CLINTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

Located at 852 YELLOWJACKET LANE, in CLINTON, Arkansas, CLINTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a reasonably sized elementary-level community that teaches 553 students (grades pre-K through 5), overseen by CLINTON SCHOOL DISTRICT. By comparison, Arkansas's public schools average about 418 students each, so CLINTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL sits 32% larger than that benchmark.

CLINTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 3 schools operated by CLINTON SCHOOL DISTRICT, a district that instructs 1,260 students overall.

Looking at the student body, CLINTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL shows that 88% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Other groups include 9% Hispanic.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, CLINTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has 38 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 14.6:1. The state averages around 16.0:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 100% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, CLINTON 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 22.3%; CLINTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL posts 46.7%, +24.4 points above that line.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Van Buren County) records that the typical household earns roughly $50,354 per year, about 15% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 13% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Van Buren County runs 7 public schools (combined enrollment of about 2,057 students), of which CLINTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one.

CLINTON HIGH SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 2 other public schools cluster around CLINTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts CLINTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL at 3rd of 9; the average score across the group is 35.0%.

The campus sits in a low-density setting.

Over the past 7-year window. CLINTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's enrollment has decreased 19% since 2018, when it stood at 686 (now 553). The student-to-teacher ratio grew from 13.1:1 in 2018 to 14.6:1 today.

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