English Language Arts
30.1%
State avg 34.9%
District avg 26.6%
County avg 46.5%
+13.3pp since 2023-24
District avg 26.6%
County avg 46.5%
+13.3pp since 2023-24
Test scores
See how it ranks: all Arkansas schools by score · Benton County schools by score
ATLAS, SY 2024-25
All grades, all students. % Proficient (Level 3+4).Mathematics
N/A
State avg 38.9%
District avg 20.6%
County avg 51.9%
District avg 20.6%
County avg 51.9%
Science
N/A
State avg 38.4%
District avg 23.9%
County avg 50.6%
District avg 23.9%
County avg 50.6%
What this means: On the ATLAS, Arkansas's statewide test, about 30 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 up about 13 points since 2023.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
20.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
22.7%
based on AR schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-2.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 20% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 23% 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 →
By grade, SY 2024-25
School score vs state average per tested grade.| Grade | English Language Arts | Mathematics | Science | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| School | State | n tested | School | State | n tested | School | State | n tested | |
| Grade HS | N/A | N/A | N/A | 12.9% | 26.2% | 62 | 15.1% | 38.0% | 33 |
2-year history
All grades, all students. DECATUR Arkansas avgEnglish Language Arts
| Year | School | District | County | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SY 2024-25 | 30.1% | 26.6% | 46.5% | 34.9% |
| SY 2023-24 | 16.8% | 18.6% | 45.4% | 33.9% |
How to read these scores
What is ATLAS?
ATLAS is the statewide standardized test administered by Arkansas public schools.
What does "% Proficient (Level 3+4)" mean?
It is the share of students at the school who performed at grade level or above on the test, summed across the top two of four performance levels. A higher number is better.
What does 30.1% mean for English Language Arts at DECATUR HIGH SCHOOL?
It means about 30.1 percent of students tested at DECATUR HIGH SCHOOL performed at grade level or above on the ATLAS English Language Arts test in 2024-25. The statewide average for Arkansas that year was 34.9%. The other students fell into the lower performance levels.
How is the state average calculated?
It is a weighted average, not a simple average of each school's number. We multiply each public school's score by how many of its students tested, add those together for all schools in Arkansas, and divide by the total students tested that year. This way a big school with 1,500 students counts more than a small school with 50 students, which is the right way to ask "how did the typical student do this year?". District and county averages on this page use the same method, just scoped to that district or county.
Where does this data come from?
Arkansas Department of Education, Arkansas Teaching, Learning & Assessment System (ATLAS). School-level Post-Appeals summary from the ADE DESE assessment files. Headline metric is the cumulative Level 3 + Level 4 rate (top 2 of 4 ATLAS performance levels).
How often is it updated?
ATLAS is administered once a year (spring). Results are released by the state in the summer or early fall. We refresh this page after each annual release.