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Schools in Lawson

Lawson’s public schools

El Dorado School District has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Lawson. Each school below is shown with its own results.

—Not gradedK–12Where will my kid go?2/5schools above Arkansas’s middle

Tests spring 2022, when 100% of students in Arkansas’s tested grades sat them, and the class of 2023’s graduation rate (U.S. Department of Education). How TownRatings grades schools

Reading proficiency
40%
2021–22
Math proficiency
35%
2021–22
Graduate on time
92%
class of 2023
Spent per student
$14.4K
▲ 6% vs AR $13.6K
FY2024
Students per teacher
12.5
AR 12.4
Schools in town
0
3,340 students on the public path
In brief

Lawson’s schools, in brief

School by school

2 of Lawson’s 5 district schools with test results score above the middle of Arkansas’s 944 public schools. Hugh Goodwin Elementary School places highest (better than 89%); El Dorado High School lowest (26%). See the path ↓

Which school depends on your street

Three elementary schools serve Lawson, graded from C+ to A, so it’s worth checking the specific school. Then one middle school and one high school: El Dorado High School. See the path ↓

Written from the figures on this page. Tests are from 2021–22, graduation from the class of 2023; each school’s own letter uses 2020–21 results.

Where will my kid go?

Pick a grade. These are the public schools in Lawson, with each school’s own grade.

The path, start to finish
K–43 elementary schoolsDepends on your addressC+ to A
5–8Barton JR. High Schoolin El DoradoC+
9–12El Dorado High Schoolin El DoradoC

Which school depends on your address. To confirm it, ask the El Dorado School District.

The district

Spending and class size are shown but don’t count toward the grade. Each district’s own page has every school.

El Dorado School DistrictGrades PK–12 · 6 schools · 3,921 students, down 6% since 2020–21 · 12.5 per teacher (AR 12.4)
$14,396AR $13,585 · FY2024
B
Test scores · 2021–22

Close to the state in reading

Reading40%
State average 39.9% · 2379 students tested
Math35%
State average 38.3% · 2382 students tested

Lawson vs. its neighbors

Schools grades for the Arkansas towns that share Lawson’s borders.

Schools next door
TownSchoolsMain districts
Lawson—El Dorado

Every school in Lawson

5 schools. Each public school’s letter compares its own 2020–21 reading and math results with Arkansas’s other public schools (the newest school-level results we have).

Also serving Lawsonin other towns
Hugh Goodwin Elementary School
Elementary · Grades PK–4 · El Dorado
A
508 students21:1Rate it →
Yocum Elementary School
Elementary · Grades K–4 · El Dorado
C+
580 students16:1Rate it →
Northwest Elementary School
Elementary · Grades K–4 · El Dorado
B−
477 students16:1Rate it →
Barton JR. High School
Middle · Grades 5–8 · El Dorado
C+
540 students12:1Rate it →
El Dorado High School
High · Grades 9–12 · El Dorado
C
1,235 students9:1Rate it →

Questions about Lawson’s schools

Are Lawson’s schools good?

There’s no Schools grade for Lawson. El Dorado School District has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Lawson. Each school below is shown with its own results. School by school, 2 of its 5 district schools with test results score above the middle of Arkansas’s public schools on their 2020–21 results.

What school district is Lawson in?

El Dorado School District.

Where do Lawson kids go to high school?

El Dorado High School.

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What Lawson families are saying about school.

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School data: state test results (2021–22, with participation) and four-year graduation rates (class of 2023) reported to the U.S. Department of Education (EDFacts via ED Data Express); each school’s own letter uses its 2020–21 results (EDFacts via the Urban Institute); schools and enrollment from NCES (2024–25; private schools 2023–24); spending from the Census Bureau’s school finance survey (FY2024). Stars are from neighbors.