BATESVILLE HIGH SCHOOL CHARTER

Set in BATESVILLE, Arkansas, BATESVILLE HIGH SCHOOL CHARTER is a substantial 9-12 campus, operated by BATESVILLE SCHOOL DISTRICT. It serves 986 students across grades 9 through 12. Compared to the state average of about 510 students per school, that is 93% bigger than typical.

BATESVILLE HIGH SCHOOL CHARTER is one of 5 schools operated by BATESVILLE SCHOOL DISTRICT, a district that works with 3,513 students overall.

Demographically, BATESVILLE HIGH SCHOOL CHARTER records that the largest single group is White, at 57% of enrollment; the rest comes out to 32% Hispanic, 5% Black, 3% multiracial. By comparison, Independence County as a whole is about 84% White, so the school skews meaningfully less White than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, BATESVILLE HIGH SCHOOL CHARTER has 84 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 11.8:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 8.8:1 average. Roughly 60% of students at BATESVILLE HIGH SCHOOL CHARTER qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

With demographic context factored in, BATESVILLE HIGH SCHOOL CHARTER performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 36.7%, the actual is 26.2%, a residual of -10.5 points.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Independence County indicate median household income runs about $56,609, roughly 18% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 14%. In all, Independence County runs 14 public schools (combined enrollment of about 6,855 students), of which BATESVILLE HIGH SCHOOL CHARTER is one.

Nearest neighbor: BATESVILLE JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL CHARTER, around 0.1 miles off. Within five miles, there are 7 other public schools. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), BATESVILLE HIGH SCHOOL CHARTER ranks 9th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 35.9%.

Geographically, the school is in an outlying area. As a public charter, BATESVILLE HIGH SCHOOL CHARTER runs on public funding but with greater curricular and operational autonomy than a typical district school.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count grew 47%: 673 students in 2018 compared to 986 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment edged up from 17% to 32% over that span. Class-load math has fell: from 13.1:1 in 2018 to 11.8:1 in 2025.

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