BRYANT HIGH SCHOOL

BRYANT HIGH SCHOOL, a roomy 9-12 campus in BRYANT, Arkansas, operated by BRYANT SCHOOL DISTRICT, serves 2,369 students, covering grades 9 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 365% above the state mean of about 510.

Within BRYANT SCHOOL DISTRICT, which oversees 12 schools and 9,827 students, BRYANT HIGH SCHOOL is one campus in the system.

In terms of who attends, BRYANT HIGH SCHOOL logs that 52% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Beyond that, the school logs 23% Black, 19% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. By comparison, Saline County as a whole is about 80% White, so the school skews visibly less White than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school currently runs with 148 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 16.0:1. The state averages around 8.8:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Around 48% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

After controlling for student poverty, BRYANT HIGH SCHOOL is in the bottom 10% of Arkansas public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 41.0%; BRYANT HIGH SCHOOL posts 23.4%, -17.6 points below that line.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Saline County shows median household income runs about $79,046, about 29% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. BRYANT HIGH SCHOOL is one of 33 public schools in Saline County (combined enrollment of about 20,022 students).

Nearest neighbor: BRYANT MIDDLE SCHOOL, around 0.4 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts BRYANT HIGH SCHOOL at 8th of 9; the average score across the group is 37.8%.

The school occupies a bedroom-community site.

Trend over the last 7 years. BRYANT HIGH SCHOOL's enrollment has declined 13% since 2018, when it stood at 2,708 (now 2,369). The White share of enrollment ticked down from 68% to 52% over that span.

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