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Enrollment
516
High
DISTRICT 357 · STATE 510
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HARRISBURG SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 050735000447
HARRISBURG HIGH SCHOOL
501 W. SOUTH STREET, HARRISBURG, AR 72432 · (870) 578-2417 · Poinsett County
GRADES 06–12HIGH42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL516 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 75% of Arkansas public high schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats 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
10.7:1
48 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.8:1 · STATE 8.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
99%
513 students
DISTRICT 99% · 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 6 | 81 | 16% |
| Grade 7 | 73 | 14% |
| Grade 8 | 71 | 14% |
| Grade 9 | 80 | 16% |
| Grade 10 | 74 | 14% |
| Grade 11 | 65 | 13% |
| Grade 12 | 72 | 14% |
Student demographics
26%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 24% · 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 HARRISBURG SCHOOL DISTRICT. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
ATLAS 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3+4)English Language Arts
31.8%
AR avg 34.9% . +0.7pp since 2023
Math
30.0%
AR avg 38.9% . -10.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the ATLAS, Arkansas's statewide test, about 32 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 30 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Arkansas schools, those numbers are about 35 and 39. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2023, while math scores are down about 10 points.
ATLAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 31.8% | 30.0% |
| 2023-24 | 31.1% | 40.4% |
% 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
31.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
22.9%
based on AR schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+8.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 32% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 23% 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 HARRISBURG HIGH SCHOOL
HARRISBURG HIGH SCHOOL's state test result (31.5% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| HARRISBURG HIGH SCHOOL this school | 516 | 99.4% | 31.5% |
| LAMAR HIGH SCHOOL LAMAR | 370 | 99.2% | 35.5% |
| CEDAR RIDGE HIGH SCHOOL NEWARK | 373 | 99.2% | 33.4% |
| CLINTON HIGH SCHOOL CLINTON | 390 | 100.0% | 38.3% |
| HOXIE HIGH SCHOOL HOXIE | 360 | 100.0% | 24.4% |
| HACKETT HIGH SCHOOL HACKETT | 350 | 100.0% | 29.4% |
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 HARRISBURG HIGH SCHOOL ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Arkansas |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 31.5% | #115 of 272 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 30.0% | #77 of 132 ▼ 47 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 31.8% | #127 of 280 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 516 | #90 of 310 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.7:1 | #168 of 245 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 25.6% | #164 of 246 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 99.4% | #50 of 273 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +37.6% | #10 of 105 |
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
516
+177 (+52%) vs 2020
+88% since 1990-91, when it was 274
Student : Teacher
10.7:1
was 8.9:1
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 | 516 | 48.5 | 10.7:1 | 99% (513) |
| 2023-24 | 523 | 47.4 | 11.0:1 | 22% (113) |
| 2022-23 | 480 | 55.4 | 8.7:1 | 22% (104) |
| 2020-21 | 339 | 38 | 8.9:1 | 100% (339) |
| 2017-18 | 375 | 31.2 | 12.0:1 | 72% (271) |
| 2015-16 | 378 | 29 | 13.0:1 | 99% (375) |
| 2010-11 | 332 | 30 | 11.1:1 | 99% (329) |
| 2000-01 | 316 | 31 | 10.2:1 | 37% (116) |
| 1990-91 | 274 | 17 | 16.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for HARRISBURG HIGH SCHOOL.
About HARRISBURG HIGH SCHOOL
At 501 W. SOUTH STREET in HARRISBURG, Arkansas, HARRISBURG HIGH SCHOOL operates as a medium-sized high school. The school reports 516 students in grades 6 through 12.
HARRISBURG HIGH SCHOOL is among 3 schools run by HARRISBURG SCHOOL DISTRICT, which serves 1,070 students.
The large majority of students at HARRISBURG HIGH SCHOOL, 86%, are White. Other reported shares: 7% Hispanic, 5% Black, and 3% multiracial. That is close to the 85% White share among all Poinsett County residents. The chance that two students picked at random at HARRISBURG HIGH SCHOOL belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 26%.
HARRISBURG HIGH SCHOOL employs 48.5 full-time-equivalent teachers. That gives a ratio of about 10.7:1. That ratio is over the 8.8:1 average for high schools in Arkansas. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility was 99% in 2024-25.
The allk12 Grade for HARRISBURG HIGH SCHOOL is A-. Compared with Arkansas public high schools, the school scored higher than 75% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
HARRISBURG HIGH SCHOOL posts an average proficiency rate on state tests of 31.5%, compared with a predicted 22.9%. It is not in the top or bottom 10% of Arkansas schools on BeatsExpectations.
Within Poinsett County, median household income is about $46,707, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 11%, and roughly 14% of residents are in poverty. The public schools of Poinsett County number 13 and enroll about 3,732.
The next-closest public school is HARRISBURG ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, about 0.6 miles away. There are 2 more public schools inside five miles. Local comparison: HARRISBURG HIGH SCHOOL ranks 5th of 8 nearby schools, at 31.5% versus a 27.5% average.
HARRISBURG HIGH SCHOOL has an NCES locale of Rural: Distant.
HARRISBURG HIGH SCHOOL reported 339 students in 2020-21 and 516 in 2024-25. Changes that large sometimes follow a school adding or dropping grades, so the two figures may not cover the same grades. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio rose to 10.7:1, from 8.9:1.
Topics for discussion here include school safety, transportation, and start times. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
Poinsett County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
22,543
Census ACS
Median income
$46,707
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
11%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
14%
Below federal line
Schools in county
13
3,732 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in HARRISBURG SCHOOL DISTRICT
- HARRISBURG ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 428 students
- WEINER ELEMENTARYElementary · 126 students
Other schools in HARRISBURG
- HARRISBURG ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 428 students
- ARKANSAS CONSOLIDATED HIGH SCHOOL-HARRISBURGHigh · 19 students
Other Harrisburg High schools
5 other US public schools in 6 states are named Harrisburg High. HARRISBURG HIGH SCHOOL is the 3rd largest of the 6.
- Harrisburg High School - 01Harrisburg, SD · 1,806 students
- Harrisburg High SchoolHarrisburg, PA · 1,343 students
- Harrisburg High SchoolHarrisburg, IL · 491 students
- Harrisburg High SchoolHarrisburg, OR · 260 students
- HARRISBURG HIGHHARRISBURG, MO · 185 students
Nearby schools
- HARRISBURG ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.6 mi · 428
- ARKANSAS CONSOLIDATED HIGH SCHOOL-HARRISBURG1.5 mi · 19
- WEINER ELEMENTARY10.9 mi · 126
- CROSS COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL A NEW TECH SCHOOL11.9 mi · 315
- CROSS COUNTY ELEMENTARY TECH ACADEMY12.0 mi · 415
- TRUMANN HIGH SCHOOL13.2 mi · 515
Frequently asked questions
About HARRISBURG HIGH SCHOOLWhat is the total enrollment at HARRISBURG HIGH SCHOOL?
HARRISBURG HIGH SCHOOL enrolls approximately 516 students in grades 06-12.
Is HARRISBURG HIGH SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
HARRISBURG HIGH SCHOOL is a high school covering grades 06-12.
How many students per teacher at HARRISBURG HIGH SCHOOL?
Approximately 10.7:1 students per teacher at HARRISBURG HIGH SCHOOL.
What is the student diversity at HARRISBURG HIGH SCHOOL?
Student demographics at HARRISBURG HIGH SCHOOL are roughly 86% White, 7% Hispanic, 5% Black, 3% Two or more.
Who oversees HARRISBURG HIGH SCHOOL?
HARRISBURG HIGH SCHOOL is overseen by HARRISBURG SCHOOL DISTRICT in Poinsett County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.