LAFAYETTE COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL

LAFAYETTE COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL is one of the close-knit 9-12 campuss in STAMPS, Arkansas, overseen by LAFAYETTE COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT, with 228 students on its rolls from grades 7 through 12. That puts it 55% below the typical public school in Arkansas, which averages around 510 students.

Within LAFAYETTE COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT, which oversees 2 schools and 472 students, LAFAYETTE COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, LAFAYETTE COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL reports that 68% of the student body identifies as Black; the rest is composed of 22% White, 5% multiracial, 5% Hispanic. That is considerably more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 37%.

On the resource side, On paper, LAFAYETTE COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL has 37 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 6.1:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 8.8:1, putting LAFAYETTE COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 86% of students at LAFAYETTE COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, LAFAYETTE COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 27.6%; this one comes in at 7.2%, -20.4 points off the demographic line.

Around the school, the surrounding county (Lafayette County) shows that median household earnings sit near $41,278, roughly 9% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 14%. Across Lafayette County's 5 public schools (combined enrollment of about 808 students), LAFAYETTE COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is LAFAYETTE COUNTY ELEMENTARY, roughly 5.7 miles away. On composite proficiency, LAFAYETTE COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL comes 7th of 7 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 26.2%.

The campus sits in a rural setting.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 10%: 254 students in 2018 compared to 228 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 33% to 22% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 9.3:1 in 2018 to 6.1:1 today.

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