HORATIO HIGH SCHOOL

Set in HORATIO, Arkansas, HORATIO HIGH SCHOOL is a modestly sized four-year high school, part of HORATIO SCHOOL DISTRICT. It teaches 335 students across grades 7 through 12. By comparison, Arkansas's public schools average about 510 students each, so HORATIO HIGH SCHOOL sits 34% smaller than that benchmark.

HORATIO SCHOOL DISTRICT runs 2 schools in total, collectively educating 648 students. HORATIO HIGH SCHOOL is one of those campuses.

In terms of who attends, HORATIO HIGH SCHOOL lists that 66% of the student body identifies as White. Beyond that, the school records 27% Hispanic, 3% multiracial, 2% Black. That is noticeably more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 57%.

On the resource side, The school employs 51 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 6.6:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 8.8:1, putting HORATIO HIGH SCHOOL tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 83% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

With demographic context factored in, HORATIO HIGH SCHOOL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 28.4%, the actual is 28.4%, a residual of +0.1 points.

In the area at large, census data for Sevier County shows the typical household earns roughly $53,527 per year, about 9% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. Across Sevier County's 8 public schools (combined enrollment of about 3,013 students), HORATIO HIGH SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

HORATIO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.7 miles from this campus. 6 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), HORATIO HIGH SCHOOL ranks 6th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 39.1%.

HORATIO HIGH SCHOOL operates from a small-town location.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at HORATIO HIGH SCHOOL has ticked down 11%, going from 375 students in 2018 to 335 in 2025. The White share of enrollment contracted from 72% to 66% over that span. Class-load math has fell: from 9.5:1 in 2018 to 6.6:1 in 2025.

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