BUFFALO ISLAND CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL

Located at 803 WEST DREW, in MONETTE, Arkansas, BUFFALO ISLAND CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL is a close-knit secondary school that instructs 316 students (grades 7 through 12), overseen by BUFFALO ISLAND CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT. Compared to the state average of about 510 students per school, that is 38% smaller than typical.

Across the 2 schools in BUFFALO ISLAND CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT (720 students total), BUFFALO ISLAND CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Looking at the student body, BUFFALO ISLAND CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL lists that the largest single group is White, at 78% of enrollment; the rest comes out to 21% Hispanic.

In terms of school funding signals, BUFFALO ISLAND CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL reports 35 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 9.0:1. The state averages about 8.8:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. About 54% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Craighead County runs at roughly 67%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully below the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, BUFFALO ISLAND CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 38.9%, the actual is 32.3%, a residual of -6.6 points.

In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for Craighead County put the typical household earns roughly $59,548 per year, about 30% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 15%. BUFFALO ISLAND CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL is one of 37 public schools in Craighead County (combined enrollment of about 20,332 students).

BUFFALO ISLAND CENTRAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 5.9 miles from this campus. Within ten miles, there are 4 other public schools, a sparser pattern than typical urban areas. On composite proficiency, BUFFALO ISLAND CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL comes 7th of 9 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 35.5%.

The campus sits in a countryside setting.

Looking at the recent track record. BUFFALO ISLAND CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL's enrollment has climbed 84% since 2018, when it stood at 172 (now 316). Over the same period, the Hispanic share climbed from 12% to 21%. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 10.6:1 in 2018 to 9.0:1 today.

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