📍 1600 Cavanaugh Rd, Fort Smith, Sebastian County, 72908
Beard Elementary School is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Fort Smith, Sebastian County. The school has 309 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Joni Donoho. It is part of the Fort Smith School District school district. It serves grades Pre-K–5 in an urban setting. The school employs 20.1 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 15.3:1.
Beard Elementary School enrolls 309 students across grades Pre-K–5. The student body is 47% male and 53% female. A teaching staff of 20.1 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 15.3:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 50% White, 17% Two or more races and 16% Hispanic or Latino.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 156 | 50% |
| Two or more races | 52 | 17% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 50 | 16% |
| Black or African American | 23 | 7.4% |
| Asian | 20 | 6.5% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 5 | 1.6% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 3 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
239 of the school's 309 students (77%) 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.
Beard Elementary School is located in an urban setting (NCES locale: City, Small). 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-30.
Beard Elementary School is one of 27 schools in FORT SMITH SCHOOL DISTRICT, based in FORT SMITH, Arkansas. The district serves 14,045 students district-wide and employs 1,002 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 309 students, Beard Elementary School is smaller than the district average of about 520 students per school.
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