GREENE CTY TECH JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL

GREENE CTY TECH JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL, an average-sized middle school in PARAGOULD, Arkansas, run under GREENE COUNTY TECH SCHOOL DISTRICT, caters to 521 students, covering grades 6 through 9.

Within GREENE COUNTY TECH SCHOOL DISTRICT, which oversees 6 schools and 3,550 students, GREENE CTY TECH JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL is one campus in the system.

Demographically, GREENE CTY TECH JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL logs that nearly all students (90%) are White; the rest reads as 5% Hispanic, 2% Black. That composition is broadly in line with Greene County as a whole.

Looking at school resources, On paper, GREENE CTY TECH JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL has 39 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 13.3:1. The state averages about 13.9:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. About 44% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is south of Greene County's rate of about 73%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, GREENE CTY TECH JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 42.5% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 33.2%.

In the surrounding community, census data for Greene County shows the typical household earns roughly $57,839 per year, 17% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 14%. Across Greene County's 15 public schools (combined enrollment of about 7,364 students), GREENE CTY TECH JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: GREENE CTY TECH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, around 0.2 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, GREENE CTY TECH JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL comes 5th of 7 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 34.1%.

Geographically, the school is in a small-town area.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at GREENE CTY TECH JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL has declined 8%, going from 568 students in 2018 to 521 in 2025.

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