Enrollment
321
High
DISTRICT 330 · STATE 510
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·FORDYCE SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 050621000335
FORDYCE HIGH SCHOOL
THREE REDBUG BUS LOOP, FORDYCE, AR 71742 · (870) 352-2126 · Dallas County
GRADES 07–12HIGH43-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL321 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 5% 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.
- DBeats 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
9.4:1
34 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.7:1 · STATE 8.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
74%
237 students
DISTRICT 76% · 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 | 43 | 13% |
| Grade 8 | 55 | 17% |
| Grade 9 | 57 | 18% |
| Grade 10 | 64 | 20% |
| Grade 11 | 54 | 17% |
| Grade 12 | 48 | 15% |
Student demographics
52%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 56% · 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 FORDYCE SCHOOL DISTRICT. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
ATLAS 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3+4)English Language Arts
17.7%
AR avg 34.9% . +0.5pp since 2023
Math
11.4%
AR avg 38.9% . +2.8pp since 2023
What this means: On the ATLAS, Arkansas's statewide test, about 18 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 11 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Arkansas schools, those numbers are about 35 and 39. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2023, while math scores are up about 3 points.
ATLAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 17.7% | 11.4% |
| 2023-24 | 17.2% | 8.6% |
% 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of AR schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
14.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
32.4%
based on AR schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-18.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 14% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 32% typical for Arkansas schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 FORDYCE HIGH SCHOOL
FORDYCE HIGH SCHOOL's state test result (14.2% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| FORDYCE HIGH SCHOOL this school | 321 | 73.8% | 14.2% |
| JUNCTION CITY HIGH SCHOOL JUNCTION CITY | 317 | 69.7% | 21.8% |
| MARION JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL MARION | 588 | 76.5% | 16.6% |
| ENGLAND HIGH SCHOOL ENGLAND | 272 | 70.2% | 22.9% |
| LAFAYETTE COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL STAMPS | 228 | 85.5% | 5.3% |
| MINERAL SPRINGS HIGH SCHOOL MINERAL SPRINGS | 197 | 82.7% | 9.9% |
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 FORDYCE HIGH SCHOOL ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Arkansas |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 14.2% | #250 of 272 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 11.4% | #121 of 132 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 17.7% | #248 of 280 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 321 | #164 of 310 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 9.4:1 | #143 of 245 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 52.3% | #84 of 246 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 73.8% | #102 of 273 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -2.1% | #125 of 133 |
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
321
-47 (-13%) vs 2020
-15% since 1990-91, when it was 378
Student : Teacher
9.4:1
was 10.8:1
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 | 321 | 34.1 | 9.4:1 | 74% (237) |
| 2023-24 | 354 | 28.7 | 12.3:1 | 99% (351) |
| 2022-23 | 361 | 31.6 | 11.4:1 | 24% (87) |
| 2020-21 | 368 | 34 | 10.8:1 | 96% (355) |
| 2017-18 | 328 | 35.9 | 9.1:1 | N/A |
| 2015-16 | 350 | 38 | 9.2:1 | 61% (215) |
| 2010-11 | 287 | 26 | 11.0:1 | 59% (170) |
| 2000-01 | 395 | 30 | 13.2:1 | 34% (133) |
| 1990-91 | 378 | 21 | 18.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for FORDYCE HIGH SCHOOL.
About FORDYCE HIGH SCHOOL
FORDYCE HIGH SCHOOL is a small high school that serves part of FORDYCE, Arkansas. The school enrolls 321 students, from grades 7 through 12. An average school in this group (high schools in Arkansas) has about 510 students.
FORDYCE SCHOOL DISTRICT serves 659 students across 2 schools.
FORDYCE HIGH SCHOOL is 60% Black by enrollment. Other students are 34% White and 4% Hispanic. By comparison, Dallas County residents are about 43% Black. Pick two students at random and there is a 52% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
The school's student-to-teacher ratio is about 9.4:1, with 34.1 full-time-equivalent teachers. That is close to the 8.8:1 average for high schools in Arkansas. Lunch subsidy eligibility at FORDYCE HIGH SCHOOL is 74%. For comparison, public schools in Dallas County average 76%.
allk12 grades FORDYCE HIGH SCHOOL a D. The grade compares the school only with Arkansas public high schools, because each state gives its own test.
A school in Arkansas with FORDYCE HIGH SCHOOL's free or reduced-price lunch share would be expected to score about 32.4%. FORDYCE HIGH SCHOOL scores 14.2%.
Census Bureau estimates for Dallas County show that the median household income is $42,500, about 11% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 11% of residents are in poverty. FORDYCE HIGH SCHOOL is one of 3 public schools in the county.
The shortest distance from FORDYCE HIGH SCHOOL to another public school is about 0.1 miles, to FORDYCE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS. On state test proficiency, FORDYCE HIGH SCHOOL ranks 9th in a group of 9 nearby schools.
NCES lists the school's locale as Rural: Remote. That means it sits in rural territory far from an urban area.
Federal data show a 13% enrollment decrease, from 368 in 2020-21 to 321 in 2024-25. The student-to-teacher ratio went down from 10.8:1 to 9.4:1.
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Dallas County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
6,242
Census ACS
Median income
$42,500
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
11%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
3
659 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in FORDYCE SCHOOL DISTRICT
- FORDYCE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLSElementary · 338 students
Nearby schools
- FORDYCE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS0.1 mi · 338
- BEARDEN HIGH SCHOOL12.4 mi · 227
- BEARDEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL12.4 mi · 219
- RISON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL16.9 mi · 427
- RISON HIGH SCHOOL16.9 mi · 314
- HAMPTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL19.6 mi · 277
Frequently asked questions
About FORDYCE HIGH SCHOOLHow many students attend FORDYCE HIGH SCHOOL?
FORDYCE HIGH SCHOOL enrolls approximately 321 students in grades 07-12.
What grades does FORDYCE HIGH SCHOOL serve?
FORDYCE HIGH SCHOOL serves grades 07-12.
How many teachers does FORDYCE HIGH SCHOOL have?
FORDYCE HIGH SCHOOL employs 34 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 9.4:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at FORDYCE HIGH SCHOOL?
At FORDYCE HIGH SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 34% White, 4% Hispanic, 60% Black, 2% Two or more.
What district is FORDYCE HIGH SCHOOL in?
FORDYCE HIGH SCHOOL is part of FORDYCE SCHOOL DISTRICT.
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