Enrollment
139
High
DISTRICT 145 · STATE 510
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DERMOTT SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 050517000239
DERMOTT HIGH SCHOOL
525 EAST SPEEDWAY STREET, DERMOTT, AR 71638 · (870) 538-1030 · Chicot County
GRADES 07–12HIGH43-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL139 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 16% of Arkansas public high schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Arkansas public high schools
Student : Teacher
4.8:1
29 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 7.8:1 · STATE 8.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
139 students
DISTRICT 100% · STATE 70%
Community
0
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 7 | 24 | 17% |
| Grade 8 | 23 | 17% |
| Grade 9 | 26 | 19% |
| Grade 10 | 24 | 17% |
| Grade 11 | 29 | 21% |
| Grade 12 | 13 | 9% |
Student demographics
12%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 9% · 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 DERMOTT SCHOOL DISTRICT. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
ATLAS 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3+4)English Language Arts
21.1%
AR avg 34.9% . +6.2pp since 2023
Math
14.0%
AR avg 38.9% . +11.7pp since 2023
What this means: On the ATLAS, Arkansas's statewide test, about 21 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 14 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Arkansas schools, those numbers are about 35 and 39. Reading and writing scores are up about 6 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 12 points.
ATLAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 21.1% | 14.0% |
| 2023-24 | 14.9% | 2.3% |
% 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
12.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
22.7%
based on AR schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-10.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 13% 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 →
Schools most like DERMOTT HIGH SCHOOL
DERMOTT HIGH SCHOOL's state test result (12.7% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| DERMOTT HIGH SCHOOL this school | 139 | 100.0% | 12.7% |
| KIPP:DELTA COLLEGIATE HIGH SCHOOL HELENA | 181 | 100.0% | 14.6% |
| EARLE HIGH SCHOOL EARLE | 176 | 100.0% | 6.3% |
| MARVELL-ELAINE HIGH SCHOOL MARVELL | 99 | 100.0% | 7.4% |
| OSCEOLA HIGH SCHOOL OSCEOLA | 254 | 98.8% | 8.6% |
| KIPP BLYTHEVILLE COLLEGIATE HIGH SCHOOL BLYTHEVILLE | 132 | 100.0% | 13.5% |
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 DERMOTT HIGH SCHOOL ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Arkansas |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 12.7% | #254 of 272 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 14.0% | #118 of 132 ▲ 11 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 21.1% | #227 of 280 ▲ 32 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 139 | #273 of 310 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 100% | #22 of 273 |
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
139
-16 (-10%) vs 2020
-44% since 1990-91, when it was 249
Student : Teacher
4.8:1
was 9.7:1
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 | 139 | 28.8 | 4.8:1 | 100% (139) |
| 2023-24 | 144 | 24.6 | 5.8:1 | 100% (144) |
| 2022-23 | 147 | 18.9 | 7.8:1 | 100% (147) |
| 2020-21 | 155 | 16 | 9.7:1 | 100% (155) |
| 2017-18 | 145 | 16.2 | 8.9:1 | 44% (64) |
| 2015-16 | 155 | 20 | 7.8:1 | 98% (152) |
| 2010-11 | 205 | 25 | 8.2:1 | 99% (202) |
| 2000-01 | 244 | 28 | 8.7:1 | 71% (174) |
| 1990-91 | 249 | 18 | 13.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for DERMOTT HIGH SCHOOL.
About DERMOTT HIGH SCHOOL
In DERMOTT, Arkansas, part of Chicot County, DERMOTT HIGH SCHOOL is a high school. Students in grades 7 through 12 attend the school, which enrolls 139 students. The average among high schools in Arkansas is roughly 510 students; this school is 73% smaller than that.
District-wide, DERMOTT SCHOOL DISTRICT has 2 schools and 289 students.
The student body at DERMOTT HIGH SCHOOL is 94% Black. Other reported shares: 4% Hispanic and 2% White. Chicot County's residents are about 53% Black, 40 points below the school's share. The school's diversity index is 12%, meaning two students picked at random have a 12% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
Its teaching staff equals 28.8 full-time positions, a ratio of 4.8:1. On average, high schools in Arkansas have 8.8:1, compared with 4.8:1 here. Around 100% of the school's students qualify for free or reduced-price meals. That tracks the 100% average for public schools in Chicot County.
DERMOTT HIGH SCHOOL is graded C- by allk12, scoring above 16% of Arkansas public high schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
In Arkansas, DERMOTT HIGH SCHOOL is in the middle band of BeatsExpectations: 12.7% actual against a predicted 22.7%.
DERMOTT HIGH SCHOOL is located in Chicot County, where the median household income is $39,045, about 18% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 16%. Besides DERMOTT HIGH SCHOOL, Chicot County has 6 other public schools.
The nearest other public school, DERMOTT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, is less than a tenth of a mile away. Inside a five-mile radius, there are 2 other public schools. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 23.1%; DERMOTT HIGH SCHOOL's is 12.7%, ranking 8th of 8.
By NCES locale, the school is Rural: Remote, or in rural territory far from an urban area.
The school enrolled 139 students in 2024-25, 16 fewer than the 155 it had in 2020-21. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 9.7:1; by 2024-25 it was 4.8:1.
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Chicot County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
9,765
Census ACS
Median income
$39,045
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
18%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
16%
Below federal line
Schools in county
7
1,147 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in DERMOTT SCHOOL DISTRICT
- DERMOTT ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 150 students
Other schools in DERMOTT
- DERMOTT ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 150 students
- ARKANSAS CONSOLIDATED HIGH SCHOOL-DERMOTTHigh · 16 students
Nearby schools
- DERMOTT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.0 mi · 150
- ARKANSAS CONSOLIDATED HIGH SCHOOL-DERMOTT0.8 mi · 16
- MCGEHEE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL7.4 mi · 547
- MCGEHEE HIGH SCHOOL8.8 mi · 326
- CONNER MIDDLE SCHOOL8.9 mi · 248
- LAKESIDE HIGH SCHOOL15.3 mi · 277
Frequently asked questions
About DERMOTT HIGH SCHOOLWhat is the total enrollment at DERMOTT HIGH SCHOOL?
DERMOTT HIGH SCHOOL enrolls approximately 139 students in grades 07-12.
What grades does DERMOTT HIGH SCHOOL serve?
DERMOTT HIGH SCHOOL serves grades 07-12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at DERMOTT HIGH SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at DERMOTT HIGH SCHOOL is approximately 4.8:1 (29 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at DERMOTT HIGH SCHOOL?
At DERMOTT HIGH SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 2% White, 4% Hispanic, 94% Black, 1% Two or more.
Is DERMOTT HIGH SCHOOL public or private?
DERMOTT HIGH SCHOOL is a public K-12 school, overseen by DERMOTT SCHOOL DISTRICT.
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