The top reported proficiency rate is 19% in English language arts. The lowest is 15% in Science.
Original Research by School Decision on Elmdale Elementary School
Elmdale Elementary School serves kindergarten through fifth grade in Springdale, Arkansas, as part of the Springdale School District. The school's enrollment, which is moderate in size for an elementary school, reflects a student body that is majority Hispanic, with a substantial White population and smaller shares of students who are Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander, two or more races, American Indian or Alaska Native, Asian, and Black. An extremely high share of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a figure that places the school among those serving a community with significant economic need. Data on English learner and special education populations was not available in the state reporting, so a parent should ask the school directly about how it supports these groups.
Springdale itself is a fast-growing industrial and commercial hub in northwest Arkansas, known for its poultry processing industry and home to major employers like Tyson Foods, Cargill, and a range of manufacturing firms. The city has experienced rapid population growth, including the annexation of a neighboring town, and its housing market reflects this momentum; home values rose modestly in the recent year, and rents followed a similar pattern, though both sit above the state average. The built environment mixes a traditional downtown along Emma Avenue with commercial corridors and major highways, and the school system is the largest in the state by district enrollment. For Elmdale's families, this means a setting where local economic activity is robust but housing costs are climbing, and a parent moving into the area should be prepared for a community under development pressure.
On state assessments administered in the 2024-25 school year under Arkansas's ATLAS system, students at Elmdale met proficiency benchmarks at rates that curve downward across grade levels and subjects. In third grade, roughly a fifth of students scored proficient or above in English language arts and a similar share did so in math, with about a sixth reaching that bar in science. Fourth-grade results showed slightly more students proficient in English language arts and math, but the share remained below a third, with science around a fifth. Fifth-grade outcomes were notably lower: fewer than one in ten students hit proficiency in any of the three subjects. A comparison of the school's overall proficiency across tested grades and subjects places it in the bottom fourth among the districts in Washington County when measured against its peers, a position that signals the school is facing a steep climb academically.
Because Elmdale serves only elementary grades, no graduation rate data applies, and the school does not report discipline, staffing, attendance, or course access data through the available channels. A parent considering this school may want to investigate what remediation or intervention programs exist, especially in fifth grade where the drop-off in tested performance is sharp. The absence of a reported chronic absenteeism rate means that dimension of the school environment is not directly observable from the data.
The Springdale School District has not publicly announced major strategic priorities or recent changes that would reshape a family's view, based on available public reporting. That leaves the academic profile and the local context as the primary factors for a family weighing Elmdale. The school sits in a district that operates many campuses across a growing city, and for a parent whose priority is a high-poverty elementary school in a region with a strong job market, Elmdale's numbers give a clear picture of the academic starting point. Families who value early intervention and student support may want to speak directly with the school about how it addresses gaps in learning, particularly at the upper elementary level where proficiency drops off.
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