The top reported proficiency rate is 54% in Math. The lowest is 40% in English language arts.
Original Research by School Decision on Westbrook Elementary School
Westbrook Elementary School serves kindergarten through third grade and is part of the Harmony Grove School District in Saline County, Arkansas. It is a public school located on Highway 229 in Benton, a suburb of Little Rock that has been growing steadily as part of the larger metro area. The school’s enrollment is modest for an elementary building that covers just four grade bands, and its student body is predominantly white, with a small but notable share of Hispanic students and smaller representations of Black, multiracial, Asian, and Native American students. More than two-fifths of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a figure that gives a sense of the economic diversity present in the school community.
Because Westbrook only runs through third grade, the academic picture comes entirely from state testing in that single grade. Third graders took Arkansas’s ATLAS assessments in math, English language arts, and science. In math, a majority of students met the state’s proficiency standard. In reading and science, the shares were lower, with about two in five students reaching the proficient level. Overall proficiency across these subjects placed the school above the midpoint relative to districts in Saline County. That is a solid showing for a school serving formative early grades, though the gap between math and the other subjects is something a parent may want to ask the school about directly, since the data does not offer a breakdown by student groups or classroom-level context.
The school’s grade span is itself a defining feature. Families will need to plan ahead for fourth grade, which is served by another campus within the district. That transition is typical in elementary configurations, but it is worth noting that Westbrook’s entire identity is built around the early primary years. No graduation rate exists because the school does not serve high school grades, and no chronic absenteeism data was reported. State testing data for grades outside third grade was not applicable, so the academic portrait is limited to a single cohort at a single point in time.
Benton’s housing market reflects the area’s suburban growth pattern. Home values are roughly in the middle of the state’s range and below national levels, while rents are moderate relative to incomes. The city has seen steady development along Interstate 30, and a notable share of households include children. The school sits within a district that, according to available public records, has not undergone major recent changes that would be visible to parents. No significant program offerings, staffing ratios, or discipline data were present in the reporting, so those aspects of school life remain uncharacterized here.
For a family weighing Westbrook Elementary, the key considerations are the school’s early-grade focus, its above-average academic standing within the county, and the economic and demographic mix of its student body. The math results are a clear relative strength, while literacy and science outcomes are areas where a parent might seek additional information from school staff about curriculum and supports. The school’s setting in a growing suburban corridor of central Arkansas, with accessible housing and the amenities of Benton and nearby Little Rock, gives it a context that many families find appealing. The absence of deeper data on discipline, staffing, and student supports means this portrait is necessarily incomplete, but what is available points to a school that is performing competently for its grade band and serving a diverse-income community.
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