Enrollment
317
High
DISTRICT 337 · STATE 510
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·EAST END SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 050558000268
BIGELOW HIGH SCHOOL
114 W PANTHER DRIVE, BIGELOW, AR 72016 · (501) 759-2602 · Perry County
GRADES 07–12HIGH42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL317 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 80% of Arkansas public high schools
- A-Test 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
7.5:1
42 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.5:1 · STATE 8.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
67%
213 students
DISTRICT 70% · 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 | 48 | 15% |
| Grade 8 | 49 | 15% |
| Grade 9 | 53 | 17% |
| Grade 10 | 55 | 17% |
| Grade 11 | 61 | 19% |
| Grade 12 | 51 | 16% |
Student demographics
29%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 27% · 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 EAST END SCHOOL DISTRICT. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
ATLAS 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3+4)English Language Arts
38.7%
AR avg 34.9% . +2.5pp since 2023
Math
36.1%
AR avg 38.9% . +1.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the ATLAS, Arkansas's statewide test, about 39 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 36 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Arkansas schools, those numbers are about 35 and 39. Reading and writing scores are up about 3 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 1 points.
ATLAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 38.7% | 36.1% |
| 2023-24 | 36.2% | 35.1% |
% 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
35.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
34.9%
based on AR schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+0.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 36% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 35% 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 BIGELOW HIGH SCHOOL
BIGELOW HIGH SCHOOL's state test result (35.8% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| BIGELOW HIGH SCHOOL this school | 317 | 67.2% | 35.8% |
| WHITE COUNTY CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL JUDSONIA | 370 | 64.6% | 43.5% |
| ACORN HIGH SCHOOL MENA | 281 | 64.8% | 35.7% |
| TUCKERMAN HIGH SCHOOL TUCKERMAN | 288 | 63.9% | 54.6% |
| ATKINS HIGH SCHOOL ATKINS | 317 | 67.8% | 29.1% |
| BISMARCK HIGH SCHOOL BISMARCK | 317 | 62.5% | 43.4% |
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 BIGELOW HIGH SCHOOL ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Arkansas |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 35.8% | #68 of 272 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 36.1% | #56 of 132 ▼ 9 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 38.7% | #67 of 280 ▲ 10 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 317 | #168 of 310 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 7.5:1 | #96 of 245 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 28.7% | #152 of 246 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 67.2% | #131 of 273 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +18.3% | #27 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
317
+11 (+4%) vs 2020
+30% since 1990-91, when it was 243
Student : Teacher
7.5:1
was 10.6:1
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 | 317 | 42.5 | 7.5:1 | 67% (213) |
| 2023-24 | 308 | 28.1 | 11.0:1 | 60% (186) |
| 2022-23 | 303 | 28.9 | 10.5:1 | 54% (163) |
| 2020-21 | 306 | 29 | 10.6:1 | 52% (160) |
| 2017-18 | 268 | 28.4 | 9.4:1 | 32% (85) |
| 2015-16 | 293 | 25 | 11.7:1 | 55% (162) |
| 2010-11 | 322 | 28 | 11.5:1 | 48% (156) |
| 2000-01 | 332 | 26 | 12.8:1 | 47% (156) |
| 1990-91 | 243 | 14 | 17.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for BIGELOW HIGH SCHOOL.
About BIGELOW HIGH SCHOOL
BIGELOW HIGH SCHOOL is classified as a high school. It is located in BIGELOW, Arkansas. The grade span is 7 through 12, and enrollment is 317 students. Average enrollment for high schools in Arkansas is about 510, so this school runs 38% smaller than that.
EAST END SCHOOL DISTRICT counts 674 students in its 2 schools, and BIGELOW HIGH SCHOOL is one of them.
White students make up 84% of enrollment at BIGELOW HIGH SCHOOL. The remaining shares are 8% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, and 3% Black. Pick two students at random and there is a 29% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Teachers at BIGELOW HIGH SCHOOL total 42.5 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 7.5:1. The school has fewer students per teacher than the 8.8:1 average for high schools in Arkansas. The school counts 213 students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, or 67%. For comparison, public schools in Perry County average 66%.
Measured against Arkansas public high schools, BIGELOW HIGH SCHOOL receives an A-. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the BeatsExpectations model predicts an average proficiency rate on state tests of 34.9% for BIGELOW HIGH SCHOOL. The school posts 35.8%, within a point of the prediction.
In Perry County (population about 10,101), the median household income is $55,764, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 17% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 8%. There are 4 public schools in Perry County, enrolling about 1,565 students in all.
The nearest public school is ANNE WATSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, at about 2.2 miles. Inside a ten-mile radius, there are 7 other public schools. BIGELOW HIGH SCHOOL comes in 6th of 9 nearby schools on average proficiency.
The school is in rural territory some distance from an urban area, according to its NCES locale (Rural: Distant).
The school enrolled 317 students in 2024-25, 11 more than the 306 it had in 2020-21. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 10.6:1 to 7.5:1.
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Perry County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
10,101
Census ACS
Median income
$55,764
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
17%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
4
1,565 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in EAST END SCHOOL DISTRICT
- ANNE WATSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 357 students
Nearby schools
- ANNE WATSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.2 mi · 357
- CAROLYN LEWIS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL8.6 mi · 514
- RUTH DOYLE MIDDLE SCHOOL9.1 mi · 547
- PERRYVILLE HIGH SCHOOL9.2 mi · 427
- WOODROW CUMMINS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL9.3 mi · 450
- JIM STONE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL9.6 mi · 357
Frequently asked questions
About BIGELOW HIGH SCHOOLWhat is the total enrollment at BIGELOW HIGH SCHOOL?
BIGELOW HIGH SCHOOL enrolls approximately 317 students in grades 07-12.
What grades does BIGELOW HIGH SCHOOL serve?
BIGELOW HIGH SCHOOL serves grades 07-12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at BIGELOW HIGH SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at BIGELOW HIGH SCHOOL is approximately 7.5:1 (42 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at BIGELOW HIGH SCHOOL?
At BIGELOW HIGH SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 84% White, 8% Hispanic, 3% Black, 0% Asian, 5% Two or more.
What district is BIGELOW HIGH SCHOOL in?
BIGELOW HIGH SCHOOL is part of EAST END SCHOOL DISTRICT.
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