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Enrollment
1,092
High
DISTRICT 479 · STATE 510
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·TEXARKANA SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 051311001068
ARKANSAS HIGH SCHOOL
1500 JEFFERSON, TEXARKANA, AR 71854 · (870) 774-7641 · Miller County
GRADES 09–12HIGH23-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,092 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 50% of Arkansas public high schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Arkansas public high schools
Student : Teacher
8.6:1
127 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.2:1 · STATE 8.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
1,092 students
DISTRICT 100% · STATE 70%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 276 | 25% |
| Grade 10 | 281 | 26% |
| Grade 11 | 265 | 24% |
| Grade 12 | 270 | 25% |
Student demographics
57%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 56% · STATE 61% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within TEXARKANA SCHOOL DISTRICT. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
ATLAS 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3+4)English Language Arts
23.2%
AR avg 34.9% . -7.2pp since 2023
What this means: On the ATLAS, Arkansas's statewide test, about 23 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level. The Arkansas average is about 35 of 100. Reading and writing scores are down about 7 points since 2023.
ATLAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts |
|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 23.2% |
| 2023-24 | 30.4% |
% Proficient (Level 3+4), all students and all tested grades.
Source: ATLAS. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
23.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
22.7%
based on AR schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+1.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 24% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 23% typical for Arkansas schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Arkansas's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like ARKANSAS HIGH SCHOOL
ARKANSAS HIGH SCHOOL's state test result (23.9% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| ARKANSAS HIGH SCHOOL this school | 1,092 | 100.0% | 23.9% |
| MAGNOLIA HIGH SCHOOL MAGNOLIA | 797 | 98.6% | 21.0% |
| CAMDEN FAIRVIEW HIGH SCHOOL CAMDEN | 652 | 99.5% | 10.4% |
| NORTH LITTLE ROCK HIGH SCHOOL NORTH LITTLE ROCK | 1,652 | 99.9% | 12.8% |
| THE ACADEMIES AT JONESBORO HIGH SCHOOL JONESBORO | 1,505 | 100.0% | 16.2% |
| THE ACADEMIES OF WEST MEMPHIS CHARTER SCHOOL WEST MEMPHIS | 897 | 100.0% | 15.3% |
Matched among Arkansas high schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where ARKANSAS HIGH SCHOOL ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Arkansas |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 23.9% | #185 of 272 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 23.2% | #213 of 280 ▼ 75 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,092 | #31 of 310 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 8.6:1 | #120 of 245 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 57.4% | #52 of 246 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 100% | #45 of 273 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +8.2% | #60 of 105 |
Ranked against other public high schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
1,092
+23 (+2%) vs 2020
-4% since 1990-91, when it was 1,134
Student : Teacher
8.6:1
was 9.9:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 1,092 | 126.5 | 8.6:1 | 100% (1,092) |
| 2023-24 | 1,108 | 124.3 | 8.9:1 | 100% (1,108) |
| 2022-23 | 1,060 | 116.2 | 9.1:1 | 100% (1,060) |
| 2020-21 | 1,069 | 108 | 9.9:1 | 100% (1,069) |
| 2017-18 | 1,009 | 81.9 | 12.3:1 | 35% (352) |
| 2015-16 | 1,082 | 81 | 13.4:1 | 58% (624) |
| 2010-11 | 1,136 | 105 | 10.8:1 | 56% (634) |
| 2000-01 | 965 | 69 | 14.0:1 | 38% (370) |
| 1990-91 | 1,134 | 79 | 14.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for ARKANSAS HIGH SCHOOL.
About ARKANSAS HIGH SCHOOL
As a large high school, ARKANSAS HIGH SCHOOL serves students in TEXARKANA, Arkansas. The school serves grades 9 through 12. Enrollment is 1,092 students. That is 114% above the average of about 510 students for high schools in Arkansas.
ARKANSAS HIGH SCHOOL is one school in an 8-school district, TEXARKANA SCHOOL DISTRICT, which enrolls 3,830 students.
Federal enrollment data show ARKANSAS HIGH SCHOOL is 57% Black. Other groups make up 31% White, 7% Hispanic, and 4% multiracial. Miller County as a whole is about 26% Black, so the school's share is higher. A diversity index of 57% means there is a 57% chance two randomly chosen students at ARKANSAS HIGH SCHOOL are from different groups.
ARKANSAS HIGH SCHOOL lists 126.5 full-time-equivalent teachers; that is about 8.6 students per teacher. The 8.8:1 average for high schools in Arkansas is close to this figure. The school reported 100% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25. The 80% average for public schools in Miller County is 20 points lower.
Among Arkansas public high schools, ARKANSAS HIGH SCHOOL outscored 50%, which works out to a B- on the allk12 Grade.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, ARKANSAS HIGH SCHOOL would score about 22.7%. It scores 23.9%, 1.3 points above that figure.
For Miller County, Census Bureau data show the median household earns about $48,836 a year, 15% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 19% of people live in poverty. Counting ARKANSAS HIGH SCHOOL, Miller County has 16 public schools.
FAIRVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is about 0.4 miles away, making it the nearest public school. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. ARKANSAS HIGH SCHOOL's average proficiency of 23.9% compares with 24.3% for its nearest scored neighbors.
The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as Suburb: Small, meaning it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population under 100,000.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, enrollment moved from 1,069 to 1,092, a small change. Its ratio of students to teachers was 9.9:1 in 2020-21, and 8.6:1 in 2024-25.
ARKANSAS HIGH SCHOOL has a community page on allk12 for topics such as athletics, class schedules, and weather closures. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
Miller County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
42,360
Census ACS
Median income
$48,836
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
15%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
19%
Below federal line
Schools in county
16
6,217 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in TEXARKANA SCHOOL DISTRICT
- ARKANSAS MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 842 students
- EDWARD D. TRICE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 473 students
- COLLEGE HILL HARMONY LEADERSHIP ACADEMYElementary · 391 students
- VERA KILPATRICK ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 373 students
- FAIRVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 246 students
- NORTH HEIGHTS COMMUNITY SCHOOLElementary · 243 students
Other schools in TEXARKANA
- ARKANSAS MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 842 students
- EDWARD D. TRICE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 473 students
- COLLEGE HILL HARMONY LEADERSHIP ACADEMYElementary · 391 students
- VERA KILPATRICK ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 373 students
- GENOA CENTRAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 365 students
- GARY E. COBB MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 303 students
Nearby schools
- FAIRVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.4 mi · 246
- Highland Park Elementary School1.1 mi · 427
- VERA KILPATRICK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.3 mi · 373
- NORTH HEIGHTS COMMUNITY SCHOOL1.4 mi · 243
- PREMIER HIGH SCHOOL OF TEXARKANA1.4 mi · 67
- COLLEGE HILL PRE-K CENTER1.4 mi · 170
Frequently asked questions
About ARKANSAS HIGH SCHOOLHow many students attend ARKANSAS HIGH SCHOOL?
ARKANSAS HIGH SCHOOL enrolls approximately 1,092 students in grades 09-12.
Is ARKANSAS HIGH SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
ARKANSAS HIGH SCHOOL is a high school covering grades 09-12.
How many teachers does ARKANSAS HIGH SCHOOL have?
ARKANSAS HIGH SCHOOL employs 127 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 8.6:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at ARKANSAS HIGH SCHOOL?
At ARKANSAS HIGH SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 31% White, 7% Hispanic, 57% Black, 1% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Who oversees ARKANSAS HIGH SCHOOL?
ARKANSAS HIGH SCHOOL is overseen by TEXARKANA SCHOOL DISTRICT in Miller County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.