LAVACA HIGH SCHOOL

LAVACA HIGH SCHOOL is an intimate secondary school in LAVACA, Arkansas, part of LAVACA SCHOOL DISTRICT. The school enrolls 245 students in grades 9 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 52% leaner than the state mean of about 510.

Across the 3 schools in LAVACA SCHOOL DISTRICT (801 students total), LAVACA HIGH SCHOOL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On the student-mix side, LAVACA HIGH SCHOOL lists that the largest single group is White, at 80% of enrollment. The remainder looks like 9% Hispanic, 8% multiracial, 2% Native American. The wider county runs roughly 68% White, putting the school's mix visibly more White than the area baseline.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 70 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 3.5:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 8.8:1, putting LAVACA HIGH SCHOOL tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 43% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is noticeably below Sebastian County's rate of about 65%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, LAVACA HIGH SCHOOL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 43.9%, the actual is 30.5%, a residual of -13.4 points.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (Sebastian County) reports that the typical household earns roughly $57,790 per year, about 23% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. Across Sebastian County's 44 public schools (combined enrollment of about 20,239 students), LAVACA HIGH SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is LAVACA MIDDLE SCHOOL, roughly 0.1 miles away. Within five miles, there are 2 other public schools. On composite proficiency, LAVACA HIGH SCHOOL comes 7th of 8 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 38.7%.

The campus sits in a small-town setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. LAVACA HIGH SCHOOL's enrollment has held roughly steady since 2018, when it stood at 240 (now 245). The White share of enrollment shrank from 89% to 80% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 9.2:1 in 2018 to 3.5:1 today.

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