FLIPPIN HIGH SCHOOL
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Test scores
ATLAS 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3+4)What this means: On the ATLAS, Arkansas's statewide test, about 32 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 2 points since 2023.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 30% 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%.
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SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About FLIPPIN HIGH SCHOOL
FLIPPIN HIGH SCHOOL, a small senior high in FLIPPIN, Arkansas, one of the schools within FLIPPIN SCHOOL DISTRICT, hosts 246 students, covering grades 9 through 12. That puts it 52% below the typical public school in Arkansas, which averages around 510 students.
Across the 3 schools in FLIPPIN SCHOOL DISTRICT (805 students total), FLIPPIN HIGH SCHOOL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.
In terms of who attends, FLIPPIN HIGH SCHOOL reports that 89% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority; the rest looks like 5% Hispanic, 4% multiracial. That composition is broadly in line with Marion County as a whole.
Looking at school resources, FLIPPIN HIGH SCHOOL lists 59 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 4.2:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 8.8:1 average. Around 100% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy.
With demographic context factored in, FLIPPIN HIGH SCHOOL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 22.7%; this one delivers 29.8%.
In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for Marion County put median household earnings sit near $48,619, about 15% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. In all, Marion County runs 8 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,874 students), of which FLIPPIN HIGH SCHOOL is one.
Nearest neighbor: FLIPPIN MIDDLE SCHOOL, around 0.1 miles off. Within five miles, there are 4 other public schools. On composite proficiency, FLIPPIN HIGH SCHOOL comes 9th of 9 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 40.3%.
FLIPPIN HIGH SCHOOL operates from an outlying location.
Five-year trend. FLIPPIN HIGH SCHOOL's enrollment has increased 5% since 2018, when it stood at 234 (now 246). White enrollment moved from 94% to 89% across the same window. Class-load math has narrowed: from 11.3:1 in 2018 to 4.2:1 in 2025.
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