1
What's one thing CENTERPOINT HIGH SCHOOL gets right about preparing students for what comes next?
Community prompt from u/allk12. Replies below.
Enrollment
551
High
DISTRICT 278 · STATE 510
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CENTERPOINT SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 050669000341
CENTERPOINT HIGH SCHOOL
755 HWY 8 E, AMITY, AR 71921 · (870) 356-3612 · Pike County
GRADES 06–12HIGH42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL551 STUDENTS
A-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 78% 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.
- A-Beats 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
8.3:1
66 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 20.8:1 · STATE 8.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
70%
386 students
DISTRICT 74% · STATE 70%
Community
6
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 | 68 | 12% |
| Grade 7 | 73 | 13% |
| Grade 8 | 88 | 16% |
| Grade 9 | 84 | 15% |
| Grade 10 | 91 | 17% |
| Grade 11 | 71 | 13% |
| Grade 12 | 76 | 14% |
Student demographics
37%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 36% · 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 CENTERPOINT SCHOOL DISTRICT. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
ATLAS 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3+4)English Language Arts
34.2%
AR avg 34.9% . +0.9pp since 2023
Math
43.7%
AR avg 38.9% . +21.0pp 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 44 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 21 points.
ATLAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 34.2% | 43.7% |
| 2023-24 | 33.3% | 22.7% |
% 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
35.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
33.8%
based on AR schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+1.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 35% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 34% 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 CENTERPOINT HIGH SCHOOL
CENTERPOINT HIGH SCHOOL's state test result (35.2% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| CENTERPOINT HIGH SCHOOL this school | 551 | 70.1% | 35.2% |
| LAKE HAMILTON JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL PEARCY | 636 | 64.3% | 40.8% |
| WALDRON HIGH SCHOOL WALDRON | 401 | 66.8% | 23.3% |
| RIVERVIEW HIGH SCHOOL SEARCY | 340 | 70.9% | 23.9% |
| HUNTSVILLE HIGH SCHOOL HUNTSVILLE | 581 | 64.2% | 26.6% |
| CUTTER-MORNING STAR HIGH SCHOOL HOT SPRINGS | 331 | 66.2% | 24.1% |
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 CENTERPOINT HIGH SCHOOL ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Arkansas |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 35.2% | #76 of 272 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 43.7% | #37 of 132 ▲ 49 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 34.2% | #101 of 280 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 551 | #86 of 310 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 8.3:1 | #112 of 245 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 36.5% | #123 of 246 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 70.1% | #119 of 273 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +6.8% | #67 of 105 |
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
551
+231 (+72%) vs 2020
+30% since 2000-01, when it was 424
Student : Teacher
8.3:1
was 8.9:1
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 | 551 | 66 | 8.3:1 | 70% (386) |
| 2023-24 | 523 | 61 | 8.6:1 | 69% (363) |
| 2022-23 | 514 | 56.7 | 9.1:1 | 67% (346) |
| 2020-21 | 320 | 36 | 8.9:1 | 68% (218) |
| 2017-18 | 516 | 44.3 | 11.7:1 | 44% (229) |
| 2015-16 | 533 | 40 | 13.3:1 | 68% (365) |
| 2010-11 | 567 | 45 | 12.6:1 | 63% (355) |
| 2000-01 | 424 | 37 | 11.5:1 | 37% (155) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for CENTERPOINT HIGH SCHOOL.
About CENTERPOINT HIGH SCHOOL
CENTERPOINT HIGH SCHOOL is a public high school run by CENTERPOINT SCHOOL DISTRICT in AMITY, Arkansas. Enrollment stands at 551 students, covering grades 6 through 12.
A total of 3 schools make up CENTERPOINT SCHOOL DISTRICT, with 1,005 students enrolled.
More than half of enrollment at CENTERPOINT HIGH SCHOOL is White: 77%. Other groups make up 21% Hispanic. Pike County as a whole is about 87% White, so the school's share is lower. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 37%.
For every teacher at CENTERPOINT HIGH SCHOOL, there are about 8.3 students; the school has 66 full-time-equivalent teachers. The ratio is within a point of the 8.8:1 average for high schools in Arkansas. There are 386 students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, 70% of enrollment. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Pike County is 83%.
On the allk12 Grade, CENTERPOINT HIGH SCHOOL lands at A-, ahead of 78% of Arkansas public high schools.
CENTERPOINT HIGH SCHOOL is 1.4 points above its predicted average proficiency rate across its state test results (35.2% versus 33.8%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in Arkansas.
For the population of Pike County, median household income comes to about $49,269, 19% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 17% of people live in poverty. Pike County's 7 public schools enroll about 2,093 students and include CENTERPOINT HIGH SCHOOL.
CENTERPOINT HIGH SCHOOL's closest public school neighbor is CENTERPOINT ACADEMY OF AGRICULTURE & SKILLED TRADE, less than a tenth of a mile away. Counting only straight-line distance, 2 other public schools are within five miles. Among its closest neighbors with test data, CENTERPOINT HIGH SCHOOL is 5th of 7 on proficiency.
The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as Rural: Distant, meaning it is in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
Enrollment was 320 in 2020-21 and 551 in 2024-25. Large swings like this can come from changes to the grades a school serves.
On allk12, people connected to CENTERPOINT HIGH SCHOOL can post about pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
Pike County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
10,115
Census ACS
Median income
$49,269
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
19%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
17%
Below federal line
Schools in county
7
2,093 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in CENTERPOINT SCHOOL DISTRICT
- CENTERPOINT ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 450 students
- CENTERPOINT ACADEMY OF AGRICULTURE & SKILLED TRADEHigh · 4 students
Other schools in AMITY
- CENTERPOINT ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 450 students
- CENTERPOINT ACADEMY OF AGRICULTURE & SKILLED TRADEHigh · 4 students
Nearby schools
- CENTERPOINT ACADEMY OF AGRICULTURE & SKILLED TRADE0.0 mi · 4
- CENTERPOINT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.4 mi · 450
- KIRBY HIGH SCHOOL7.8 mi · 176
- KIRBY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL7.8 mi · 216
- CADDO ACADEMY11.4 mi · 237
- CADDO HILLS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL11.4 mi · 348
Frequently asked questions
About CENTERPOINT HIGH SCHOOLWhat is the total enrollment at CENTERPOINT HIGH SCHOOL?
CENTERPOINT HIGH SCHOOL enrolls approximately 551 students in grades 06-12.
What age range does CENTERPOINT HIGH SCHOOL serve?
CENTERPOINT HIGH SCHOOL serves students from grade 06 through grade 12.
How many teachers does CENTERPOINT HIGH SCHOOL have?
CENTERPOINT HIGH SCHOOL employs 66 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 8.3:1.
How diverse is CENTERPOINT HIGH SCHOOL?
CENTERPOINT HIGH SCHOOL reports a student body of 77% White, 21% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Two or more.
What district is CENTERPOINT HIGH SCHOOL in?
CENTERPOINT HIGH SCHOOL is part of CENTERPOINT SCHOOL DISTRICT.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.