CORNING HIGH SCHOOL

CORNING HIGH SCHOOL operates as a modestly sized senior high in CORNING, Arkansas, one of the schools within CORNING SCHOOL DISTRICT. Current enrollment sits at 217 students spanning grades 9 through 12. That puts it 57% below the typical public school in Arkansas, which averages around 510 students.

Across the 3 schools in CORNING SCHOOL DISTRICT (805 students total), CORNING HIGH SCHOOL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

In terms of who attends, CORNING HIGH SCHOOL logs that 93% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Other groups include 3% Hispanic. Compared to Clay County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school employs 36 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 6.0:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 8.8:1 average. Roughly 68% of students at CORNING HIGH SCHOOL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

After controlling for student poverty, CORNING HIGH SCHOOL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 34.5%; this one delivers 26.4%.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Clay County indicate median household income runs about $51,481, 15% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 13%. Across Clay County's 7 public schools (combined enrollment of about 2,244 students), CORNING HIGH SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

CORNING MIDDLE SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 2 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts CORNING HIGH SCHOOL at 7th of 8; the average score across the group is 40.8%.

CORNING HIGH SCHOOL operates from a countryside location.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count shrank 47%: 413 students in 2018 compared to 217 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share ticked down from 97% to 93%. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 12.2:1 in 2018 to 6.0:1 today.

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