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What's the one class at GOSNELL HIGH SCHOOL every student should take?
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Enrollment
567
High
DISTRICT 608 · STATE 510
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·GOSNELL SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 050002901277
GOSNELL HIGH SCHOOL
600 HWY 181, GOSNELL, AR 72315 · (870) 532-4010 · Mississippi County
GRADES 07–12HIGH33-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL567 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 68% of Arkansas public high schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
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
10.4:1
54 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.8:1 · STATE 8.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
73%
415 students
DISTRICT 76% · STATE 70%
Community
6
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 | 87 | 15% |
| Grade 8 | 89 | 16% |
| Grade 9 | 114 | 20% |
| Grade 10 | 90 | 16% |
| Grade 11 | 105 | 19% |
| Grade 12 | 82 | 14% |
Student demographics
59%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 60% · 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 GOSNELL SCHOOL DISTRICT. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
ATLAS 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3+4)English Language Arts
30.8%
AR avg 34.9% . +0.7pp since 2023
Math
45.8%
AR avg 38.9% . +17.8pp since 2023
What this means: On the ATLAS, Arkansas's statewide test, about 31 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 46 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 18 points.
ATLAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 30.8% | 45.8% |
| 2023-24 | 30.1% | 28.0% |
% 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
32.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
32.6%
based on AR schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-0.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 32% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 33% 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 GOSNELL HIGH SCHOOL
GOSNELL HIGH SCHOOL's state test result (32.3% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| GOSNELL HIGH SCHOOL this school | 567 | 73.2% | 32.3% |
| MALVERN HIGH SCHOOL MALVERN | 559 | 73.5% | 25.3% |
| ASHDOWN HIGH SCHOOL ASHDOWN | 382 | 68.3% | 17.7% |
| ENGLAND HIGH SCHOOL ENGLAND | 272 | 70.2% | 22.9% |
| JUNCTION CITY HIGH SCHOOL JUNCTION CITY | 317 | 69.7% | 21.8% |
| MARKED TREE HIGH SCHOOL MARKED TREE | 228 | 72.4% | 30.4% |
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 GOSNELL HIGH SCHOOL ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Arkansas | In Mississippi County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 32.3% | #107 of 272 | #2 of 7 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 45.8% | #30 of 132 ▲ 36 | N/A |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 30.8% | #135 of 280 ▲ 5 | #1 of 7 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 567 | #81 of 310 | #1 of 7 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.4:1 | #161 of 245 | #4 of 6 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 59.3% | #40 of 246 | #1 of 6 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 73.2% | #106 of 273 | #5 of 7 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -6.4% | #93 of 133 | N/A |
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
567
-40 (-7%) vs 2020
+56% since 1990-91, when it was 364
Student : Teacher
10.4:1
was 9.2:1
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 | 567 | 54.3 | 10.4:1 | 73% (415) |
| 2023-24 | 606 | 58.6 | 10.3:1 | 73% (444) |
| 2022-23 | 612 | 56.6 | 10.8:1 | 69% (425) |
| 2020-21 | 607 | 66 | 9.2:1 | 73% (444) |
| 2017-18 | 606 | 53.4 | 11.3:1 | 44% (268) |
| 2015-16 | 605 | 53 | 11.4:1 | 72% (435) |
| 2010-11 | 675 | 56 | 12.1:1 | 60% (407) |
| 2000-01 | 604 | 49 | 12.3:1 | 35% (214) |
| 1990-91 | 364 | 26 | 14.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for GOSNELL HIGH SCHOOL.
About GOSNELL HIGH SCHOOL
GOSNELL HIGH SCHOOL is a medium-sized high school with its address in GOSNELL, Arkansas. The school enrolls 567 students, from grades 7 through 12.
GOSNELL HIGH SCHOOL is one school in a 2-school district, GOSNELL SCHOOL DISTRICT, which enrolls 1,215 students.
White students are the majority at GOSNELL HIGH SCHOOL, with 54% of enrollment. After that, the student body is 33% Black, 8% Hispanic, and 5% multiracial. That is close to the 57% White share among all Mississippi County residents. Pick two students at random and there is a 59% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
GOSNELL HIGH SCHOOL employs 54.3 full-time-equivalent teachers. That gives a ratio of about 10.4:1. This ratio sits 1.6 above the 8.8:1 average for high schools in Arkansas. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility was 73% in 2024-25. The rate at public schools in Mississippi County averages 84%, higher than here.
Measured against Arkansas public high schools, GOSNELL HIGH SCHOOL receives a B+. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
On the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure, GOSNELL HIGH SCHOOL is within a point of the average proficiency rate on state tests predicted for its free or reduced-price lunch share: 32.3% actual, 32.6% predicted. That is outside both the top and bottom 10% in Arkansas.
Recent Census Bureau figures for Mississippi County show that the median household income is $52,548, roughly 14% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 17%. GOSNELL HIGH SCHOOL is one of 22 public schools in the county.
The closest other public school is GOSNELL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, about 0.2 miles away. GOSNELL HIGH SCHOOL has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Ranking the closest schools with test data puts GOSNELL HIGH SCHOOL at 2nd of 8.
GOSNELL HIGH SCHOOL has an NCES locale of Town: Remote.
Enrollment dropped 7% from its 2020-21 level of 607. The ratio was 9.2:1 in 2020-21 and 10.4:1 in 2024-25.
If you have questions about enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news at GOSNELL HIGH SCHOOL, you can post them here. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
Mississippi County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
39,126
Census ACS
Median income
$52,548
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
14%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
17%
Below federal line
Schools in county
22
6,930 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in GOSNELL SCHOOL DISTRICT
- GOSNELL ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 648 students
Nearby schools
- GOSNELL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.2 mi · 648
- KIPP: BLYTHEVILLE COLLEGE PREPARATORY3.3 mi · 292
- BLYTHEVILLE HIGH SCHOOL3.7 mi · 369
- BLYTHEVILLE MIDDLE SCHOOL3.9 mi · 172
- BLYTHEVILLE CHICKASAW PREPARATORY ACADEMY (BCPA)3.9 mi · 104
- BLYTHEVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL4.2 mi · 307
Frequently asked questions
About GOSNELL HIGH SCHOOLHow large is GOSNELL HIGH SCHOOL?
GOSNELL HIGH SCHOOL enrolls approximately 567 students in grades 07-12.
What age range does GOSNELL HIGH SCHOOL serve?
GOSNELL HIGH SCHOOL serves students from grade 07 through grade 12.
How many students per teacher at GOSNELL HIGH SCHOOL?
Approximately 10.4:1 students per teacher at GOSNELL HIGH SCHOOL.
How diverse is GOSNELL HIGH SCHOOL?
GOSNELL HIGH SCHOOL reports a student body of 54% White, 8% Hispanic, 33% Black, 1% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Who oversees GOSNELL HIGH SCHOOL?
GOSNELL HIGH SCHOOL is overseen by GOSNELL SCHOOL DISTRICT in Mississippi County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.