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Enrollment
1,161
High
DISTRICT 786 · STATE 510
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·GREENWOOD SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 050699000424
GREENWOOD HIGH SCHOOL
501 BULLDOG LOOP, GREENWOOD, AR 72936 · (479) 996-4141 · Sebastian County
GRADES 09–12HIGH31-TOWNREGULAR SCHOOL1,161 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 83% of Arkansas public high schools
- A+Test 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.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
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
8.5:1
137 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.0:1 · STATE 8.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
22%
254 students
DISTRICT 31% · 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 9 | 302 | 26% |
| Grade 10 | 296 | 25% |
| Grade 11 | 276 | 24% |
| Grade 12 | 284 | 24% |
| Ungraded | 3 | 0% |
Student demographics
36%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 37% · 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 GREENWOOD SCHOOL DISTRICT. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
ATLAS 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3+4)English Language Arts
48.3%
AR avg 34.9% . -1.2pp since 2023
What this means: On the ATLAS, Arkansas's statewide test, about 48 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 down about 1 points since 2023.
ATLAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts |
|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 48.3% |
| 2023-24 | 49.5% |
% 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
47.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
51.7%
based on AR schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-4.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 47% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 52% 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 GREENWOOD HIGH SCHOOL
GREENWOOD HIGH SCHOOL's state test result (47.1% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| GREENWOOD HIGH SCHOOL this school | 1,161 | 21.9% | 47.1% |
| VALLEY VIEW HIGH SCHOOL JONESBORO | 675 | 23.6% | 35.6% |
| BENTON HIGH SCHOOL BENTON | 1,298 | 30.2% | 46.2% |
| FARMINGTON HIGH SCHOOL FARMINGTON | 690 | 27.7% | 29.0% |
| BROOKLAND HIGH SCHOOL BROOKLAND | 645 | 25.3% | 19.9% |
| MOUNTAIN HOME CAREER ACADEMIES MOUNTAIN HOME | 1,523 | 33.2% | 38.8% |
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 GREENWOOD HIGH SCHOOL ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Arkansas | In Sebastian County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 47.1% | #15 of 272 | #2 of 7 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 48.3% | #21 of 280 ▼ 6 | #2 of 7 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,161 | #28 of 310 | #3 of 11 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 8.5:1 | #114 of 245 | #4 of 6 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 35.5% | #128 of 246 | #4 of 6 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 21.9% | #262 of 273 | #6 of 7 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +28.4% | #17 of 105 | 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
1,161
+309 (+36%) vs 2020
+65% since 1990-91, when it was 703
Student : Teacher
8.5:1
was 6.7:1
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 | 1,161 | 136.8 | 8.5:1 | 22% (254) |
| 2023-24 | 1,181 | 135.3 | 8.7:1 | 24% (285) |
| 2022-23 | 879 | 111.7 | 7.9:1 | 20% (174) |
| 2020-21 | 852 | 128 | 6.7:1 | 31% (265) |
| 2017-18 | 904 | 59.5 | 15.2:1 | 16% (146) |
| 2015-16 | 863 | 58 | 14.9:1 | 27% (229) |
| 2010-11 | 821 | 54 | 15.2:1 | 25% (207) |
| 2000-01 | 730 | 52 | 14.0:1 | 10% (71) |
| 1990-91 | 703 | 35 | 20.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for GREENWOOD HIGH SCHOOL.
About GREENWOOD HIGH SCHOOL
GREENWOOD HIGH SCHOOL is a large high school that serves part of GREENWOOD, Arkansas. The school serves 1,161 students in grades 9 through 12 in 2024-25. For comparison, high schools in Arkansas average about 510 students.
In GREENWOOD SCHOOL DISTRICT, 5 schools enroll a combined 3,930 students.
A majority of students at GREENWOOD HIGH SCHOOL, 80%, are White. Beyond that, enrollment is 7% multiracial, 6% Hispanic, 3% Asian, and 2% Native American. The White share of the county population is lower, at 68%. By the diversity index, GREENWOOD HIGH SCHOOL comes in at 36%.
GREENWOOD HIGH SCHOOL counts 136.8 full-time-equivalent teachers, about 8.5 students for each one. High schools in Arkansas average about 8.8:1, a similar figure. About 22% of enrolled students meet the income rules for free or reduced-price lunch. Compared with the 65% average for public schools in Sebastian County, the school's rate is lower.
GREENWOOD HIGH SCHOOL is graded A- by allk12, scoring above 83% of Arkansas public high schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, GREENWOOD HIGH SCHOOL would score about 51.7%. It scores 47.1%, 4.6 points below that figure.
In Sebastian County (population about 128,900), median household income is about $57,790, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 23% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 11%. GREENWOOD HIGH SCHOOL is one of 44 public schools in Sebastian County, which together enroll about 20,239 students.
The shortest distance from GREENWOOD HIGH SCHOOL to another public school is about 0.2 miles, to GREENWOOD JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL. The five-mile area around GREENWOOD HIGH SCHOOL holds 4 other public schools. Among 8 nearby schools that report test results, GREENWOOD HIGH SCHOOL ranks 5th on proficiency.
The school's federal locale classification is Town: Fringe.
The number of students grew from 852 to 1,161 over 4 years. The number of students per teacher rose from 6.7 to 8.5 over 4 years.
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Sebastian County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
128,900
Census ACS
Median income
$57,790
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
23%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
44
20,239 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in GREENWOOD SCHOOL DISTRICT
- WESTWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 839 students
- EAST POINTE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 693 students
- EAST HILLS MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 632 students
- GREENWOOD JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOLMiddle · 605 students
- GREENWOOD FRESHMAN CENTERCombined
Other schools in GREENWOOD
- WESTWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 839 students
- EAST POINTE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 693 students
- EAST HILLS MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 632 students
- GREENWOOD JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOLMiddle · 605 students
- GREENWOOD FRESHMAN CENTERCombined
Other Greenwood High schools
5 other US public schools in 6 states are named Greenwood High. GREENWOOD HIGH SCHOOL is the 3rd largest of the 6.
- Greenwood HighGreenwood, SC · 1,724 students
- Greenwood High SchoolBowling Green, KY · 1,451 students
- Greenwood High SchoolMIDLAND, TX · 879 students
- Greenwood High SchoolMillerstown, PA · 235 students
- Greenwood HighGreenwood, WI · 155 students
Nearby schools
- GREENWOOD JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL0.2 mi · 605
- EAST HILLS MIDDLE SCHOOL1.3 mi · 632
- EAST POINTE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.5 mi · 693
- WESTWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.2 mi · 839
- BARLING ELEMENTARY SCHOOL8.3 mi · 316
- FORT SMITH VIRTUAL ACADEMY8.3 mi · 106
Frequently asked questions
About GREENWOOD HIGH SCHOOLHow many students attend GREENWOOD HIGH SCHOOL?
GREENWOOD HIGH SCHOOL enrolls approximately 1,161 students in grades 09-12.
What age range does GREENWOOD HIGH SCHOOL serve?
GREENWOOD HIGH SCHOOL serves students from grade 09 through grade 12.
How many teachers does GREENWOOD HIGH SCHOOL have?
GREENWOOD HIGH SCHOOL employs 137 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 8.5:1.
How diverse is GREENWOOD HIGH SCHOOL?
GREENWOOD HIGH SCHOOL reports a student body of 80% White, 6% Hispanic, 1% Black, 3% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Is GREENWOOD HIGH SCHOOL public or private?
GREENWOOD HIGH SCHOOL is a public K-12 school, overseen by GREENWOOD SCHOOL DISTRICT.
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