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How has GREENBRIER JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL changed in the last five years, for better or worse?
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Enrollment
569
High
DISTRICT 694 · STATE 510
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·GREENBRIER SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 050690000270
GREENBRIER JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL
10 SCHOOL DRIVE, GREENBRIER, AR 72058 · (501) 679-3433 · Faulkner County
GRADES 08–09HIGH42-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL569 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 81% of Arkansas public high schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats 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
14.9:1
38 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.4:1 · STATE 8.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
38%
219 students
DISTRICT 44% · 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 8 | 297 | 52% |
| Grade 9 | 272 | 48% |
Student demographics
23%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 19% · 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
Students here typically continue to
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Test scores
ATLAS 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3+4)English Language Arts
49.6%
AR avg 34.9% . +5.5pp since 2023
Math
17.4%
AR avg 38.9% . +0.9pp since 2023
What this means: On the ATLAS, Arkansas's statewide test, about 50 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 17 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Arkansas schools, those numbers are about 35 and 39. Reading and writing scores are up about 6 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
ATLAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 49.6% | 17.4% |
| 2023-24 | 44.1% | 16.5% |
% 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
42.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
45.5%
based on AR schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-3.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 42% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 46% 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 GREENBRIER JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL
GREENBRIER JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL's state test result (42.1% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| GREENBRIER JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL this school | 569 | 38.5% | 42.1% |
| ELKINS HIGH SCHOOL ELKINS | 463 | 37.4% | 39.9% |
| GREENBRIER HIGH SCHOOL GREENBRIER | 818 | 39.1% | 30.0% |
| CHARLESTON HIGH SCHOOL CHARLESTON | 410 | 39.3% | 35.4% |
| GREENE CTY TECH HIGH SCHOOL PARAGOULD | 760 | 40.9% | 22.7% |
| PRAIRIE GROVE HIGH SCHOOL PRAIRIE GROVE | 620 | 39.4% | 37.6% |
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 GREENBRIER JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Arkansas | In Faulkner County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 42.1% | #35 of 272 | #2 of 8 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 17.4% | #110 of 132 ▼ 4 | N/A |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 49.6% | #16 of 280 ▲ 9 | #1 of 8 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 569 | #80 of 310 | #5 of 9 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.9:1 | #232 of 245 | #4 of 7 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 22.6% | #173 of 246 | #4 of 7 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 38.5% | #242 of 273 | #8 of 8 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +1.1% | #100 of 105 | #6 of 6 |
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
569
-10 (-2%) vs 2020
+58% since 2000-01, when it was 360
Student : Teacher
14.9:1
was 14.8:1
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 | 569 | 38.3 | 14.9:1 | 38% (219) |
| 2023-24 | 586 | 37.3 | 15.7:1 | 37% (217) |
| 2022-23 | 590 | 36.4 | 16.2:1 | 36% (211) |
| 2020-21 | 579 | 39 | 14.8:1 | 38% (220) |
| 2017-18 | 563 | 32.6 | 17.3:1 | 19% (108) |
| 2015-16 | 551 | 32 | 17.2:1 | 35% (193) |
| 2010-11 | 487 | 32 | 15.2:1 | 37% (179) |
| 2000-01 | 360 | 30 | 12.0:1 | 28% (100) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for GREENBRIER JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL.
About GREENBRIER JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL
GREENBRIER JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL is a medium-sized high school in GREENBRIER, Arkansas, administered by GREENBRIER SCHOOL DISTRICT. A federal count lists 569 students at the school, in grades 8 through 9.
GREENBRIER SCHOOL DISTRICT has 7 schools and 3,858 students, and GREENBRIER JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL is one of those schools.
Most students at GREENBRIER JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL are White: 88% of enrollment. Enrollment also includes 6% Hispanic and 4% multiracial. The school's White share is 9 points above the 79% share among Faulkner County residents. The chance that two students picked at random at GREENBRIER JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 23%.
The teaching staff at GREENBRIER JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL is 38.3 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the ratio is 14.9:1. The average ratio among high schools in Arkansas is 8.8:1, lower than at this school. About 38% of students, or 219, qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. The gap from the 52% average for public schools in Faulkner County is 14 points.
Measured against Arkansas public high schools, GREENBRIER JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL receives an A-. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
When test results are adjusted for free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, GREENBRIER JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL is 3.4 points below its prediction. Actual: 42.1%. Predicted: 45.5%.
Among Faulkner County residents, median household income is about $67,289, about 35% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 10% of residents are in poverty. GREENBRIER JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL is one of 37 public schools in Faulkner County, which together enroll about 18,977 students.
The shortest distance from GREENBRIER JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL to another public school is less than a tenth of a mile, to GREENBRIER MIDDLE SCHOOL. A five-mile radius around the school includes 6 other public schools. Of the 9 nearby schools with scores, including this one, GREENBRIER JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL is 6th on average proficiency.
The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as Rural: Distant, meaning it is in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
There was little change in enrollment from 2020-21 (579) to 2024-25 (569).
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Faulkner County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
127,717
Census ACS
Median income
$67,289
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
35%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
37
18,977 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in GREENBRIER SCHOOL DISTRICT
- GREENBRIER HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 818 students
- GREENBRIER MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 583 students
- GREENBRIER WESTSIDE ELEMENTARYElementary · 552 students
- GREENBRIER EASTSIDE ELEMENTARYElementary · 481 students
- GREENBRIER SPRINGHILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 447 students
- GREENBRIER WOOSTER ELEMENTARYElementary · 408 students
Other schools in GREENBRIER
- GREENBRIER HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 818 students
- GREENBRIER MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 583 students
- GREENBRIER WESTSIDE ELEMENTARYElementary · 552 students
- GREENBRIER EASTSIDE ELEMENTARYElementary · 481 students
- GREENBRIER SPRINGHILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 447 students
- GREENBRIER WOOSTER ELEMENTARYElementary · 408 students
Nearby schools
- GREENBRIER MIDDLE SCHOOL0.1 mi · 583
- GREENBRIER WESTSIDE ELEMENTARY0.7 mi · 552
- GREENBRIER EASTSIDE ELEMENTARY0.8 mi · 481
- GREENBRIER HIGH SCHOOL1.0 mi · 818
- GREENBRIER SPRINGHILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL3.7 mi · 447
- GREENBRIER WOOSTER ELEMENTARY3.9 mi · 408
Frequently asked questions
About GREENBRIER JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOLWhat is the total enrollment at GREENBRIER JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL?
GREENBRIER JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL enrolls approximately 569 students in grades 08-09.
Is GREENBRIER JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
GREENBRIER JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL is a high school covering grades 08-09.
How many teachers does GREENBRIER JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL have?
GREENBRIER JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL employs 38 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.9:1.
What is the student diversity at GREENBRIER JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL?
Student demographics at GREENBRIER JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL are roughly 88% White, 6% Hispanic, 2% Black, 0% Asian, 4% Two or more.
What district is GREENBRIER JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL in?
GREENBRIER JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL is part of GREENBRIER SCHOOL DISTRICT.
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