BLYTHEVILLE HIGH SCHOOL

BLYTHEVILLE HIGH SCHOOL operates as a compact 9-12 campus in BLYTHEVILLE, Arkansas, overseen by BLYTHEVILLE SCHOOL DISTRICT. Current enrollment sits at 369 students spanning grades 9 through 12. That puts it 28% smaller than the typical public school in Arkansas, which averages around 510 students.

BLYTHEVILLE HIGH SCHOOL is one of 5 schools operated by BLYTHEVILLE SCHOOL DISTRICT, a district that hosts 1,295 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, BLYTHEVILLE HIGH SCHOOL records that nearly all students (85%) are Black. Beyond that, the school logs 8% White, 4% Hispanic. The wider county runs roughly 34% Black, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Black than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, On paper, BLYTHEVILLE HIGH SCHOOL has 35 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 10.6:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 8.8:1, putting BLYTHEVILLE HIGH SCHOOL higher than the state norm the norm. About 100% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is noticeably above Mississippi County's rate of about 84%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, BLYTHEVILLE HIGH SCHOOL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 22.3%, the actual is 13.2%, a residual of -9.1 points.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Mississippi County shows median household earnings sit near $52,548, 14% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 17%. In all, Mississippi County runs 22 public schools (combined enrollment of about 6,930 students), of which BLYTHEVILLE HIGH SCHOOL is one.

Nearest neighbor: BLYTHEVILLE CHICKASAW PREPARATORY ACADEMY (BCPA), around 0.3 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), BLYTHEVILLE HIGH SCHOOL ranks 4th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 19.2%.

Geographically, the school is in a town-based area.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at BLYTHEVILLE HIGH SCHOOL has contracted 40%, going from 619 students in 2018 to 369 in 2025. The White share of enrollment shrank from 17% to 8% over that span. Class-load math has grew: from 9.0:1 in 2018 to 10.6:1 in 2025.

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