MCGEHEE HIGH SCHOOL

MCGEHEE HIGH SCHOOL operates as a tight-knit senior high in MCGEHEE, Arkansas, run under MCGEHEE SCHOOL DISTRICT. Current enrollment sits at 326 students spanning grades 9 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 36% smaller than the state mean of about 510.

Across the 3 schools in MCGEHEE SCHOOL DISTRICT (1,121 students total), MCGEHEE HIGH SCHOOL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Looking at the student body, MCGEHEE HIGH SCHOOL shows that the most-represented group is Black (48%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Beyond that, the school shows 40% White, 9% Hispanic, 2% multiracial. That composition is broadly in line with Desha County as a whole.

Looking at school resources, MCGEHEE HIGH SCHOOL lists 35 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 9.3:1. The state averages about 8.8:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Roughly 100% of students at MCGEHEE HIGH SCHOOL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, MCGEHEE HIGH SCHOOL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 22.3%; this one delivers 19.0%.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Desha County indicate median household earnings sit near $37,662, about 13% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 20%. In all, Desha County runs 7 public schools (combined enrollment of about 2,160 students), of which MCGEHEE HIGH SCHOOL is one.

The closest other public school is CONNER MIDDLE SCHOOL, roughly 0.1 miles away. Within five miles, there are 2 other public schools. On composite proficiency, MCGEHEE HIGH SCHOOL comes 3rd of 8 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 18.9%.

MCGEHEE HIGH SCHOOL operates from an outlying location.

Trend over the last 7 years. MCGEHEE HIGH SCHOOL's enrollment has declined 34% since 2018, when it stood at 497 (now 326). Over the same period, the White share fell from 50% to 40%.

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