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Enrollment
986
High
DISTRICT 703 · STATE 510
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BATESVILLE SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 050001900043
BATESVILLE HIGH SCHOOL CHARTER
1 PIONEER DRIVE, BATESVILLE, AR 72501 · (870) 793-6846 · Independence County
GRADES 09–12HIGH41-RURALCHARTERTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL986 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
11.8:1
84 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.3:1 · STATE 8.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
60%
594 students
DISTRICT 63% · 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 | 264 | 27% |
| Grade 10 | 280 | 28% |
| Grade 11 | 232 | 24% |
| Grade 12 | 210 | 21% |
Student demographics
57%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 57% · 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
Based on grade levels within BATESVILLE SCHOOL DISTRICT. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
ATLAS 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3+4)English Language Arts
28.4%
AR avg 34.9% . +2.7pp since 2023
What this means: On the ATLAS, Arkansas's statewide test, about 28 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 up about 3 points since 2023.
ATLAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts |
|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 28.4% |
| 2023-24 | 25.7% |
% 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
27.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
37.4%
based on AR schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-10.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 27% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 37% 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 BATESVILLE HIGH SCHOOL CHARTER
BATESVILLE HIGH SCHOOL CHARTER's state test result (27.4% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| BATESVILLE HIGH SCHOOL CHARTER this school | 986 | 60.2% | 27.4% |
| RUSSELLVILLE JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL RUSSELLVILLE | 808 | 63.1% | 35.7% |
| RUSSELLVILLE HIGH SCHOOL RUSSELLVILLE | 1,281 | 56.9% | 33.2% |
| VAN BUREN HIGH SCHOOL VAN BUREN | 1,232 | 57.9% | 31.4% |
| DARDANELLE HIGH SCHOOL DARDANELLE | 686 | 65.5% | 40.3% |
| CENTRAL JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL SPRINGDALE | 852 | 46.2% | 44.2% |
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 BATESVILLE HIGH SCHOOL CHARTER ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Arkansas |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 27.4% | #159 of 272 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 28.4% | #159 of 280 ▲ 24 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 986 | #36 of 310 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.8:1 | #195 of 245 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 56.8% | #58 of 246 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 60.2% | #158 of 273 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +46.5% | #7 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
986
+63 (+7%) vs 2020
+89% since 1990-91, when it was 523
Student : Teacher
11.8:1
was 9.7:1
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 | 986 | 83.7 | 11.8:1 | 60% (594) |
| 2023-24 | 997 | 95 | 10.5:1 | 46% (457) |
| 2022-23 | 973 | 101.8 | 9.6:1 | 45% (437) |
| 2020-21 | 923 | 95 | 9.7:1 | 41% (381) |
| 2017-18 | 673 | 51.5 | 13.1:1 | 27% (182) |
| 2015-16 | 626 | 54 | 11.6:1 | 41% (257) |
| 2010-11 | 589 | 45 | 13.1:1 | 46% (273) |
| 2000-01 | 468 | 33 | 14.2:1 | 18% (85) |
| 1990-91 | 523 | 27 | 19.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for BATESVILLE HIGH SCHOOL CHARTER.
About BATESVILLE HIGH SCHOOL CHARTER
BATESVILLE HIGH SCHOOL CHARTER is a high school in BATESVILLE, Arkansas, and it is part of BATESVILLE SCHOOL DISTRICT. The school serves grades 9 through 12. Enrollment is 986 students. By comparison, high schools in Arkansas enroll about 510 students on average.
In BATESVILLE SCHOOL DISTRICT, 5 schools enroll a combined 3,513 students.
Of every 100 students at BATESVILLE HIGH SCHOOL CHARTER, about 57 are White. The rest of enrollment is 32% Hispanic, 5% Black, and 3% multiracial. Among all residents of Independence County, the White share is about 84%. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 57%.
With 83.7 full-time-equivalent teachers, the student-to-teacher ratio is about 11.8:1. High schools in Arkansas have an average ratio of 8.8:1. Student poverty is often measured by lunch eligibility; at BATESVILLE HIGH SCHOOL CHARTER, 60% qualify for free or reduced-price lunch.
On BeatsExpectations, BATESVILLE HIGH SCHOOL CHARTER is 10.1 points below its prediction, a result in the middle 80% of Arkansas schools.
Independence County is the school's county. There, the median household earns about $56,609 a year, roughly 18% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 14%. BATESVILLE HIGH SCHOOL CHARTER shares Independence County with 13 other public schools.
About 0.1 miles separate BATESVILLE HIGH SCHOOL CHARTER from the closest public school, BATESVILLE JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL CHARTER. The five-mile area around BATESVILLE HIGH SCHOOL CHARTER holds 7 other public schools. Local comparison: BATESVILLE HIGH SCHOOL CHARTER ranks 9th of 9 nearby schools, at 27.4% versus a 38.2% average.
Federal records code the school's setting as Rural: Fringe. BATESVILLE HIGH SCHOOL CHARTER holds a charter, making it a public charter school.
Over the 4 years from 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment rose 7%. By 2024-25, the school had 11.8 students per teacher, compared with 9.7 in 2020-21.
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Independence County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
38,175
Census ACS
Median income
$56,609
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
18%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
14%
Below federal line
Schools in county
14
6,855 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in BATESVILLE SCHOOL DISTRICT
- EAGLE MOUNTAIN MAGNET ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 905 students
- BATESVILLE JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL CHARTERMiddle · 690 students
- WEST MAGNET ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 599 students
- SULPHUR ROCK MAGNET ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 333 students
Other schools in BATESVILLE
- EAGLE MOUNTAIN MAGNET ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 905 students
- BATESVILLE JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL CHARTERMiddle · 690 students
- WEST MAGNET ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 599 students
- SULPHUR ROCK MAGNET ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 333 students
- UACCB TECHNICAL CENTERHigh
Nearby schools
- BATESVILLE JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL CHARTER0.1 mi · 690
- EAGLE MOUNTAIN MAGNET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.8 mi · 905
- WEST MAGNET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.4 mi · 599
- SOUTHSIDE MIDDLE SCHOOL3.7 mi · 450
- SOUTHSIDE CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL3.7 mi · 464
- SOUTHSIDE JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL3.7 mi · 427
Frequently asked questions
About BATESVILLE HIGH SCHOOL CHARTERWhat is the total enrollment at BATESVILLE HIGH SCHOOL CHARTER?
BATESVILLE HIGH SCHOOL CHARTER enrolls approximately 986 students in grades 09-12.
What grades does BATESVILLE HIGH SCHOOL CHARTER serve?
BATESVILLE HIGH SCHOOL CHARTER serves grades 09-12.
How many students per teacher at BATESVILLE HIGH SCHOOL CHARTER?
Approximately 11.8:1 students per teacher at BATESVILLE HIGH SCHOOL CHARTER.
How diverse is BATESVILLE HIGH SCHOOL CHARTER?
BATESVILLE HIGH SCHOOL CHARTER reports a student body of 57% White, 32% Hispanic, 5% Black, 2% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Is BATESVILLE HIGH SCHOOL CHARTER public or private?
BATESVILLE HIGH SCHOOL CHARTER is a public K-12 school operated as a charter, overseen by BATESVILLE SCHOOL DISTRICT.
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