MARKED TREE HIGH SCHOOL

MARKED TREE HIGH SCHOOL is a senior high of compact scale in MARKED TREE, Arkansas, one of the schools within MARKED TREE SCHOOL DISTRICT, educateing 228 students in grades 7 through 12. Compared to the state average of about 510 students per school, that is 55% leaner than typical.

MARKED TREE SCHOOL DISTRICT runs 2 schools in total, collectively educating 537 students. MARKED TREE HIGH SCHOOL is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, MARKED TREE HIGH SCHOOL lists that 58% of the student body identifies as White. Other groups include 33% Black, 8% Hispanic. That is noticeably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 85%.

Looking at school resources, MARKED TREE HIGH SCHOOL logs 22 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 10.4:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 8.8:1, putting MARKED TREE HIGH SCHOOL higher than the state norm the norm. Roughly 72% of students at MARKED TREE HIGH SCHOOL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Poinsett County runs at roughly 91%, so the school's eligibility rate is lower than the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, MARKED TREE HIGH SCHOOL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 32.3%, the actual is 26.9%, a residual of -5.5 points.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Poinsett County) logs that median household earnings sit near $46,707, 11% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 14% of residents live below the federal poverty line. MARKED TREE HIGH SCHOOL is one of 13 public schools in Poinsett County (combined enrollment of about 3,732 students).

MARKED TREE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 2 other public schools cluster around MARKED TREE HIGH SCHOOL. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts MARKED TREE HIGH SCHOOL at 3rd of 7; the average score across the group is 27.6%.

The school occupies a small-town site.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at MARKED TREE HIGH SCHOOL has edged up 37%, going from 167 students in 2018 to 228 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share increased from 1% to 8%.

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