BRADLEY HIGH SCHOOL

As a very small senior high in BRADLEY, Arkansas, BRADLEY HIGH SCHOOL hosts 147 students from grades 7 through 12, one of the schools within EMERSON TAYLOR BRADLEY SCHOOL DISTRICT. Enrollment runs roughly 71% below the state mean of about 510.

Across the 6 schools in EMERSON TAYLOR BRADLEY SCHOOL DISTRICT (1,280 students total), BRADLEY HIGH SCHOOL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On the student-mix side, BRADLEY HIGH SCHOOL reports that 76% of the student body identifies as White. Other groups include 20% Black, 3% Hispanic. By comparison, Lafayette County as a whole is about 58% White, so the school skews meaningfully more White than its surroundings.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 22 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 6.8:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 8.8:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 69% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is noticeably below Lafayette County's rate of about 82%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), BRADLEY HIGH SCHOOL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 33.4%, the actual is 30.1%, a residual of -3.3 points.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Lafayette County) reports that the typical household earns roughly $41,278 per year, 9% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 14%. Across Lafayette County's 5 public schools (combined enrollment of about 808 students), BRADLEY HIGH SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is BRADLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, roughly 0.1 miles away. Within ten miles, there are 2 other public schools, a sparser pattern than typical urban areas. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), BRADLEY HIGH SCHOOL ranks 4th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 35.4%.

The campus sits in a countryside setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at BRADLEY HIGH SCHOOL has climbed 4%, going from 142 students in 2018 to 147 in 2025. Over the same period, the Black share fell from 31% to 20%. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 9.2:1 in 2018 to 6.8:1 today.

Inside the community feed, the feed for BRADLEY HIGH SCHOOL typically covers open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.