CONWAY HIGH SCHOOL

CONWAY HIGH SCHOOL is one of the large senior highs in CONWAY, Arkansas, one of the schools within CONWAY SCHOOL DISTRICT, with 2,350 students on its rolls from grades 10 through 12. That puts it 361% bigger than the typical public school in Arkansas, which averages around 510 students.

CONWAY SCHOOL DISTRICT runs 16 schools in total, collectively educating 10,212 students. CONWAY HIGH SCHOOL is one of those campuses.

Demographically, CONWAY HIGH SCHOOL records that 50% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Beyond that, the school shows 28% Black, 15% Hispanic, 5% multiracial. That is meaningfully less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 79%.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 136 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 17.2:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 8.8:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Around 41% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is south of Faulkner County's rate of about 52%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), CONWAY HIGH SCHOOL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 43.7% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 33.3%.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for Faulkner County put median household earnings sit near $67,289, roughly 35% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Faulkner County's 37 public schools (combined enrollment of about 18,977 students), CONWAY HIGH SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

IDA BURNS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, CONWAY HIGH SCHOOL comes 7th of 8 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 42.2%.

The campus sits in a high-density setting.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count increased 10%: 2,136 students in 2018 compared to 2,350 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 58% to 50% across the same window. Class-load math has widened: from 16.2:1 in 2018 to 17.2:1 in 2025.

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