Enrollment
185
High
DISTRICT 217 · STATE 510
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BRADFORD SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 050348000107
BRADFORD HIGH SCHOOL
504 W MAIN STREET, BRADFORD, AR 72020 · (501) 344-2607 · White County
GRADES 07–12HIGH43-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL185 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 54% of Arkansas public high schools
- C+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
4.8:1
39 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 9.0:1 · STATE 8.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
185 students
DISTRICT 100% · 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 | 31 | 17% |
| Grade 8 | 31 | 17% |
| Grade 9 | 31 | 17% |
| Grade 10 | 29 | 16% |
| Grade 11 | 34 | 18% |
| Grade 12 | 29 | 16% |
Student demographics
9%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 7% · 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 BRADFORD SCHOOL DISTRICT. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
ATLAS 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3+4)English Language Arts
21.2%
AR avg 34.9% . -4.4pp since 2023
Math
25.0%
AR avg 38.9% . +11.9pp since 2023
What this means: On the ATLAS, Arkansas's statewide test, about 21 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 25 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Arkansas schools, those numbers are about 35 and 39. Reading and writing scores are down about 4 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 12 points.
ATLAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 21.2% | 25.0% |
| 2023-24 | 25.6% | 13.1% |
% 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
24.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
22.7%
based on AR schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+2.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 25% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 23% 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 BRADFORD HIGH SCHOOL
BRADFORD HIGH SCHOOL's state test result (24.9% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| BRADFORD HIGH SCHOOL this school | 185 | 100.0% | 24.9% |
| CALICO ROCK HIGH SCHOOL CALICO ROCK | 176 | 98.3% | 34.5% |
| MAMMOTH SPRING HIGH SCHOOL MAMMOTH SPRING | 198 | 100.0% | 35.8% |
| LEAD HILL HIGH SCHOOL LEAD HILL | 185 | 98.4% | 21.0% |
| WEST SIDE HIGH SCHOOL GREERS FERRY | 213 | 100.0% | 37.2% |
| OZARK MOUNTAIN HIGH SCHOOL WESTERN GROVE | 225 | 98.7% | 29.2% |
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 BRADFORD HIGH SCHOOL ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Arkansas | In White County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 24.9% | #177 of 272 | #7 of 8 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 25.0% | #93 of 132 ▲ 19 | N/A |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 21.2% | #225 of 280 ▼ 40 | #8 of 8 ▼ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 185 | #253 of 310 | #8 of 8 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 100% | #16 of 273 | #1 of 8 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -11.1% | #58 of 133 | N/A |
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
185
-20 (-10%) vs 2020
-23% since 1990-91, when it was 240
Student : Teacher
4.8:1
was 10.8:1
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 | 185 | 38.7 | 4.8:1 | 100% (185) |
| 2023-24 | 200 | 18.6 | 10.7:1 | 100% (200) |
| 2022-23 | 199 | 21.4 | 9.3:1 | 100% (199) |
| 2020-21 | 205 | 19 | 10.8:1 | 100% (205) |
| 2017-18 | 208 | 24.9 | 8.3:1 | 78% (162) |
| 2015-16 | 189 | 22 | 8.6:1 | 100% (189) |
| 2010-11 | 234 | 20 | 11.7:1 | 64% (150) |
| 2000-01 | 236 | 21 | 11.2:1 | 42% (99) |
| 1990-91 | 240 | 17 | 14.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for BRADFORD HIGH SCHOOL.
About BRADFORD HIGH SCHOOL
Federal records list BRADFORD HIGH SCHOOL as a high school in BRADFORD, Arkansas. The school has 185 students in 2024-25 across grades 7 through 12. High schools in Arkansas average about 510 students, which makes this school 64% below average.
The district, BRADFORD SCHOOL DISTRICT, has 434 students enrolled across 2 schools.
Roughly 95% of students at BRADFORD HIGH SCHOOL are White. Smaller groups are 2% Black. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 9%.
The student-to-teacher ratio is 4.8:1. The school has 38.7 full-time-equivalent teachers. Across high schools in Arkansas, the average ratio is 8.8:1. Federal data show 100% of students (185) are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Among public schools in White County, the average eligibility rate is 60%.
BRADFORD HIGH SCHOOL earns a B- on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 54% of Arkansas public high schools.
Based on student poverty, the model expects 22.7% at BRADFORD HIGH SCHOOL; the school's average proficiency rate across its state test results is 24.9%.
White County is the school's county. There, median household income comes to about $55,249, 20% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 14% of people live in poverty. There are 27 public schools in the county, enrolling about 12,342, BRADFORD HIGH SCHOOL among them.
BRADFORD HIGH SCHOOL's closest public school neighbor is BRADFORD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, less than a tenth of a mile away. Counting only straight-line distance, 3 other public schools are within ten miles. Among its closest neighbors with test data, BRADFORD HIGH SCHOOL is 6th of 9 on proficiency.
The school's locale code, Rural: Remote, means it is in rural territory far from an urban area.
Since 2020-21, enrollment has fallen 10%, from 205 to 185. The number of students per teacher dropped from 10.8 to 4.8 over 4 years.
The discussion board for BRADFORD HIGH SCHOOL is open to topics like pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
White County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
77,838
Census ACS
Median income
$55,249
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
20%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
14%
Below federal line
Schools in county
27
12,342 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in BRADFORD SCHOOL DISTRICT
- BRADFORD ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 249 students
Other Bradford High schools
4 other US public schools in 5 states are named Bradford High. BRADFORD HIGH SCHOOL is the 5th largest of the 5.
- Bradford HighKenosha, WI · 1,453 students
- BRADFORD HIGH SCHOOLSTARKE, FL · 785 students
- Bradford High SchoolBradford, TN · 319 students
- Bradford High SchoolBradford, OH · 244 students
Nearby schools
- BRADFORD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.0 mi · 249
- BALD KNOB HIGH SCHOOL9.8 mi · 326
- BALD KNOB MIDDLE SCHOOL9.9 mi · 216
- H.L. LUBKER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL10.0 mi · 517
- AUGUSTA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL11.4 mi · 184
- AUGUSTA HIGH SCHOOL11.4 mi · 145
Frequently asked questions
About BRADFORD HIGH SCHOOLWhat is the total enrollment at BRADFORD HIGH SCHOOL?
BRADFORD HIGH SCHOOL enrolls approximately 185 students in grades 07-12.
What grades does BRADFORD HIGH SCHOOL serve?
BRADFORD HIGH SCHOOL serves grades 07-12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at BRADFORD HIGH SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at BRADFORD HIGH SCHOOL is approximately 4.8:1 (39 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at BRADFORD HIGH SCHOOL?
At BRADFORD HIGH SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 95% White, 1% Hispanic, 2% Black, 1% Two or more.
Is BRADFORD HIGH SCHOOL public or private?
BRADFORD HIGH SCHOOL is a public K-12 school, overseen by BRADFORD SCHOOL DISTRICT.
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