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Cavanaugh Elementary School

๐Ÿ“ 1025 School St, Fort Smith, Sebastian County, 72908

310
Pupils
15.9
Pupil:teacher ratio

About this school

Cavanaugh Elementary School is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Fort Smith, Sebastian County. The school has 310 pupils enrolled. The Principal is A. Gillman. It is part of the Fort Smith School District school district. It serves grades Pre-Kโ€“5 in an urban setting. The school employs 19.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 15.9:1.

School details

Principal
A. Gillman
School district
Fort Smith School District

Enrollment & staffing

Cavanaugh Elementary School enrolls 310 students across grades Pre-Kโ€“5. The student body is 55% male and 45% female. A teaching staff of 19.5 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 15.9:1.

Male students
172 (55%)
Female students
138 (45%)
Teachers (FTE)
19.5
Student-teacher ratio
15.9:1
Grade span
Pre-Kโ€“5

Student demographics

By race and ethnicity, the student body is 54% White, 17% Hispanic or Latino and 14% Two or more races.

Race / ethnicityStudentsShare
White16854%
Hispanic or Latino5217%
Two or more races4214%
Black or African American289%
Asian165.2%
American Indian or Alaska Native41.3%

Source: NCES Common Core of Data.

Free & reduced-price lunch

206 of the school's 310 students (66%) 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

City, SmallGrades Pre-Kโ€“5Title I

Cavanaugh 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.

School district: FORT SMITH SCHOOL DISTRICT

Cavanaugh 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 310 students, Cavanaugh Elementary School is smaller than the district average of about 520 students per school.

14,045
District students
27
Schools
1,002
Teachers (FTE)

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