Enrollment
316
High
DISTRICT 360 · STATE 510
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BUFFALO ISLAND CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 050371001271
BUFFALO ISLAND CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL
803 WEST DREW, MONETTE, AR 72447 · (870) 486-5411 · Craighead County
GRADES 07–12HIGH42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL316 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
9.0:1
35 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.4:1 · STATE 8.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
54%
171 students
DISTRICT 61% · 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 | 50 | 16% |
| Grade 9 | 60 | 19% |
| Grade 10 | 58 | 18% |
| Grade 11 | 58 | 18% |
| Grade 12 | 42 | 13% |
Student demographics
36%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 33% · 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
Based on grade levels within BUFFALO ISLAND CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
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ATLAS 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3+4)English Language Arts
33.6%
AR avg 34.9% . +0.7pp since 2023
Math
40.0%
AR avg 38.9% . +3.7pp since 2023
What this means: On the ATLAS, Arkansas's statewide test, about 34 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 40 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Arkansas schools, those numbers are about 35 and 39. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2023, while math scores are up about 4 points.
ATLAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 33.6% | 40.0% |
| 2023-24 | 32.9% | 36.3% |
% 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
33.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
39.7%
based on AR schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-6.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 33% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 40% 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 BUFFALO ISLAND CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL
BUFFALO ISLAND CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL's state test result (33.3% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| BUFFALO ISLAND CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL this school | 316 | 54.1% | 33.3% |
| FOUNTAIN LAKE CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL HOT SPRINGS | 368 | 46.7% | 33.6% |
| CUTTER-MORNING STAR HIGH SCHOOL HOT SPRINGS | 331 | 66.2% | 24.1% |
| EUREKA SPRINGS HIGH SCHOOL EUREKA SPRINGS | 221 | 60.2% | 46.2% |
| DEWITT HIGH SCHOOL DEWITT | 364 | 52.2% | 30.1% |
| WHITE COUNTY CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL JUDSONIA | 370 | 64.6% | 43.5% |
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 BUFFALO ISLAND CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Arkansas | In Craighead County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 33.3% | #100 of 272 | #2 of 8 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 40.0% | #43 of 132 ▼ 1 | N/A |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 33.6% | #106 of 280 ▲ 2 | #2 of 8 ▲ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 316 | #170 of 310 | #7 of 8 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 9.0:1 | #129 of 245 | #2 of 8 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 35.7% | #126 of 246 | #3 of 8 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 54.1% | #182 of 273 | #3 of 8 |
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
316
-28 (-8%) vs 2020
+98% since 1990-91, when it was 160
Student : Teacher
9.0:1
was 10.4:1
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 | 316 | 35.2 | 9.0:1 | 54% (171) |
| 2023-24 | 325 | 33.3 | 9.8:1 | 55% (180) |
| 2022-23 | 338 | 34.2 | 9.9:1 | 52% (175) |
| 2020-21 | 344 | 33 | 10.4:1 | 61% (209) |
| 2017-18 | 172 | 16.2 | 10.6:1 | 31% (53) |
| 2015-16 | 168 | 18 | 9.3:1 | 53% (89) |
| 2010-11 | 155 | 15 | 10.3:1 | 65% (100) |
| 2000-01 | 167 | 15 | 11.1:1 | 21% (35) |
| 1990-91 | 160 | 11 | 14.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for BUFFALO ISLAND CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL.
About BUFFALO ISLAND CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL
In MONETTE, Arkansas, part of Craighead County, BUFFALO ISLAND CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL is a high school. The school had 316 students in grades 7 through 12 in 2024-25. Average enrollment for high schools in Arkansas is about 510, so this school runs 38% smaller than that.
The district for BUFFALO ISLAND CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL is BUFFALO ISLAND CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, with 2 schools and 720 students.
At 78%, White students outnumber all other groups at BUFFALO ISLAND CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL combined. Other students are 21% Hispanic. BUFFALO ISLAND CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL has a diversity index of 36%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
Teacher staffing is 35.2 full-time equivalents, or about 9.0 students per teacher. High schools in Arkansas have a similar average ratio of 8.8:1. Eligibility for subsidized school meals is 54%. On average, public schools in Craighead County report 67%.
The model predicts 39.7% for a school in Arkansas with BUFFALO ISLAND CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL's free or reduced-price lunch share. BUFFALO ISLAND CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL posts 33.3%.
Across Craighead County, median household income is about $59,548, roughly 30% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 15%. The public schools of Craighead County number 37 and enroll about 20,332.
The closest public school, BUFFALO ISLAND CENTRAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, is about 5.9 miles from BUFFALO ISLAND CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL. Within ten miles are 4 other public schools. BUFFALO ISLAND CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL is 6th of 9 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.
The school is in rural territory some distance from an urban area, according to its NCES locale (Rural: Distant).
BUFFALO ISLAND CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL had 344 students in 2020-21 and 316 in 2024-25, an 8% decrease. The student-to-teacher ratio went down from 10.4:1 to 9.0:1.
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Craighead County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
113,249
Census ACS
Median income
$59,548
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
30%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
15%
Below federal line
Schools in county
37
20,332 students
Quick facts
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Other schools in BUFFALO ISLAND CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT
- BUFFALO ISLAND CENTRAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 404 students
Nearby schools
- BUFFALO ISLAND CENTRAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL5.9 mi · 404
- RIVERSIDE WEST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL7.4 mi · 300
- RIVERSIDE HIGH SCHOOL7.5 mi · 342
- RIVERSIDE EAST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL9.0 mi · 147
- MANILA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL10.8 mi · 601
- MANILA HIGH SCHOOL10.9 mi · 476
Frequently asked questions
About BUFFALO ISLAND CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOLHow many students attend BUFFALO ISLAND CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL?
BUFFALO ISLAND CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL enrolls approximately 316 students in grades 07-12.
What grades does BUFFALO ISLAND CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL serve?
BUFFALO ISLAND CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL serves grades 07-12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at BUFFALO ISLAND CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at BUFFALO ISLAND CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL is approximately 9.0:1 (35 FTE teachers).
How diverse is BUFFALO ISLAND CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL?
BUFFALO ISLAND CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL reports a student body of 78% White, 21% Hispanic, 0% Black, 1% Two or more.
Who oversees BUFFALO ISLAND CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL?
BUFFALO ISLAND CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL is overseen by BUFFALO ISLAND CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT in Craighead County.
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