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Enrollment
2,350
High
DISTRICT 1,959 · STATE 510
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CONWAY SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 050459000184
CONWAY HIGH SCHOOL
2300 PRINCE ST, CONWAY, AR 72034 · (501) 450-4880 · Faulkner County
GRADES 10–12HIGH13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL2,350 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
17.2:1
136 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.2:1 · STATE 8.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
41%
964 students
DISTRICT 58% · 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 10 | 802 | 34% |
| Grade 11 | 800 | 34% |
| Grade 12 | 748 | 32% |
Student demographics
65%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 67% · 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 CONWAY SCHOOL DISTRICT. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
ATLAS 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3+4)English Language Arts
35.9%
AR avg 34.9% . -8.7pp since 2023
What this means: On the ATLAS, Arkansas's statewide test, about 36 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level. The Arkansas average is about 35 of 100. Reading and writing scores are down about 9 points since 2023.
ATLAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts |
|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 35.9% |
| 2023-24 | 44.6% |
% 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
31.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
44.6%
based on AR schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-12.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 32% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 45% 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 CONWAY HIGH SCHOOL
CONWAY HIGH SCHOOL's state test result (31.7% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| CONWAY HIGH SCHOOL this school | 2,350 | 41.0% | 31.7% |
| BRYANT HIGH SCHOOL BRYANT | 2,369 | 48.4% | 25.4% |
| CONWAY JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL CONWAY | 1,568 | 48.1% | 45.3% |
| FAYETTEVILLE HIGH SCHOOL FAYETTEVILLE | 2,588 | 35.6% | 41.1% |
| BRYANT JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL BRYANT | 1,545 | 52.8% | 43.0% |
| SEARCY HIGH SCHOOL SEARCY | 1,220 | 39.4% | 34.9% |
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 CONWAY HIGH SCHOOL ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Arkansas | In Faulkner County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 31.7% | #113 of 272 | #5 of 8 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 35.9% | #86 of 280 ▼ 62 | #6 of 8 ▼ 5 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 2,350 | #7 of 310 | #1 of 9 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.2:1 | #242 of 245 | #7 of 7 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 64.5% | #14 of 246 | #2 of 7 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 41.0% | #232 of 273 | #5 of 8 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +10.0% | #51 of 105 | #2 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
2,350
+191 (+9%) vs 2020
+94% since 1990-91, when it was 1,210
Student : Teacher
17.2:1
was 16.2:1
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 | 2,350 | 136.4 | 17.2:1 | 41% (964) |
| 2023-24 | 2,248 | 133.2 | 16.9:1 | 46% (1,034) |
| 2022-23 | 2,181 | 133.3 | 16.4:1 | 47% (1,031) |
| 2020-21 | 2,159 | 133 | 16.2:1 | 44% (948) |
| 2017-18 | 2,136 | 131.8 | 16.2:1 | 22% (461) |
| 2015-16 | 2,014 | 130 | 15.5:1 | 38% (774) |
| 2010-11 | 1,260 | 80 | 15.8:1 | 31% (389) |
| 2000-01 | 1,054 | 74 | 14.2:1 | 11% (116) |
| 1990-91 | 1,210 | 56 | 21.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for CONWAY HIGH SCHOOL.
About CONWAY HIGH SCHOOL
In CONWAY, Arkansas, part of Faulkner County, CONWAY HIGH SCHOOL is a high school. The school enrolls 2,350 students in grades 10 through 12. On average, high schools in Arkansas enroll around 510, and this school is 361% bigger than that mark.
CONWAY SCHOOL DISTRICT counts 16 schools and 10,212 students, including CONWAY HIGH SCHOOL.
White students are 50% of those enrolled at CONWAY HIGH SCHOOL. The rest of enrollment is 28% Black, 15% Hispanic, and 5% multiracial. Census estimates put the White share of Faulkner County's population at about 79%. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 65%.
Based on 136.4 full-time-equivalent teachers, CONWAY HIGH SCHOOL has a ratio of 17.2:1. The average for high schools in Arkansas, 8.8:1, is lower. Income data for the school show 41% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The average for public schools in Faulkner County is 52%.
CONWAY HIGH SCHOOL is 12.9 points below its predicted average proficiency rate across its state test results (31.7% versus 44.6%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in Arkansas.
Faulkner County is the school's county. There, the median household earns about $67,289 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 35% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 10%. CONWAY HIGH SCHOOL shares Faulkner County with 36 other public schools.
Measured in a straight line, IDA BURNS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is about 0.3 miles from CONWAY HIGH SCHOOL. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. The nearest schools with test data average 41.6%, higher than CONWAY HIGH SCHOOL's 31.7%.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is City: Small.
Enrollment was 2,350 in 2024-25. In 2020-21, it was 2,159. The ratio was 16.2:1 in 2020-21 and 17.2:1 in 2024-25.
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Faulkner County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
127,717
Census ACS
Median income
$67,289
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
35%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
37
18,977 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in CONWAY SCHOOL DISTRICT
- CONWAY JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,568 students
- CARL STUART MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 752 students
- RUTH DOYLE MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 547 students
- CAROLYN LEWIS ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 514 students
- BOB COURTWAY MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 498 students
- THEODORE JONES ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 491 students
Other schools in CONWAY
- CONWAY JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,568 students
- CARL STUART MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 752 students
- RUTH DOYLE MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 547 students
- CAROLYN LEWIS ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 514 students
- BOB COURTWAY MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 498 students
- THEODORE JONES ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 491 students
Other Conway High schools
One other US public school is named Conway High. CONWAY HIGH SCHOOL is the largest of the 2.
- Conway HighConway, SC · 1,724 students
Nearby schools
- IDA BURNS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.3 mi · 384
- CONWAY JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL0.6 mi · 1,568
- JULIA LEE MOORE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.3 mi · 328
- SALLIE CONE PRESCHOOL1.3 mi · 277
- CARL STUART MIDDLE SCHOOL1.4 mi · 752
- MARGUERITE VANN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.4 mi · 359
Frequently asked questions
About CONWAY HIGH SCHOOLHow many students attend CONWAY HIGH SCHOOL?
CONWAY HIGH SCHOOL enrolls approximately 2,350 students in grades 10-12.
What grades does CONWAY HIGH SCHOOL serve?
CONWAY HIGH SCHOOL serves grades 10-12.
How many teachers does CONWAY HIGH SCHOOL have?
CONWAY HIGH SCHOOL employs 136 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 17.2:1.
What is the student diversity at CONWAY HIGH SCHOOL?
Student demographics at CONWAY HIGH SCHOOL are roughly 50% White, 15% Hispanic, 28% Black, 2% Asian, 5% Two or more.
What district is CONWAY HIGH SCHOOL in?
CONWAY HIGH SCHOOL is part of CONWAY SCHOOL DISTRICT.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.