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Ward Central Elementary

๐Ÿ“ 1570 Wilson Loop, Ward, Lonoke County, 72176

494
Pupils
15.3
Pupil:teacher ratio

About this school

Ward Central Elementary is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Ward, Lonoke County. The school has 494 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Tobie Sprawls. It is part of the Cabot School District school district. It serves grades Pre-Kโ€“4 in a suburban setting. The school employs 32.3 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 15.3:1.

School details

Principal
Tobie Sprawls
School district
Cabot School District

Enrollment & staffing

Ward Central Elementary enrolls 494 students across grades Pre-Kโ€“4. The student body is 55% male and 45% female. A teaching staff of 32.3 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 15.3:1.

Male students
270 (55%)
Female students
224 (45%)
Teachers (FTE)
32.3
Student-teacher ratio
15.3:1
Grade span
Pre-Kโ€“4

Student demographics

By race and ethnicity, the student body is 84% White, 8.9% Two or more races and 5.1% Hispanic or Latino.

Race / ethnicityStudentsShare
White41684%
Two or more races448.9%
Hispanic or Latino255.1%
Black or African American71.4%
American Indian or Alaska Native2<1%

Source: NCES Common Core of Data.

Free & reduced-price lunch

304 of the school's 494 students (62%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.

School setting & status

Suburb, LargeGrades Pre-Kโ€“4Title I

Ward Central Elementary is located in a suburban setting (NCES locale: Suburb, Large). The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district VT-10.

School district: CABOT SCHOOL DISTRICT

Ward Central Elementary is one of 16 schools in CABOT SCHOOL DISTRICT, based in CABOT, Arkansas. The district serves 10,672 students district-wide and employs 685 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 494 students, Ward Central Elementary is smaller than the district average of about 667 students per school.

10,672
District students
16
Schools
685
Teachers (FTE)

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