Enrollment
281
High
DISTRICT 349 · STATE 510
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LEE COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 050936000675
LEE HIGH SCHOOL
523 FOREST AVENUE, MARIANNA, AR 72360 · (870) 295-7130 · Lee County
GRADES 07–12HIGH43-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL281 STUDENTS
D
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 11% of Arkansas public high schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats 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
5.5:1
51 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.8:1 · STATE 8.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
281 students
DISTRICT 100% · 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 | 38 | 14% |
| Grade 8 | 53 | 19% |
| Grade 9 | 40 | 14% |
| Grade 10 | 47 | 17% |
| Grade 11 | 57 | 20% |
| Grade 12 | 46 | 16% |
Student demographics
23%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 19% · 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 LEE COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
ATLAS 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3+4)English Language Arts
11.2%
AR avg 34.9% . +1.1pp since 2023
Math
9.2%
AR avg 38.9% . -0.5pp since 2023
What this means: On the ATLAS, Arkansas's statewide test, about 11 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 9 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Arkansas schools, those numbers are about 35 and 39. Reading and writing scores are up about 1 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
ATLAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 11.2% | 9.2% |
| 2023-24 | 10.1% | 9.7% |
% 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
10.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
22.7%
based on AR schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-11.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 11% 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 LEE HIGH SCHOOL
LEE HIGH SCHOOL's state test result (10.7% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| LEE HIGH SCHOOL this school | 281 | 100.0% | 10.7% |
| OSCEOLA HIGH SCHOOL OSCEOLA | 254 | 98.8% | 8.6% |
| BLYTHEVILLE HIGH SCHOOL BLYTHEVILLE | 369 | 100.0% | 10.9% |
| KIPP:DELTA COLLEGIATE HIGH SCHOOL HELENA | 181 | 100.0% | 14.6% |
| LAKESIDE HIGH SCHOOL LAKE VILLAGE | 277 | 100.0% | 24.4% |
| EARLE HIGH SCHOOL EARLE | 176 | 100.0% | 6.3% |
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 LEE HIGH SCHOOL ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Arkansas |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 10.7% | #260 of 272 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 9.2% | #126 of 132 ▼ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 11.2% | #267 of 280 ▲ 6 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 281 | #188 of 310 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 5.5:1 | #41 of 245 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 22.7% | #172 of 246 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 100% | #38 of 273 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -10.5% | #64 of 133 |
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
281
-13 (-4%) vs 2020
-64% since 1990-91, when it was 774
Student : Teacher
5.5:1
was 10.1:1
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 | 281 | 51 | 5.5:1 | 100% (281) |
| 2023-24 | 279 | 55.1 | 5.1:1 | 100% (278) |
| 2022-23 | 255 | 69.9 | 3.6:1 | 100% (255) |
| 2020-21 | 294 | 29 | 10.1:1 | 100% (294) |
| 2017-18 | 314 | 38.1 | 8.3:1 | 54% (170) |
| 2015-16 | 359 | 38 | 9.4:1 | 99% (356) |
| 2010-11 | 342 | 36 | 9.5:1 | 90% (308) |
| 2000-01 | 559 | 44 | 12.7:1 | 87% (484) |
| 1990-91 | 774 | 52 | 14.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for LEE HIGH SCHOOL.
About LEE HIGH SCHOOL
LEE HIGH SCHOOL is a small high school that serves part of MARIANNA, Arkansas. The school counts 281 students across grades 7 through 12. The school's enrollment is 45% smaller than the 510 average for high schools in Arkansas.
LEE COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT, which runs LEE HIGH SCHOOL, has 2 schools and 698 students.
About 88% of the student body at LEE HIGH SCHOOL is Black. Beyond that, enrollment is 7% White and 4% Hispanic. In Lee County overall, about 55% of residents are Black. Pick two students at random and there is a 23% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
A ratio of 5.5:1 comes from the school's 51 full-time-equivalent teachers. The school has fewer students per teacher than the 8.8:1 average for high schools in Arkansas. The lunch program counts 100% of students at LEE HIGH SCHOOL as eligible for free or reduced-price meals. That tracks the 100% average for public schools in Lee County.
The allk12 Grade for LEE HIGH SCHOOL is D. Compared with Arkansas public high schools, the school scored higher than 11% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
Given its share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, LEE HIGH SCHOOL would be expected to post about 22.7%. Its actual average proficiency rate on state tests is 10.7%.
Among Lee County residents, the median household income is $34,375, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 7%, and roughly 32% of residents are in poverty. Besides LEE HIGH SCHOOL, Lee County has 1 other public school.
The shortest distance from LEE HIGH SCHOOL to another public school is about 1.2 miles, to ANNA STRONG LEARNING ACADEMY. LEE HIGH SCHOOL places 9th of 9 on proficiency among the closest schools that report scores.
The NCES locale for LEE HIGH SCHOOL is Rural: Remote, which covers schools in rural territory far from an urban area.
Federal data show a 4% enrollment decrease, from 294 in 2020-21 to 281 in 2024-25. From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio fell from 10.1:1 to 5.5:1.
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Lee County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
8,359
Census ACS
Median income
$34,375
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
7%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
32%
Below federal line
Schools in county
2
698 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in LEE COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT
- ANNA STRONG LEARNING ACADEMYElementary · 417 students
Other Lee High schools
5 other US public schools in 6 states are named Lee High. LEE HIGH SCHOOL is the 5th largest of the 6.
- Lee High SchoolBAYTOWN, TX · 1,747 students
- Lee High SchoolHuntsville, AL · 877 students
- Lee HighJonesville, VA · 803 students
- Lee High SchoolWYOMING, MI · 537 students
- Lee HighBishopville, SC · 5 students
Nearby schools
- ANNA STRONG LEARNING ACADEMY1.2 mi · 417
- PALESTINE-WHEATLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL14.6 mi · 448
- PALESTINE-WHEATLEY SENIOR HIGH14.9 mi · 378
- STEWART ELEMENTARY SCHOOL15.7 mi · 400
- BARTON HIGH SCHOOL16.0 mi · 322
- BARTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL16.0 mi · 342
Frequently asked questions
About LEE HIGH SCHOOLWhat is the total enrollment at LEE HIGH SCHOOL?
LEE HIGH SCHOOL enrolls approximately 281 students in grades 07-12.
What age range does LEE HIGH SCHOOL serve?
LEE HIGH SCHOOL serves students from grade 07 through grade 12.
How many students per teacher at LEE HIGH SCHOOL?
Approximately 5.5:1 students per teacher at LEE HIGH SCHOOL.
How diverse is LEE HIGH SCHOOL?
LEE HIGH SCHOOL reports a student body of 7% White, 4% Hispanic, 88% Black, 0% Asian, 0% Two or more.
Who oversees LEE HIGH SCHOOL?
LEE HIGH SCHOOL is overseen by LEE COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT in Lee County.
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