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What's the one class at HAR-BER HIGH SCHOOL every student should take?
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Enrollment
2,271
High
DISTRICT 1,234 · STATE 510
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SPRINGDALE SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 051266001118
HAR-BER HIGH SCHOOL
300 JONES ROAD, SPRINGDALE, AR 72765 · (479) 750-8777 · Washington County
GRADES 09–12HIGH13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL2,271 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 29% of Arkansas public high schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-Beats 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
13.4:1
170 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.0:1 · STATE 8.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
59%
1,339 students
DISTRICT 74% · 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 | 2 | 0% |
| Grade 10 | 799 | 35% |
| Grade 11 | 756 | 33% |
| Grade 12 | 711 | 31% |
| Ungraded | 3 | 0% |
Student demographics
63%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 64% · 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
Test scores
ATLAS 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3+4)English Language Arts
30.7%
AR avg 34.9% . -3.2pp since 2023
What this means: On the ATLAS, Arkansas's statewide test, about 31 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 3 points since 2023.
ATLAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts |
|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 30.7% |
| 2023-24 | 33.9% |
% 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
26.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
37.9%
based on AR schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-11.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 26% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 38% 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 HAR-BER HIGH SCHOOL
HAR-BER HIGH SCHOOL's state test result (26.1% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| HAR-BER HIGH SCHOOL this school | 2,271 | 59.0% | 26.1% |
| ROGERS HERITAGE HIGH SCHOOL ROGERS | 2,008 | 50.2% | 31.0% |
| SILOAM SPRINGS HIGH SCHOOL CONVERSION CHARTER SILOAM SPRINGS | 1,475 | 52.6% | 34.4% |
| ROGERS HIGH SCHOOL ROGERS | 2,492 | 41.1% | 40.7% |
| RUSSELLVILLE HIGH SCHOOL RUSSELLVILLE | 1,281 | 56.9% | 33.2% |
| BATESVILLE HIGH SCHOOL CHARTER BATESVILLE | 986 | 60.2% | 27.4% |
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 HAR-BER HIGH SCHOOL ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Arkansas | In Washington County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 26.1% | #172 of 272 | #11 of 16 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 30.7% | #138 of 280 ▼ 42 | #8 of 17 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 2,271 | #8 of 310 | #2 of 19 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.4:1 | #218 of 245 | #10 of 15 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 63.5% | #22 of 246 | #3 of 15 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 59.0% | #163 of 273 | #7 of 16 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -0.5% | #131 of 133 | #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
2,271
+124 (+6%) vs 2020
+43% since 2010-11, when it was 1,588
Student : Teacher
13.4:1
was 12.3:1
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 | 2,271 | 169.7 | 13.4:1 | 59% (1,339) |
| 2023-24 | 2,304 | 153.1 | 15.1:1 | 60% (1,373) |
| 2022-23 | 2,274 | 163.9 | 13.9:1 | 53% (1,200) |
| 2020-21 | 2,147 | 174 | 12.3:1 | 54% (1,167) |
| 2017-18 | 2,283 | 155.7 | 14.7:1 | 41% (929) |
| 2015-16 | 2,182 | 144 | 15.2:1 | 48% (1,038) |
| 2010-11 | 1,588 | 106 | 15.0:1 | 35% (553) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for HAR-BER HIGH SCHOOL.
About HAR-BER HIGH SCHOOL
Located in SPRINGDALE, Arkansas, HAR-BER HIGH SCHOOL is a large high school. The school's 2,271 students are in grades 9 through 12. Statewide, high schools in Arkansas average about 510 students each.
HAR-BER HIGH SCHOOL is one of the 29 schools that make up SPRINGDALE SCHOOL DISTRICT (22,685 students in total).
HAR-BER HIGH SCHOOL has no majority group; Hispanic students are the largest, at 45%. The rest of enrollment is 40% White, 9% Pacific Islander, and 3% Black. Census estimates put the Hispanic share of Washington County's population at about 19%. HAR-BER HIGH SCHOOL's diversity index is 63%, against a US figure of 70%.
HAR-BER HIGH SCHOOL operates with 169.7 full-time-equivalent teachers, a ratio of about 13.4:1. On average, high schools in Arkansas have 8.8:1, compared with 13.4:1 here. HAR-BER HIGH SCHOOL reports 59% of students eligible for free or reduced-price meals. For comparison, public schools in Washington County average 58%.
allk12 grades HAR-BER HIGH SCHOOL a C. The grade compares the school only with Arkansas public high schools, because each state gives its own test.
Test results at HAR-BER HIGH SCHOOL are 11.8 points below what its free or reduced-price lunch share predicts (26.1% actual, 37.9% predicted).
HAR-BER HIGH SCHOOL is located in Washington County, where the median household income is $70,639, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 35%, and roughly 9% of residents are in poverty. Besides HAR-BER HIGH SCHOOL, Washington County has 75 other public schools.
The next-closest public school is HELLSTERN MIDDLE SCHOOL, about 0.3 miles away. HAR-BER HIGH SCHOOL is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. Ranking the closest schools with test data puts HAR-BER HIGH SCHOOL at 8th of 9.
HAR-BER HIGH SCHOOL falls in the City: Small locale category, used for schools inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.
Enrollment is up 6% from 2020-21, when HAR-BER HIGH SCHOOL had 2,147 students, to 2024-25, when it had 2,271. Students per teacher rose from 12.3 in 2020-21 to 13.4 in 2024-25.
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Washington County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
256,765
Census ACS
Median income
$70,639
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
35%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
76
42,451 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in SPRINGDALE SCHOOL DISTRICT
- SPRINGDALE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,207 students
- DON TYSON SCHOOL OF INNOVATIONCombined · 1,976 students
- HUNT ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 890 students
- CENTRAL JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 852 students
- HELLSTERN MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 849 students
- GEORGE JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 723 students
Other schools in SPRINGDALE
- SPRINGDALE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,207 students
- DON TYSON SCHOOL OF INNOVATIONCombined · 1,976 students
- HUNT ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 890 students
- CENTRAL JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 852 students
- HELLSTERN MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 849 students
- GEORGE JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 723 students
Nearby schools
- HELLSTERN MIDDLE SCHOOL0.3 mi · 849
- BERNICE YOUNG ELEMENTARY0.4 mi · 536
- JIM D ROLLINS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL OF INNOVATION1.6 mi · 570
- WALKER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.4 mi · 605
- THURMAN G. SMITH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.5 mi · 483
- RESPONSIVE ED SOLUTIONS PREMIER HIGH SCHOOL OF SPRINGDALE2.7 mi · 102
Frequently asked questions
About HAR-BER HIGH SCHOOLHow many students attend HAR-BER HIGH SCHOOL?
HAR-BER HIGH SCHOOL enrolls approximately 2,271 students in grades 09-12.
What grades does HAR-BER HIGH SCHOOL serve?
HAR-BER HIGH SCHOOL serves grades 09-12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at HAR-BER HIGH SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at HAR-BER HIGH SCHOOL is approximately 13.4:1 (170 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at HAR-BER HIGH SCHOOL?
At HAR-BER HIGH SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 40% White, 45% Hispanic, 3% Black, 2% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Is HAR-BER HIGH SCHOOL public or private?
HAR-BER HIGH SCHOOL is a public K-12 school, overseen by SPRINGDALE SCHOOL DISTRICT.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.