AHLF JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL

Located at 308 W VINE, in SEARCY, Arkansas, AHLF JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL is a moderately sized middle-grades school that works with 576 students (grades 7 through 8), one of the schools within SEARCY SCHOOL DISTRICT. Enrollment runs roughly 24% above the state mean of about 464.

Across the 6 schools in SEARCY SCHOOL DISTRICT (3,973 students total), AHLF JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

In terms of who attends, AHLF JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL reports that White students make up the majority at 69%. Beyond that, the school shows 12% Hispanic, 9% Black, 8% multiracial, 2% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 87% White, putting the school's mix meaningfully less White than the area baseline.

On the resource side, The school employs 36 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 16.2:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.9:1, putting AHLF JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL higher than the state norm the norm. About 49% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, White County runs at roughly 60%, so the school's eligibility rate is lower than the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, AHLF JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 40.6%; this one delivers 43.5%.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for White County indicate median household income runs about $55,249, about 20% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 14%. Across White County's 27 public schools (combined enrollment of about 12,342 students), AHLF JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: MCRAE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, around 0.2 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, AHLF JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL comes 3rd of 9 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 36.2%.

AHLF JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL operates from a small-town location.

Trend over the last 7 years. AHLF JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL's enrollment has held roughly steady since 2018, when it stood at 572 (now 576). Class-load math has rose: from 13.5:1 in 2018 to 16.2:1 in 2025.

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