EL DORADO HIGH SCHOOL

EL DORADO HIGH SCHOOL operates as a big 9-12 campus in EL DORADO, Arkansas, operated by EL DORADO SCHOOL DISTRICT. Current enrollment sits at 1,235 students spanning grades 9 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 142% larger than the state mean of about 510.

EL DORADO HIGH SCHOOL is one of 6 schools operated by EL DORADO SCHOOL DISTRICT, a district that hosts 3,921 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, EL DORADO HIGH SCHOOL records that the most-represented group is Black (45%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Beyond that, the school logs 37% White, 12% Hispanic, 5% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 32% Black, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Black than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 134 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 9.2:1 students per teacher. That tracks the state average closely.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Union County) records that the typical household earns roughly $55,259 per year, roughly 19% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 15%. EL DORADO HIGH SCHOOL is one of 15 public schools in Union County (combined enrollment of about 6,933 students).

Nearest neighbor: YOCUM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, around 1.3 miles off. Within five miles, there are 7 other public schools.

The campus sits in a town-center setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 6%: 1,308 students in 2018 compared to 1,235 in 2025. The Black share of enrollment edged down from 49% to 45% over that span. Class-load math has pulled in: from 12.5:1 in 2018 to 9.2:1 in 2025.

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