JESSIEVILLE HIGH SCHOOL

JESSIEVILLE HIGH SCHOOL operates as a compact 9-12 campus in JESSIEVILLE, Arkansas, run under JESSIEVILLE SCHOOL DISTRICT. Current enrollment sits at 255 students spanning grades 9 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 50% below the state mean of about 510.

Within JESSIEVILLE SCHOOL DISTRICT, which oversees 3 schools and 791 students, JESSIEVILLE HIGH SCHOOL is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, JESSIEVILLE HIGH SCHOOL reports that nearly all students (80%) are White; the rest breaks down as 9% multiracial, 8% Hispanic. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 50 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 5.1:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 8.8:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 99% of students at JESSIEVILLE HIGH SCHOOL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is noticeably above Garland County's rate of about 72%.

After controlling for student poverty, JESSIEVILLE HIGH SCHOOL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 22.7% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 30.0%.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Garland County indicate median household earnings sit near $57,181, 25% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. Across Garland County's 28 public schools (combined enrollment of about 14,391 students), JESSIEVILLE HIGH SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: JESSIEVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, around 0.0 miles off. Within five miles, there are 2 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts JESSIEVILLE HIGH SCHOOL at 6th of 9; the average score across the group is 32.7%.

The campus sits in a low-density setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at JESSIEVILLE HIGH SCHOOL has stayed largely flat, going from 252 students in 2018 to 255 in 2025. The White share of enrollment contracted from 90% to 80% over that span. Class-load math has pulled in: from 8.8:1 in 2018 to 5.1:1 in 2025.

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