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Enrollment
852
High
DISTRICT 1,234 · STATE 510
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SPRINGDALE SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 051266001020
CENTRAL JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL
2811 WEST HUNTSVILLE AVENUE, SPRINGDALE, AR 72765 · (479) 750-8854 · Washington County
GRADES 08–09HIGH13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL852 STUDENTS
A
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 90% of Arkansas public high schools
- ATest 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
15.0:1
57 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.0:1 · STATE 8.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
46%
394 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 8 | 446 | 52% |
| Grade 9 | 406 | 48% |
Student demographics
61%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 64% · 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
Test scores
ATLAS 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3+4)English Language Arts
38.5%
AR avg 34.9% . +1.8pp since 2023
Math
39.9%
AR avg 38.9% . +1.8pp since 2023
What this means: On the ATLAS, Arkansas's statewide test, about 39 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 are up about 2 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 2 points.
ATLAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 38.5% | 39.9% |
| 2023-24 | 36.7% | 38.1% |
% 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
44.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
42.6%
based on AR schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+1.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 44% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 43% 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 CENTRAL JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL
CENTRAL JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL's state test result (44.2% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| CENTRAL JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL this school | 852 | 46.2% | 44.2% |
| RUSSELLVILLE HIGH SCHOOL RUSSELLVILLE | 1,281 | 56.9% | 33.2% |
| BATESVILLE HIGH SCHOOL CHARTER BATESVILLE | 986 | 60.2% | 27.4% |
| SILOAM SPRINGS HIGH SCHOOL CONVERSION CHARTER SILOAM SPRINGS | 1,475 | 52.6% | 34.4% |
| VAN BUREN HIGH SCHOOL VAN BUREN | 1,232 | 57.9% | 31.4% |
| RUSSELLVILLE JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL RUSSELLVILLE | 808 | 63.1% | 35.7% |
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 CENTRAL JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Arkansas | In Washington County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 44.2% | #24 of 272 | #3 of 16 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 39.9% | #45 of 132 ▼ 8 | #3 of 6 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 38.5% | #68 of 280 ▲ 6 | #7 of 17 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 852 | #46 of 310 | #4 of 19 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.0:1 | #233 of 245 | #13 of 15 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 61.5% | #34 of 246 | #4 of 15 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 46.2% | #218 of 273 | #8 of 16 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -7.8% | #86 of 133 | #3 of 6 |
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
852
-42 (-5%) vs 2020
-13% since 1990-91, when it was 979
Student : Teacher
15.0:1
was 14.0:1
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 | 852 | 56.7 | 15.0:1 | 46% (394) |
| 2023-24 | 829 | 65.7 | 12.6:1 | 44% (366) |
| 2022-23 | 890 | 59 | 15.1:1 | 46% (407) |
| 2020-21 | 894 | 64 | 14.0:1 | 51% (456) |
| 2017-18 | 924 | 65.4 | 14.1:1 | 36% (337) |
| 2015-16 | 997 | 56 | 17.8:1 | 49% (485) |
| 2010-11 | 825 | 50 | 16.5:1 | 40% (333) |
| 2000-01 | 913 | 57 | 16.0:1 | 36% (325) |
| 1990-91 | 979 | 54 | 18.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for CENTRAL JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL.
About CENTRAL JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL
CENTRAL JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL is a large high school in SPRINGDALE, Arkansas, under SPRINGDALE SCHOOL DISTRICT. It enrolls 852 students in 2024-25. The grades offered are 8 through 9. That puts enrollment 67% bigger than the 510-student average for high schools in Arkansas.
CENTRAL JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL is among 29 schools run by SPRINGDALE SCHOOL DISTRICT, which serves 22,685 students.
The share of White students at CENTRAL JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL is 53%, a majority. After that, the student body is 32% Hispanic, 6% Pacific Islander, 4% Black, and 4% multiracial. Census figures show Washington County is about 63% White. A diversity index of 61% means there is a 61% chance two randomly chosen students at CENTRAL JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL are from different groups.
The school lists 56.7 full-time-equivalent teachers and a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.0:1. The average for high schools in Arkansas, 8.8:1, is lower. A total of 394 students, or 46%, are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Washington County is 58%.
Among Arkansas public high schools, CENTRAL JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL outscored 90%, which works out to an A on the allk12 Grade.
The allk12 BeatsExpectations score for CENTRAL JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL is +1.6 points: 44.2% actual, 42.6% predicted.
Five-year Census Bureau estimates for Washington County show that the median household earns about $70,639 a year, about 35% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 9%. Across Washington County, 76 public schools serve about 42,451 students.
Among nearby public schools, RESPONSIVE ED SOLUTIONS PREMIER HIGH SCHOOL OF SPRINGDALE is closest at about 0.3 miles. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of CENTRAL JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL. CENTRAL JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL places 1st of 9 on proficiency among the closest schools that report scores.
Locale data from NCES put CENTRAL JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL inside a principal city with a population under 100,000 (City: Small).
Over 4 years, enrollment decreased by 42 students, from 894 to 852. Federal data show the ratio rising from 14.0:1 to 15.0:1.
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Washington County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
256,765
Census ACS
Median income
$70,639
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
35%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
76
42,451 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in SPRINGDALE SCHOOL DISTRICT
- HAR-BER HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,271 students
- SPRINGDALE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,207 students
- DON TYSON SCHOOL OF INNOVATIONCombined · 1,976 students
- HUNT ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 890 students
- HELLSTERN MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 849 students
- GEORGE JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 723 students
Other schools in SPRINGDALE
- HAR-BER HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,271 students
- SPRINGDALE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,207 students
- DON TYSON SCHOOL OF INNOVATIONCombined · 1,976 students
- HUNT ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 890 students
- HELLSTERN MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 849 students
- GEORGE JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 723 students
Other Central Junior High schools
9 other US public schools in 5 states are named Central Junior High. CENTRAL JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL is the 2nd largest of the 10.
- Central Junior High SchoolEULESS, TX · 1,061 students
- CENTRAL JR. HIGHCAPE GIRARDEAU, MO · 633 students
- Central Junior High SchoolMoore, OK · 574 students
- Central Junior High SchoolPOLLOK, TX · 451 students
- Central Jr High SchoolEast Peoria, IL · 434 students
Nearby schools
- RESPONSIVE ED SOLUTIONS PREMIER HIGH SCHOOL OF SPRINGDALE0.3 mi · 102
- WESTWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.8 mi · 498
- ELMDALE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.8 mi · 510
- THURMAN G. SMITH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.1 mi · 483
- SPRINGDALE HIGH SCHOOL1.1 mi · 2,207
- SOUTHWEST JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL1.4 mi · 694
Frequently asked questions
About CENTRAL JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOLHow many students attend CENTRAL JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL?
CENTRAL JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL enrolls approximately 852 students in grades 08-09.
Is CENTRAL JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
CENTRAL JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL is a high school covering grades 08-09.
What is the student-teacher ratio at CENTRAL JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at CENTRAL JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL is approximately 15.0:1 (57 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at CENTRAL JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL?
Student demographics at CENTRAL JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL are roughly 53% White, 32% Hispanic, 4% Black, 2% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Is CENTRAL JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL public or private?
CENTRAL JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL is a public K-12 school, overseen by SPRINGDALE SCHOOL DISTRICT.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.