Enrollment
381
High
DISTRICT 420 · STATE 510
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MELBOURNE SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 050972000711
MELBOURNE HIGH SCHOOL
310 BEARKAT DRIVE, MELBOURNE, AR 72556 · (870) 368-4345 · Izard County
GRADES 07–12HIGH43-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL381 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 68% of Arkansas public high schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-Beats 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
7.0:1
54 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 9.9:1 · STATE 8.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
46%
174 students
DISTRICT 49% · 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 | 59 | 15% |
| Grade 8 | 57 | 15% |
| Grade 9 | 57 | 15% |
| Grade 10 | 64 | 17% |
| Grade 11 | 71 | 19% |
| Grade 12 | 73 | 19% |
Student demographics
10%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 9% · 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 MELBOURNE SCHOOL DISTRICT. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
ATLAS 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3+4)English Language Arts
34.2%
AR avg 34.9% . -11.3pp since 2023
Math
30.0%
AR avg 38.9% . -6.5pp since 2023
What this means: On the ATLAS, Arkansas's statewide test, about 34 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 30 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 11 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 7 points.
ATLAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 34.2% | 30.0% |
| 2023-24 | 45.5% | 36.5% |
% 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
36.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
42.9%
based on AR schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-6.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 36% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 43% 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 MELBOURNE HIGH SCHOOL
MELBOURNE HIGH SCHOOL's state test result (36.5% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| MELBOURNE HIGH SCHOOL this school | 381 | 45.7% | 36.5% |
| HEBER SPRINGS HIGH SCHOOL HEBER SPRINGS | 483 | 43.9% | 40.3% |
| POYEN HIGH SCHOOL POYEN | 264 | 44.3% | 40.7% |
| QUITMAN HIGH SCHOOL QUITMAN | 308 | 44.2% | 39.9% |
| RIVERSIDE HIGH SCHOOL LAKE CITY | 342 | 49.4% | 27.5% |
| MAGNET COVE HIGH SCHOOL MALVERN | 307 | 47.6% | 38.0% |
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 MELBOURNE HIGH SCHOOL ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Arkansas |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 36.5% | #63 of 272 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 30.0% | #78 of 132 ▼ 36 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 34.2% | #102 of 280 ▼ 82 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 381 | #130 of 310 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 7.0:1 | #84 of 245 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 10.1% | #231 of 246 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 45.7% | #219 of 273 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -9.9% | #69 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
381
-24 (-6%) vs 2020
+67% since 1990-91, when it was 228
Student : Teacher
7.0:1
was 6.9:1
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 | 381 | 54.3 | 7.0:1 | 46% (174) |
| 2023-24 | 370 | 65.1 | 5.7:1 | 51% (189) |
| 2022-23 | 390 | 58.8 | 6.6:1 | 44% (170) |
| 2020-21 | 405 | 59 | 6.9:1 | 59% (237) |
| 2017-18 | 423 | 34.5 | 12.3:1 | 35% (149) |
| 2015-16 | 396 | 36 | 11.0:1 | 52% (207) |
| 2010-11 | 409 | 31 | 13.2:1 | 50% (205) |
| 2000-01 | 231 | 22 | 10.5:1 | 28% (65) |
| 1990-91 | 228 | 14 | 16.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for MELBOURNE HIGH SCHOOL.
About MELBOURNE HIGH SCHOOL
MELBOURNE HIGH SCHOOL is a small high school in MELBOURNE, Arkansas, under MELBOURNE SCHOOL DISTRICT. It has an enrollment of 381 students in grades 7 through 12. High schools in Arkansas average about 510 students, which makes this school 25% below average.
District-wide, MELBOURNE SCHOOL DISTRICT has 2 schools and 839 students.
Of every 100 students at MELBOURNE HIGH SCHOOL, about 95 are White. Smaller groups are 3% Hispanic. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 10, compared with 70 nationally.
Based on 54.3 full-time-equivalent teachers, MELBOURNE HIGH SCHOOL has a ratio of 7.0:1. The gap from the 8.8:1 average for high schools in Arkansas is 1.8 students per teacher. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch stands at 46%. That is 30 points below the 76% average for public schools in Izard County.
MELBOURNE HIGH SCHOOL earns a B+ on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 68% of Arkansas public high schools.
MELBOURNE HIGH SCHOOL's actual average proficiency rate across its state test results (36.5%) and its predicted rate (42.9%) put it outside the top and bottom 10% of Arkansas schools.
In Izard County, where the school is located, median household income comes to about $49,405, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 20%, and roughly 16% of residents are in poverty. The county has 8 public schools and about 1,883 students.
The closest school to MELBOURNE HIGH SCHOOL is MELBOURNE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, located about 0.1 miles away. In all, 4 other public schools sit within ten miles of MELBOURNE HIGH SCHOOL. Its average proficiency rate of 36.5% is below the 37.6% average for nearby schools.
The school is in rural territory far from an urban area, according to its NCES locale (Rural: Remote).
The school's student count fell 6% between the 2020-21 and 2024-25 school years.
The discussion board for MELBOURNE HIGH SCHOOL is open to topics like pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
Izard County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
14,009
Census ACS
Median income
$49,405
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
20%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
16%
Below federal line
Schools in county
8
1,883 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in MELBOURNE SCHOOL DISTRICT
- MELBOURNE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 458 students
Other schools in MELBOURNE
- MELBOURNE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 458 students
- OZARKA COLLEGE TECHNICAL CENTERHigh
Nearby schools
- MELBOURNE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.1 mi · 458
- IZARD COUNTY CONSOLIDATED ELEMENTARY SCHOOL6.0 mi · 286
- IZARD COUNTY CONSOLIDATED HIGH SCHOOL7.7 mi · 218
- IZARD COUNTY CONS MIDDLE SCHOOL7.7 mi · 193
- CALICO ROCK HIGH SCHOOL16.7 mi · 176
- CALICO ROCK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL17.2 mi · 171
Frequently asked questions
About MELBOURNE HIGH SCHOOLWhat is the total enrollment at MELBOURNE HIGH SCHOOL?
MELBOURNE HIGH SCHOOL enrolls approximately 381 students in grades 07-12.
What grades does MELBOURNE HIGH SCHOOL serve?
MELBOURNE HIGH SCHOOL serves grades 07-12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at MELBOURNE HIGH SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at MELBOURNE HIGH SCHOOL is approximately 7.0:1 (54 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at MELBOURNE HIGH SCHOOL?
At MELBOURNE HIGH SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 95% White, 3% Hispanic, 0% Black, 1% Asian.
Who oversees MELBOURNE HIGH SCHOOL?
MELBOURNE HIGH SCHOOL is overseen by MELBOURNE SCHOOL DISTRICT in Izard County.
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