOODROW CUMMINS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
WOODROW CUMMINS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves students from grade KG through grade 04.
How many teachers does WOODROW CUMMINS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL have?
WOODROW CUMMINS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL employs 25 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 18.0:1.
What is the student diversity at WOODROW CUMMINS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
Student demographics at WOODROW CUMMINS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL are roughly 57% White, 15% Hispanic, 17% Black, 4% Asian, 7% Two or more.
What district is WOODROW CUMMINS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL in?
WOODROW CUMMINS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is part of CONWAY SCHOOL DISTRICT.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.