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GRAVETTE HIGH SCHOOL
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ATLAS 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3+4)What this means: On the ATLAS, Arkansas's statewide test, about 44 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 6 points since 2023.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 42% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 45% 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 GRAVETTE HIGH SCHOOL
As a medium-sized 9-12 campus in GRAVETTE, Arkansas, GRAVETTE HIGH SCHOOL works with 649 students from grades 9 through 12, run under GRAVETTE SCHOOL DISTRICT. By comparison, Arkansas's public schools average about 510 students each, so GRAVETTE HIGH SCHOOL sits 27% above that benchmark.
GRAVETTE HIGH SCHOOL is one of 4 schools operated by GRAVETTE SCHOOL DISTRICT, a district that caters to 2,133 students overall.
On demographics, GRAVETTE HIGH SCHOOL logs that 81% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. The remainder is composed of 8% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, 2% Asian, 2% Native American. That is visibly more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 60%.
In terms of school funding signals, GRAVETTE HIGH SCHOOL reports 70 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 9.3:1. That tracks the state average closely. About 40% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.
Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, GRAVETTE HIGH SCHOOL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 44.8% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 42.5%.
In the surrounding community, Benton County reports that median household earnings sit near $93,506, about 38% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Benton County runs 88 public schools (combined enrollment of about 57,071 students), of which GRAVETTE HIGH SCHOOL is one.
Nearest neighbor: GRAVETTE UPPER ELEMENTARY, around 0.6 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 3 other public schools cluster around GRAVETTE HIGH SCHOOL. On composite proficiency, GRAVETTE HIGH SCHOOL comes 5th of 8 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 34.8%.
GRAVETTE HIGH SCHOOL operates from a countryside location.
Five-year trend. GRAVETTE HIGH SCHOOL's enrollment has increased 9% since 2018, when it stood at 597 (now 649). White enrollment moved from 86% to 81% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 13.4:1 in 2018 to 9.3:1 today.
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