BEARDEN HIGH SCHOOL

BEARDEN HIGH SCHOOL is an intimate high school in BEARDEN, Arkansas, run under BEARDEN SCHOOL DISTRICT. The school caters to 227 students in grades 7 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 55% leaner than the state mean of about 510.

BEARDEN SCHOOL DISTRICT comprises 2 schools with combined enrollment of 446 students; BEARDEN HIGH SCHOOL is among them.

On the student-mix side, BEARDEN HIGH SCHOOL shows that the most-represented group is White (52%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups; the rest consists of 36% Black, 8% multiracial, 4% Hispanic. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school reports having 47 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 4.8:1. The state averages around 8.8:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 99% of students at BEARDEN HIGH SCHOOL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is noticeably above Ouachita County's rate of about 86%.

After controlling for student poverty, BEARDEN HIGH SCHOOL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 22.8%; this one delivers 11.8%.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Ouachita County put the typical household earns roughly $49,268 per year, about 16% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 13% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Ouachita County's 9 public schools (combined enrollment of about 3,268 students), BEARDEN HIGH SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is BEARDEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, roughly 0.1 miles away. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), BEARDEN HIGH SCHOOL ranks 7th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 23.4%.

BEARDEN HIGH SCHOOL operates from a countryside location.

Trend over the last 7 years. BEARDEN HIGH SCHOOL's enrollment has fell 4% since 2018, when it stood at 236 (now 227). The Black share of enrollment decreased from 40% to 36% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 8.3:1 in 2018 to 4.8:1 today.

Within the allk12 community for this school, recent activity here tends to focus on fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.