Enrollment
155
High
DISTRICT 201 · STATE 510
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·GUY PERKINS SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 050714000434
GUY-PERKINS HIGH SCHOOL
492 HIGHWAY 25 NORTH, GUY, AR 72061 · (501) 679-3507 · Faulkner County
GRADES 07–12HIGH42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL155 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
10.2:1
15 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.1:1 · STATE 8.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
93%
144 students
DISTRICT 92% · STATE 70%
Community
0
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 7 | 25 | 16% |
| Grade 8 | 23 | 15% |
| Grade 9 | 26 | 17% |
| Grade 10 | 27 | 17% |
| Grade 11 | 32 | 21% |
| Grade 12 | 22 | 14% |
Student demographics
27%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 28% · 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 GUY PERKINS SCHOOL DISTRICT. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
ATLAS 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3+4)English Language Arts
26.2%
AR avg 34.9% . -6.8pp since 2023
Math
45.0%
AR avg 38.9% . +30.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the ATLAS, Arkansas's statewide test, about 26 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 45 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Arkansas schools, those numbers are about 35 and 39. Reading and writing scores are down about 7 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 30 points.
ATLAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 26.2% | 45.0% |
| 2023-24 | 33.0% | 14.6% |
% 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
28.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
25.3%
based on AR schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+3.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 28% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 25% 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 GUY-PERKINS HIGH SCHOOL
GUY-PERKINS HIGH SCHOOL's state test result (28.4% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| GUY-PERKINS HIGH SCHOOL this school | 155 | 92.9% | 28.4% |
| MOUNTAINBURG HIGH SCHOOL MOUNTAINBURG | 185 | 97.3% | 22.0% |
| LEAD HILL HIGH SCHOOL LEAD HILL | 185 | 98.4% | 21.0% |
| MULBERRY HIGH SCHOOL MULBERRY | 130 | 100.0% | 23.4% |
| CALICO ROCK HIGH SCHOOL CALICO ROCK | 176 | 98.3% | 34.5% |
| BRADFORD HIGH SCHOOL BRADFORD | 185 | 100.0% | 24.9% |
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 GUY-PERKINS HIGH SCHOOL ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Arkansas | In Faulkner County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 28.4% | #150 of 272 | #7 of 8 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 45.0% | #34 of 132 ▲ 73 | N/A |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 26.2% | #181 of 280 ▼ 74 | #8 of 8 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 155 | #269 of 310 | #8 of 9 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 92.9% | #79 of 273 | #1 of 8 |
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
155
+2 (+1%) vs 2020
+9% since 1990-91, when it was 142
Student : Teacher
10.2:1
was 7.0:1
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 | 155 | 15.3 | 10.2:1 | 93% (144) |
| 2023-24 | 150 | 27.8 | 5.4:1 | 99% (149) |
| 2022-23 | 149 | 26.2 | 5.7:1 | 100% (149) |
| 2020-21 | 153 | 22 | 7.0:1 | 100% (153) |
| 2017-18 | 166 | 18.3 | 9.1:1 | 48% (80) |
| 2015-16 | 152 | 22 | 6.9:1 | 66% (101) |
| 2010-11 | 193 | 19 | 10.2:1 | 61% (118) |
| 2000-01 | 160 | 17 | 9.4:1 | 39% (63) |
| 1990-91 | 142 | 10 | 14.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for GUY-PERKINS HIGH SCHOOL.
About GUY-PERKINS HIGH SCHOOL
GUY-PERKINS HIGH SCHOOL is a small high school in GUY, Arkansas, one of the schools in GUY PERKINS SCHOOL DISTRICT. The school's enrollment of 155 students covers grades 7 through 12. Enrollment is 70% lower than the average for high schools in Arkansas, which is about 510.
GUY PERKINS SCHOOL DISTRICT enrolls 402 students, and its 2 schools include GUY-PERKINS HIGH SCHOOL.
About 85% of the student body at GUY-PERKINS HIGH SCHOOL is White. The remaining students are 11% Black and 3% Hispanic. Pick two students at random and there is a 27% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Its 15.3 full-time-equivalent teachers give the school a ratio of 10.2:1. This ratio sits 1.3 above the 8.8:1 average for high schools in Arkansas. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 93%. The rate at public schools in Faulkner County averages 52%, lower than here.
Based on student poverty, the model expects 25.3% at GUY-PERKINS HIGH SCHOOL; the school's average proficiency rate on state tests is 28.4%.
Census estimates describe Faulkner County this way: the median household income is $67,289, 35% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Besides GUY-PERKINS HIGH SCHOOL, Faulkner County has 36 other public schools.
The shortest distance from GUY-PERKINS HIGH SCHOOL to another public school is less than a tenth of a mile, to GUY-PERKINS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. Other public schools within ten miles: at least 8. GUY-PERKINS HIGH SCHOOL comes in 9th of 9 nearby schools on average proficiency.
By NCES locale, the school is Rural: Distant, or in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
Enrollment was essentially flat over 4 years: 153 in 2020-21, 155 in 2024-25. From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio rose from 7.0:1 to 10.2:1.
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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 GUY PERKINS SCHOOL DISTRICT
- GUY-PERKINS ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 247 students
Nearby schools
- GUY-PERKINS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.0 mi · 247
- QUITMAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL6.9 mi · 432
- QUITMAN HIGH SCHOOL6.9 mi · 308
- QUITMAN MIDDLE SCHOOL6.9 mi · 210
- GREENBRIER MIDDLE SCHOOL7.4 mi · 583
- GREENBRIER JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL7.4 mi · 569
Frequently asked questions
About GUY-PERKINS HIGH SCHOOLWhat is the total enrollment at GUY-PERKINS HIGH SCHOOL?
GUY-PERKINS HIGH SCHOOL enrolls approximately 155 students in grades 07-12.
What grades does GUY-PERKINS HIGH SCHOOL serve?
GUY-PERKINS HIGH SCHOOL serves grades 07-12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at GUY-PERKINS HIGH SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at GUY-PERKINS HIGH SCHOOL is approximately 10.2:1 (15 FTE teachers).
How diverse is GUY-PERKINS HIGH SCHOOL?
GUY-PERKINS HIGH SCHOOL reports a student body of 85% White, 3% Hispanic, 11% Black, 1% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Is GUY-PERKINS HIGH SCHOOL public or private?
GUY-PERKINS HIGH SCHOOL is a public K-12 school, overseen by GUY PERKINS SCHOOL DISTRICT.
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