CROSSETT HIGH SCHOOL

CROSSETT HIGH SCHOOL operates as a mid-sized four-year high school in CROSSETT, Arkansas, one of the schools within CROSSETT SCHOOL DISTRICT. Current enrollment sits at 476 students spanning grades 9 through 12.

CROSSETT HIGH SCHOOL is one of 3 schools operated by CROSSETT SCHOOL DISTRICT, a district that educates 1,620 students overall.

Looking at the student body, CROSSETT HIGH SCHOOL logs that the largest single group is White, at 58% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school records 36% Black, 3% Hispanic. By comparison, Ashley County as a whole is about 69% White, so the school skews noticeably less White than its surroundings.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 32 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 14.7:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 8.8:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Around 53% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Ashley County runs at roughly 65%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully below the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, On a poverty-adjusted basis, CROSSETT HIGH SCHOOL sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 39.5%; actual is 18.1%, a gap of -21.4 points.

In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for Ashley County put median household income runs about $44,266, roughly 13% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 17% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Ashley County's 8 public schools (combined enrollment of about 3,317 students), CROSSETT HIGH SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: CROSSETT MIDDLE SCHOOL, around 0.2 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 2 other public schools cluster around CROSSETT HIGH SCHOOL. On composite proficiency, CROSSETT HIGH SCHOOL comes 7th of 8 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 22.5%.

The campus sits in a small-town setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 5%: 500 students in 2018 compared to 476 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio widened from 12.6:1 in 2018 to 14.7:1 today.

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