Enrollment
373
High
DISTRICT 318 · STATE 510
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CEDAR RIDGE SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 050007000768
CEDAR RIDGE HIGH SCHOOL
1500 N. HILL STREET, NEWARK, AR 72562 · (870) 201-2577 · Independence County
GRADES 06–12HIGH42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL373 STUDENTS
A-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 82% of Arkansas public high schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats 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
5.0:1
74 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 8.5:1 · STATE 8.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
99%
370 students
DISTRICT 99% · 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 6 | 60 | 16% |
| Grade 7 | 53 | 14% |
| Grade 8 | 46 | 12% |
| Grade 9 | 48 | 13% |
| Grade 10 | 57 | 15% |
| Grade 11 | 48 | 13% |
| Grade 12 | 61 | 16% |
Student demographics
16%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 15% · 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 CEDAR RIDGE SCHOOL DISTRICT. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
ATLAS 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3+4)English Language Arts
34.5%
AR avg 34.9% . +10.2pp since 2023
Math
48.8%
AR avg 38.9% . +11.1pp since 2023
What this means: On the ATLAS, Arkansas's statewide test, about 35 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 49 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Arkansas schools, those numbers are about 35 and 39. Reading and writing scores are up about 10 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 11 points.
ATLAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 34.5% | 48.8% |
| 2023-24 | 24.3% | 37.7% |
% 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
33.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
23.0%
based on AR schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+10.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 33% 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 CEDAR RIDGE HIGH SCHOOL
CEDAR RIDGE HIGH SCHOOL's state test result (33.4% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| CEDAR RIDGE HIGH SCHOOL this school | 373 | 99.2% | 33.4% |
| HOXIE HIGH SCHOOL HOXIE | 360 | 100.0% | 24.4% |
| HACKETT HIGH SCHOOL HACKETT | 350 | 100.0% | 29.4% |
| MARSHALL HIGH SCHOOL MARSHALL | 353 | 99.2% | 37.0% |
| COTTER HIGH SCHOOL COTTER | 324 | 100.0% | 43.4% |
| CLINTON HIGH SCHOOL CLINTON | 390 | 100.0% | 38.3% |
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 CEDAR RIDGE HIGH SCHOOL ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Arkansas |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 33.4% | #95 of 272 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 48.8% | #21 of 132 ▲ 17 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 34.5% | #97 of 280 ▲ 100 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 373 | #135 of 310 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 5.0:1 | #28 of 245 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 16.2% | #201 of 246 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 99.2% | #55 of 273 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -9.7% | #70 of 133 |
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
373
-36 (-9%) vs 2020
-5% since 2010-11, when it was 391
Student : Teacher
5.0:1
was 5.0:1
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 | 373 | 73.8 | 5.0:1 | 99% (370) |
| 2023-24 | 359 | 81.3 | 4.4:1 | 99% (356) |
| 2022-23 | 368 | 66.8 | 5.5:1 | 68% (251) |
| 2020-21 | 409 | 82 | 5.0:1 | 100% (409) |
| 2017-18 | 413 | 35.6 | 11.6:1 | 74% (305) |
| 2015-16 | 413 | 36 | 11.5:1 | 62% (256) |
| 2010-11 | 391 | 33 | 11.8:1 | 61% (237) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for CEDAR RIDGE HIGH SCHOOL.
About CEDAR RIDGE HIGH SCHOOL
A small high school in NEWARK, Arkansas, CEDAR RIDGE HIGH SCHOOL is part of CEDAR RIDGE SCHOOL DISTRICT. It educates 373 students in grades 6 through 12. The typical figure for high schools in Arkansas is about 510 students.
CEDAR RIDGE HIGH SCHOOL reports to CEDAR RIDGE SCHOOL DISTRICT, which has 2 schools and 636 students.
White students make up 91% of enrollment at CEDAR RIDGE HIGH SCHOOL. The remaining students are 5% Hispanic. Pick two students at random and there is a 16% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
The school reports 73.8 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to about 5.0 students per teacher. That is 3.8 students per teacher below the 8.8:1 average for high schools in Arkansas. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility covers 99% of students. The 66% average for public schools in Independence County is 33 points lower.
The allk12 Grade for CEDAR RIDGE HIGH SCHOOL is A-. Compared with Arkansas public high schools, the school scored higher than 82% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
The model predicts 23.0% for a school in Arkansas with CEDAR RIDGE HIGH SCHOOL's free or reduced-price lunch share. CEDAR RIDGE HIGH SCHOOL posts 33.4%.
Independence County census figures show that the median household income is $56,609, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 18% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 14%. Independence County is home to 14 public schools and about 6,855 public school students.
The closest public school to CEDAR RIDGE HIGH SCHOOL is CEDAR RIDGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, about 0.4 miles away. CEDAR RIDGE HIGH SCHOOL is one of several public schools in the area, with 2 others within five miles. The school's 33.4% average proficiency ranks 8th among 9 nearby schools.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is Rural: Distant: in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
Enrollment is down 9% from 2020-21, when CEDAR RIDGE HIGH SCHOOL had 409 students, to 2024-25, when it had 373.
The allk12 site hosts a discussion page for CEDAR RIDGE HIGH SCHOOL covering things like sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater. Reviews and ratings from people who know the school are welcome.
Independence County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
38,175
Census ACS
Median income
$56,609
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
18%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
14%
Below federal line
Schools in county
14
6,855 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in CEDAR RIDGE SCHOOL DISTRICT
- CEDAR RIDGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 263 students
Other Cedar Ridge High schools
3 other US public schools in 4 states are named Cedar Ridge High. CEDAR RIDGE HIGH SCHOOL is the 3rd largest of the 4.
- Cedar Ridge High SchoolROUND ROCK, TX · 2,713 students
- Cedar Ridge HighHillsborough, NC · 1,148 students
- Cedar Ridge HighRICHFIELD, UT · 57 students
Nearby schools
- CEDAR RIDGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.4 mi · 263
- SULPHUR ROCK MAGNET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL3.9 mi · 333
- EAGLE MOUNTAIN MAGNET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL9.6 mi · 905
- SOUTHSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL10.1 mi · 852
- BATESVILLE JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL CHARTER10.2 mi · 690
- SOUTHSIDE CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL10.2 mi · 464
Frequently asked questions
About CEDAR RIDGE HIGH SCHOOLHow large is CEDAR RIDGE HIGH SCHOOL?
CEDAR RIDGE HIGH SCHOOL enrolls approximately 373 students in grades 06-12.
Is CEDAR RIDGE HIGH SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
CEDAR RIDGE HIGH SCHOOL is a high school covering grades 06-12.
How many students per teacher at CEDAR RIDGE HIGH SCHOOL?
Approximately 5.0:1 students per teacher at CEDAR RIDGE HIGH SCHOOL.
What is the student diversity at CEDAR RIDGE HIGH SCHOOL?
Student demographics at CEDAR RIDGE HIGH SCHOOL are roughly 91% White, 5% Hispanic, 1% Black, 0% Asian, 2% Two or more.
What district is CEDAR RIDGE HIGH SCHOOL in?
CEDAR RIDGE HIGH SCHOOL is part of CEDAR RIDGE SCHOOL DISTRICT.
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