CENTRAL JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL

CENTRAL JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL is a large four-year high school in SPRINGDALE, Arkansas, overseen by SPRINGDALE SCHOOL DISTRICT. The school hosts 852 students in grades 8 through 9. Enrollment runs roughly 67% above the state mean of about 510.

CENTRAL JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL is one of 29 schools operated by SPRINGDALE SCHOOL DISTRICT, a district that enrolls 22,685 students overall.

In terms of who attends, CENTRAL JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL reports that 53% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups; the rest consists of 32% Hispanic, 6% Pacific Islander, 4% Black, 4% multiracial. That is considerably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 63%.

On the income-and-resources front, CENTRAL JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL shows 57 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 15.0:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 8.8:1 average. About 46% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Washington County (around 58%), the school's rate is meaningfully below typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), CENTRAL JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 41.8%, the actual is 43.3%, a residual of +1.5 points.

In the area at large, census data for Washington County shows median household income runs about $70,639, about 35% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 9%. In all, Washington County runs 76 public schools (combined enrollment of about 42,451 students), of which CENTRAL JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL is one.

RESPONSIVE ED SOLUTIONS PREMIER HIGH SCHOOL OF SPRINGDALE is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around CENTRAL JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL. On composite proficiency, CENTRAL JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL comes 1st of 9 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 25.2%.

CENTRAL JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL operates from a high-density location.

Trend over the last 7 years. CENTRAL JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL's enrollment has shrank 8% since 2018, when it stood at 924 (now 852).

Within the allk12 community for this school, recent activity here tends to focus on fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.