Enrollment
204
High
DISTRICT 219 · STATE 510
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ARMOREL SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 050255000027
ARMOREL HIGH SCHOOL
4555 NORTH STATE HIGHWAY 137, BLYTHEVILLE, AR 72315 · (870) 763-7121 · Mississippi County
GRADES 07–12HIGH42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL204 STUDENTS
B
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 58% of Arkansas public high schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-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
5.0:1
41 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 9.1:1 · STATE 8.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
53%
108 students
DISTRICT 57% · STATE 70%
Community
0
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 7 | 31 | 15% |
| Grade 8 | 47 | 23% |
| Grade 9 | 25 | 12% |
| Grade 10 | 44 | 22% |
| Grade 11 | 30 | 15% |
| Grade 12 | 27 | 13% |
Student demographics
33%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 33% · 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 ARMOREL SCHOOL DISTRICT. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
ATLAS 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3+4)English Language Arts
29.4%
AR avg 34.9% . -0.2pp since 2023
Math
47.4%
AR avg 38.9% . +10.5pp since 2023
What this means: On the ATLAS, Arkansas's statewide test, about 29 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 47 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Arkansas schools, those numbers are about 35 and 39. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2023, while math scores are up about 11 points.
ATLAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 29.4% | 47.4% |
| 2023-24 | 29.6% | 36.9% |
% 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
33.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
40.1%
based on AR schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-6.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 33% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 40% 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 ARMOREL HIGH SCHOOL
ARMOREL HIGH SCHOOL's state test result (33.4% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| ARMOREL HIGH SCHOOL this school | 204 | 52.9% | 33.4% |
| SCRANTON HIGH SCHOOL SCRANTON | 212 | 48.1% | 34.1% |
| EUREKA SPRINGS HIGH SCHOOL EUREKA SPRINGS | 221 | 60.2% | 46.2% |
| WOODLAWN HIGH SCHOOL RISON | 261 | 52.1% | 31.2% |
| OUACHITA HIGH SCHOOL DONALDSON | 243 | 52.7% | 34.4% |
| LAVACA HIGH SCHOOL LAVACA | 245 | 42.9% | 30.5% |
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 ARMOREL HIGH SCHOOL ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Arkansas | In Mississippi County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 33.4% | #98 of 272 | #1 of 7 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 47.4% | #25 of 132 ▲ 14 | N/A |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 29.4% | #150 of 280 ▼ 3 | #2 of 7 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 204 | #245 of 310 | #6 of 7 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 5.0:1 | #26 of 245 | #1 of 6 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 33.1% | #136 of 246 | #3 of 6 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 52.9% | #184 of 273 | #6 of 7 |
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
204
+22 (+12%) vs 2020
+92% since 1990-91, when it was 106
Student : Teacher
5.0:1
was 5.7:1
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 | 204 | 41.2 | 5.0:1 | 53% (108) |
| 2023-24 | 197 | 33.4 | 5.9:1 | 50% (99) |
| 2022-23 | 192 | 34.7 | 5.5:1 | 38% (72) |
| 2020-21 | 182 | 32 | 5.7:1 | 40% (72) |
| 2017-18 | 197 | 20.3 | 9.7:1 | 34% (66) |
| 2015-16 | 206 | 18 | 11.4:1 | 41% (85) |
| 2010-11 | 209 | 19 | 11.0:1 | 41% (86) |
| 2000-01 | 195 | 21 | 9.3:1 | 20% (39) |
| 1990-91 | 106 | 13 | 8.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for ARMOREL HIGH SCHOOL.
About ARMOREL HIGH SCHOOL
ARMOREL HIGH SCHOOL is a small high school with its address in BLYTHEVILLE, Arkansas. The school reports 204 students in grades 7 through 12. The school's enrollment is 60% smaller than the 510 average for high schools in Arkansas.
Enrollment across the 2 schools in ARMOREL SCHOOL DISTRICT totals 438 students.
At ARMOREL HIGH SCHOOL, White students make up 81% of the student body. The remaining students are 9% Black, 8% Hispanic, and 2% Asian. Among people living in Mississippi County, the White share is about 57%. ARMOREL HIGH SCHOOL has a diversity index of 33%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
The school employs the equivalent of 41.2 full-time teachers, for a ratio of 5.0:1. The average ratio among high schools in Arkansas is 8.8:1, higher than at this school. The free or reduced-price lunch rate at ARMOREL HIGH SCHOOL is 53%. Public schools in Mississippi County average 84%.
The allk12 Grade for ARMOREL HIGH SCHOOL is B. Compared with Arkansas public high schools, the school scored higher than 58% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the BeatsExpectations model predicts an average proficiency rate on state tests of 40.1% for ARMOREL HIGH SCHOOL. The school posts 33.4%, 6.8 points below the prediction.
Mississippi County census figures show that median household income is about $52,548, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 14% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 17%. A total of 22 public schools operate in Mississippi County, serving about 6,930 students.
The next-closest public school is ARMOREL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, less than a tenth of a mile away. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within ten miles of ARMOREL HIGH SCHOOL. On proficiency, ARMOREL HIGH SCHOOL is ahead of the 17.0% nearby average, ranking 2nd of 8.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is Rural: Distant: in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, the student count grew from 182 to 204.
The discussion area below is open to posts about school events, clubs, and volunteer needs. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
Mississippi County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
39,126
Census ACS
Median income
$52,548
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
14%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
17%
Below federal line
Schools in county
22
6,930 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in ARMOREL SCHOOL DISTRICT
- ARMOREL ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 234 students
Other schools in BLYTHEVILLE
- BLYTHEVILLE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 369 students
- BLYTHEVILLE PRIMARY SCHOOLElementary · 343 students
- BLYTHEVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 307 students
- KIPP: BLYTHEVILLE COLLEGE PREPARATORYElementary · 292 students
- ARMOREL ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 234 students
- BLYTHEVILLE MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 172 students
Nearby schools
- ARMOREL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.1 mi · 234
- BLYTHEVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL5.7 mi · 307
- BLYTHEVILLE MIDDLE SCHOOL6.3 mi · 172
- BLYTHEVILLE CHICKASAW PREPARATORY ACADEMY (BCPA)6.3 mi · 104
- BLYTHEVILLE HIGH SCHOOL6.4 mi · 369
- BLYTHEVILLE PRIMARY SCHOOL6.5 mi · 343
Frequently asked questions
About ARMOREL HIGH SCHOOLWhat is the total enrollment at ARMOREL HIGH SCHOOL?
ARMOREL HIGH SCHOOL enrolls approximately 204 students in grades 07-12.
Is ARMOREL HIGH SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
ARMOREL HIGH SCHOOL is a high school covering grades 07-12.
How many teachers does ARMOREL HIGH SCHOOL have?
ARMOREL HIGH SCHOOL employs 41 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 5.0:1.
What is the student diversity at ARMOREL HIGH SCHOOL?
Student demographics at ARMOREL HIGH SCHOOL are roughly 81% White, 8% Hispanic, 9% Black, 2% Asian.
Is ARMOREL HIGH SCHOOL public or private?
ARMOREL HIGH SCHOOL is a public K-12 school, overseen by ARMOREL SCHOOL DISTRICT.
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