Enrollment
185
High
DISTRICT 185 · STATE 510
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LEAD HILL SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 050342000103
LEAD HILL HIGH SCHOOL
6966 MILUM DRIVE, LEAD HILL, AR 72644 · (870) 436-0506 · Boone County
GRADES 07–12HIGH43-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL185 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 37% of Arkansas public high schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats 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
6.8:1
27 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.5:1 · STATE 8.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
98%
182 students
DISTRICT 98% · STATE 70%
Community
0
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 7 | 27 | 15% |
| Grade 8 | 20 | 11% |
| Grade 9 | 37 | 20% |
| Grade 10 | 31 | 17% |
| Grade 11 | 38 | 21% |
| Grade 12 | 31 | 17% |
| Ungraded | 1 | 1% |
Student demographics
16%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 15% · 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 LEAD HILL SCHOOL DISTRICT. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
ATLAS 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3+4)English Language Arts
22.0%
AR avg 34.9% . -5.3pp since 2023
Math
10.8%
AR avg 38.9% . -7.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the ATLAS, Arkansas's statewide test, about 22 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 11 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Arkansas schools, those numbers are about 35 and 39. Reading and writing scores are down about 5 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 7 points.
ATLAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 22.0% | 10.8% |
| 2023-24 | 27.3% | 18.2% |
% 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
21.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
23.3%
based on AR schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-2.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 21% 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 LEAD HILL HIGH SCHOOL
LEAD HILL HIGH SCHOOL's state test result (21.0% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| LEAD HILL HIGH SCHOOL this school | 185 | 98.4% | 21.0% |
| CALICO ROCK HIGH SCHOOL CALICO ROCK | 176 | 98.3% | 34.5% |
| BRADFORD HIGH SCHOOL BRADFORD | 185 | 100.0% | 24.9% |
| MAMMOTH SPRING HIGH SCHOOL MAMMOTH SPRING | 198 | 100.0% | 35.8% |
| OZARK MOUNTAIN HIGH SCHOOL WESTERN GROVE | 225 | 98.7% | 29.2% |
| MOUNTAINBURG HIGH SCHOOL MOUNTAINBURG | 185 | 97.3% | 22.0% |
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 LEAD HILL HIGH SCHOOL ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Arkansas | In Boone County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 21.0% | #219 of 272 | #6 of 6 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 10.8% | #122 of 132 ▼ 20 | N/A |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 22.0% | #221 of 280 ▼ 52 | #6 of 6 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 185 | #252 of 310 | #4 of 6 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 98.4% | #72 of 273 | #1 of 6 |
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
185
-12 (-6%) vs 2020
+5% since 1990-91, when it was 177
Student : Teacher
6.8:1
was 6.8:1
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 | 185 | 27.2 | 6.8:1 | 98% (182) |
| 2023-24 | 178 | 51.6 | 3.5:1 | 98% (175) |
| 2022-23 | 190 | 52 | 3.6:1 | 98% (187) |
| 2020-21 | 197 | 29 | 6.8:1 | 100% (197) |
| 2017-18 | 166 | 16.8 | 9.9:1 | 69% (114) |
| 2015-16 | 176 | 17 | 10.3:1 | 98% (173) |
| 2010-11 | 181 | 16 | 11.3:1 | 73% (132) |
| 2000-01 | 181 | 19 | 9.5:1 | 47% (85) |
| 1990-91 | 177 | 13 | 13.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for LEAD HILL HIGH SCHOOL.
About LEAD HILL HIGH SCHOOL
LEAD HILL HIGH SCHOOL is a small high school in Arkansas, located in LEAD HILL. School enrollment was 185 students in 2024-25, in grades 7 through 12. For comparison, high schools in Arkansas average about 510 students.
Enrollment across the 2 schools in LEAD HILL SCHOOL DISTRICT totals 370 students.
White students make up 91% of enrollment at LEAD HILL HIGH SCHOOL. Next come 5% multiracial and 2% Hispanic. The White share in Boone County as a whole is similar, at about 94%. The school's diversity index is 16%, meaning two students picked at random have a 16% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
Federal data list 27.2 full-time-equivalent teachers at LEAD HILL HIGH SCHOOL in 2024-25, for a ratio of 6.8:1. That is 2.0 students per teacher below the 8.8:1 average for high schools in Arkansas. The school's rate of free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 98%. That is higher than the 62% average for public schools in Boone County.
allk12 grades LEAD HILL HIGH SCHOOL a C+. The grade compares the school only with Arkansas public high schools, because each state gives its own test.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, LEAD HILL HIGH SCHOOL falls in the middle 80% of Arkansas schools: 21.0% actual against 23.3% predicted.
Among Boone County residents, the median household income is $55,143, 17% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. LEAD HILL HIGH SCHOOL is one of 18 public schools in the county.
The nearest other public school, LEAD HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, is less than a tenth of a mile away. There are 4 more public schools inside ten miles. Among the 7 closest schools with test data, this one included, LEAD HILL HIGH SCHOOL ranks 7th on average proficiency.
In the federal locale system, LEAD HILL HIGH SCHOOL is coded Rural: Remote, for schools in rural territory far from an urban area.
Over 4 years, LEAD HILL HIGH SCHOOL's enrollment dropped 6%, to 185.
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Boone County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
38,138
Census ACS
Median income
$55,143
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
17%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
18
5,818 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in LEAD HILL SCHOOL DISTRICT
- LEAD HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 185 students
Nearby schools
- LEAD HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.0 mi · 185
- BERGMAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL8.8 mi · 474
- BERGMAN HIGH SCHOOL8.9 mi · 297
- BERGMAN MIDDLE SCHOOL9.1 mi · 331
- MARK TWAIN ELEM.13.4 mi · 62
- BRUNO-PYATT ELEMENTARY15.9 mi · 28
Frequently asked questions
About LEAD HILL HIGH SCHOOLHow large is LEAD HILL HIGH SCHOOL?
LEAD HILL HIGH SCHOOL enrolls approximately 185 students in grades 07-12.
Is LEAD HILL HIGH SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
LEAD HILL HIGH SCHOOL is a high school covering grades 07-12.
How many teachers does LEAD HILL HIGH SCHOOL have?
LEAD HILL HIGH SCHOOL employs 27 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 6.8:1.
How diverse is LEAD HILL HIGH SCHOOL?
LEAD HILL HIGH SCHOOL reports a student body of 91% White, 2% Hispanic, 5% Two or more.
Who oversees LEAD HILL HIGH SCHOOL?
LEAD HILL HIGH SCHOOL is overseen by LEAD HILL SCHOOL DISTRICT in Boone County.
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