GREENWOOD JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL

GREENWOOD JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL is one of the medium-sized intermediate schools in GREENWOOD, Arkansas, run under GREENWOOD SCHOOL DISTRICT, with 605 students on its rolls from grades 7 through 8. That puts it 30% bigger than the typical public school in Arkansas, which averages around 464 students.

GREENWOOD SCHOOL DISTRICT runs 5 schools in total, collectively educating 3,930 students. GREENWOOD JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL is one of those campuses.

Demographically, GREENWOOD JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL reports that the student body is overwhelmingly White (81%). Other groups include 8% multiracial, 7% Hispanic. The wider county runs roughly 68% White, putting the school's mix considerably more White than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, GREENWOOD JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL has 41 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 14.8:1. The state averages around 13.9:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Around 31% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is south of Sebastian County's rate of about 65%.

After controlling for student poverty, GREENWOOD JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 47.3%; this one delivers 53.5%.

Across the wider county, census data for Sebastian County shows median household earnings sit near $57,790, about 23% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. GREENWOOD JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL is one of 44 public schools in Sebastian County (combined enrollment of about 20,239 students).

Nearest neighbor: GREENWOOD HIGH SCHOOL, around 0.2 miles off. Within five miles, there are 4 other public schools. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), GREENWOOD JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 41.6%.

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

Over the past 7-year window. GREENWOOD JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL's enrollment has edged down 12% since 2018, when it stood at 691 (now 605). Over the same period, the White share fell from 87% to 81%. Class-load math has narrowed: from 18.9:1 in 2018 to 14.8:1 in 2025.

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