GENTRY HIGH SCHOOL

GENTRY HIGH SCHOOL, a mid-tier high school in GENTRY, Arkansas, one of the schools within GENTRY SCHOOL DISTRICT, caters to 565 students, covering grades 9 through 12.

GENTRY SCHOOL DISTRICT comprises 4 schools with combined enrollment of 1,753 students; GENTRY HIGH SCHOOL is among them.

On the student-mix side, GENTRY HIGH SCHOOL records that White students make up the majority at 59%; the rest is composed of 22% Hispanic, 9% multiracial, 8% Asian, 2% Native American. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 80 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 7.0:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 8.8:1 average. An estimated 50% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is noticeably above Benton County's rate of about 37%.

With demographic context factored in, GENTRY HIGH SCHOOL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 40.4%; this one delivers 35.2%.

Around the school, ACS estimates for Benton County put median household income runs about $93,506, about 38% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. Across Benton County's 88 public schools (combined enrollment of about 57,071 students), GENTRY HIGH SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is GENTRY MIDDLE SCHOOL, roughly 0.1 miles away. 6 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, GENTRY HIGH SCHOOL comes 3rd of 6 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 32.4%.

The campus sits in a rural setting.

Over the past 7-year window. GENTRY HIGH SCHOOL's enrollment has rose 24% since 2018, when it stood at 454 (now 565). Over the same period, the Hispanic share increased from 14% to 22%. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 11.1:1 in 2018 to 7.0:1 today.

On the community side, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.