LONDON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

LONDON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of the small elementary campuss in LONDON, Arkansas, one of the schools within RUSSELLVILLE SCHOOL DISTRICT, with 196 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 4. That puts it 53% smaller than the typical public school in Arkansas, which averages around 418 students.

Across the 10 schools in RUSSELLVILLE SCHOOL DISTRICT (5,591 students total), LONDON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

In terms of who attends, LONDON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL lists that the largest single group is White, at 74% of enrollment; the rest breaks down as 15% multiracial, 9% Hispanic, 2% Black. By comparison, Pope County as a whole is about 84% White, so the school skews noticeably less White than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, LONDON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL lists 14 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 13.6:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 16.0:1 average. About 66% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

With demographic context factored in, LONDON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 34.5% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 47.2%.

In the surrounding community, Pope County reports that median household income runs about $57,344, roughly 25% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 12%. In all, Pope County runs 25 public schools (combined enrollment of about 10,311 students), of which LONDON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one.

Nearest neighbor: RUSSELLVILLE JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL, around 6.3 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts LONDON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL at 2nd of 8; the average score across the group is 35.5%.

The school occupies a countryside site.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count grew 18%: 166 students in 2018 compared to 196 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share contracted from 92% to 74%. Class-load math has grew: from 9.7:1 in 2018 to 13.6:1 in 2025.

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