Enrollment
197
High
DISTRICT 201 · STATE 510
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MINERAL SPRINGS SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 050978000717
MINERAL SPRINGS HIGH SCHOOL
130 WEST MCCRARY ST, MINERAL SPRINGS, AR 71851 · (870) 287-4747 · Howard County
GRADES 07–12HIGH43-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL197 STUDENTS
F
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 2% 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.
- DBeats 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
5.4:1
37 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 7.7:1 · STATE 8.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
83%
163 students
DISTRICT 85% · 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 | 33 | 17% |
| Grade 8 | 36 | 18% |
| Grade 9 | 30 | 15% |
| Grade 10 | 35 | 18% |
| Grade 11 | 31 | 16% |
| Grade 12 | 32 | 16% |
Student demographics
48%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 55% · 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 MINERAL SPRINGS SCHOOL DISTRICT. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
ATLAS 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3+4)English Language Arts
9.9%
AR avg 34.9% . -6.4pp since 2023
Math
6.0%
AR avg 38.9% . +0.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the ATLAS, Arkansas's statewide test, about 10 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 6 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 6 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
ATLAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 9.9% | 6.0% |
| 2023-24 | 16.3% | 5.7% |
% 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of AR schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
9.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
29.1%
based on AR schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-19.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 10% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 29% typical for Arkansas schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 MINERAL SPRINGS HIGH SCHOOL
MINERAL SPRINGS HIGH SCHOOL's state test result (9.9% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| MINERAL SPRINGS HIGH SCHOOL this school | 197 | 82.7% | 9.9% |
| LAFAYETTE COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL STAMPS | 228 | 85.5% | 5.3% |
| FORDYCE HIGH SCHOOL FORDYCE | 321 | 73.8% | 14.2% |
| ARKANSAS CONSOLIDATED HIGH SCHOOL-ALEXANDER ALEXANDER | 106 | 97.2% | 0.3% |
| DUMAS HIGH SCHOOL DUMAS | 266 | 100.0% | 15.2% |
| MARION JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL MARION | 588 | 76.5% | 16.6% |
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 MINERAL SPRINGS HIGH SCHOOL ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Arkansas |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 9.9% | #263 of 272 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 6.0% | #130 of 132 ▼ 5 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 9.9% | #270 of 280 ▼ 13 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 197 | #249 of 310 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 82.7% | #86 of 273 |
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
197
+27 (+16%) vs 2020
-18% since 1990-91, when it was 239
Student : Teacher
5.4:1
was 6.5:1
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 | 197 | 36.5 | 5.4:1 | 83% (163) |
| 2023-24 | 195 | 36.4 | 5.3:1 | 98% (191) |
| 2022-23 | 171 | 36.3 | 4.7:1 | 100% (171) |
| 2020-21 | 170 | 26 | 6.5:1 | 100% (170) |
| 2017-18 | 167 | 25 | 6.7:1 | 63% (105) |
| 2015-16 | 184 | 23 | 8.0:1 | 100% (184) |
| 2010-11 | 162 | 18 | 9.0:1 | 90% (145) |
| 2000-01 | 219 | 23 | 9.5:1 | 48% (106) |
| 1990-91 | 239 | 17 | 14.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for MINERAL SPRINGS HIGH SCHOOL.
About MINERAL SPRINGS HIGH SCHOOL
MINERAL SPRINGS HIGH SCHOOL is a very small high school in MINERAL SPRINGS, Arkansas, (ZIP code 71851). Enrollment stands at 197 students, covering grades 7 through 12. That puts enrollment 61% below the 510-student average for high schools in Arkansas.
The MINERAL SPRINGS SCHOOL DISTRICT system has 2 schools and 401 students.
The share of Black students at MINERAL SPRINGS HIGH SCHOOL is 70%, a majority. After that, the student body is 17% White and 10% Hispanic. Census figures show Howard County is about 21% Black. A diversity index of 48% means there is a 48% chance two randomly chosen students at MINERAL SPRINGS HIGH SCHOOL are from different groups.
MINERAL SPRINGS HIGH SCHOOL reported 36.5 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25, a ratio of 5.4:1. High schools in Arkansas have an average ratio of 8.8:1. Roughly 83% of students at MINERAL SPRINGS HIGH SCHOOL can receive free or reduced-price lunch. The rate at public schools in Howard County averages 94%, higher than here.
Among Arkansas public high schools, MINERAL SPRINGS HIGH SCHOOL outscored 2%, which works out to an F on the allk12 Grade.
Compared with Arkansas schools that have similar shares of low-income students, MINERAL SPRINGS HIGH SCHOOL scores 19.1 points lower than predicted. Its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 9.9%; the prediction is 29.1%.
In Howard County, the median household earns about $45,603 a year, about 16% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 22%. Across Howard County, 9 public schools serve about 2,825 students.
A public school less than a tenth of a mile away, MINERAL SPRINGS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, is the closest to MINERAL SPRINGS HIGH SCHOOL. In all, 5 other public schools sit within ten miles of MINERAL SPRINGS HIGH SCHOOL. On proficiency, MINERAL SPRINGS HIGH SCHOOL is behind the 32.3% nearby average, ranking 9th of 9.
Locale data from NCES put MINERAL SPRINGS HIGH SCHOOL in rural territory far from an urban area (Rural: Remote).
Since 2020-21, enrollment has grown 16%, from 170 to 197. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio dropped to 5.4:1, from 6.5:1.
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Howard County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
12,583
Census ACS
Median income
$45,603
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
16%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
22%
Below federal line
Schools in county
9
2,825 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in MINERAL SPRINGS SCHOOL DISTRICT
- MINERAL SPRINGS ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 204 students
Other schools in MINERAL SPRINGS
- MINERAL SPRINGS ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 204 students
Nearby schools
- MINERAL SPRINGS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.0 mi · 204
- NASHVILLE JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL6.5 mi · 398
- NASHVILLE PRIMARY SCHOOL6.6 mi · 569
- NASHVILLE HIGH SCHOOL6.7 mi · 444
- NASHVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL6.8 mi · 375
- JOANN WALTERS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL17.7 mi · 288
Frequently asked questions
About MINERAL SPRINGS HIGH SCHOOLHow many students attend MINERAL SPRINGS HIGH SCHOOL?
MINERAL SPRINGS HIGH SCHOOL enrolls approximately 197 students in grades 07-12.
Is MINERAL SPRINGS HIGH SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
MINERAL SPRINGS HIGH SCHOOL is a high school covering grades 07-12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at MINERAL SPRINGS HIGH SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at MINERAL SPRINGS HIGH SCHOOL is approximately 5.4:1 (37 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at MINERAL SPRINGS HIGH SCHOOL?
At MINERAL SPRINGS HIGH SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 17% White, 10% Hispanic, 70% Black, 1% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Is MINERAL SPRINGS HIGH SCHOOL public or private?
MINERAL SPRINGS HIGH SCHOOL is a public K-12 school, overseen by MINERAL SPRINGS SCHOOL DISTRICT.
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