Enrollment
202
High
DISTRICT 210 · STATE 510
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MOUNT IDA SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 050999000733
MOUNT IDA HIGH SCHOOL
338 WHITTINGTON, MOUNT IDA, AR 71957 · (870) 867-2771 · Montgomery County
GRADES 07–12HIGH43-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL202 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 41% of Arkansas public high schools
- B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+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
5.0:1
41 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 8.1:1 · STATE 8.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
64%
129 students
DISTRICT 73% · 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 | 24 | 12% |
| Grade 8 | 28 | 14% |
| Grade 9 | 42 | 21% |
| Grade 10 | 39 | 19% |
| Grade 11 | 33 | 16% |
| Grade 12 | 36 | 18% |
Student demographics
19%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 17% · 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 MOUNT IDA SCHOOL DISTRICT. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
ATLAS 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3+4)English Language Arts
26.0%
AR avg 34.9% . -1.6pp since 2023
Math
27.4%
AR avg 38.9% . -12.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the ATLAS, Arkansas's statewide test, about 26 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 27 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 2 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 12 points.
ATLAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 26.0% | 27.4% |
| 2023-24 | 27.6% | 39.7% |
% 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
27.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
36.1%
based on AR schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-8.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 28% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 36% 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 MOUNT IDA HIGH SCHOOL
MOUNT IDA HIGH SCHOOL's state test result (27.9% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| MOUNT IDA HIGH SCHOOL this school | 202 | 63.9% | 27.9% |
| ALPENA HIGH SCHOOL ALPENA | 183 | 61.7% | 35.7% |
| WONDERVIEW HIGH SCHOOL HATTIEVILLE | 226 | 61.1% | 23.1% |
| CORNING HIGH SCHOOL CORNING | 217 | 68.2% | 26.4% |
| ACORN HIGH SCHOOL MENA | 281 | 64.8% | 35.7% |
| OMAHA HIGH SCHOOL OMAHA | 171 | 68.4% | 23.6% |
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 MOUNT IDA HIGH SCHOOL ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Arkansas |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 27.9% | #153 of 272 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 27.4% | #84 of 132 ▼ 50 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 26.0% | #184 of 280 ▼ 19 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 202 | #246 of 310 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 5.0:1 | #27 of 245 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 19.3% | #186 of 246 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 63.9% | #142 of 273 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -9.0% | #76 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
202
-12 (-6%) vs 2020
-14% since 1990-91, when it was 234
Student : Teacher
5.0:1
was 8.9:1
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 | 202 | 40.7 | 5.0:1 | 64% (129) |
| 2023-24 | 203 | 30.4 | 6.7:1 | 62% (125) |
| 2022-23 | 212 | 31.8 | 6.7:1 | 54% (115) |
| 2020-21 | 214 | 24 | 8.9:1 | 63% (135) |
| 2017-18 | 222 | 20.1 | 11.1:1 | 51% (113) |
| 2015-16 | 225 | 22 | 10.2:1 | 68% (153) |
| 2010-11 | 256 | 23 | 11.1:1 | 59% (151) |
| 2000-01 | 273 | 20 | 13.7:1 | 40% (109) |
| 1990-91 | 234 | 15 | 15.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for MOUNT IDA HIGH SCHOOL.
About MOUNT IDA HIGH SCHOOL
MOUNT IDA HIGH SCHOOL is a small high school for students in MOUNT IDA, Arkansas. A federal count lists 202 students at the school, in grades 7 through 12. Average enrollment for high schools in Arkansas is about 510, so this school runs 60% smaller than that.
MOUNT IDA HIGH SCHOOL is part of MOUNT IDA SCHOOL DISTRICT, where 2 schools serve 420 students.
White students make up 90% of enrollment at MOUNT IDA HIGH SCHOOL. The next largest groups are 5% Hispanic and 4% multiracial. The White share in Montgomery County as a whole is similar, at about 91%. The school's diversity index is 19%, meaning two students picked at random have a 19% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
The teaching staff at MOUNT IDA HIGH SCHOOL is 40.7 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the ratio is 5.0:1. This ratio sits 3.9 below the 8.8:1 average for high schools in Arkansas. The percentage of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch is 64%. That rate is below the 79% average among public schools in Montgomery County.
Measured against Arkansas public high schools, MOUNT IDA HIGH SCHOOL receives a C+. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
MOUNT IDA HIGH SCHOOL is 8.2 points below its predicted average proficiency rate on state tests (27.9% versus 36.1%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in Arkansas.
MOUNT IDA HIGH SCHOOL is located in Montgomery County, where the median household income is $48,906, roughly 17% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 18%. MOUNT IDA HIGH SCHOOL is one of 5 public schools in the county.
The nearest other public school, BOBBY BARRETT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, is about 1.3 miles away. There are 4 more public schools inside ten miles. Among the 7 closest schools with test data, this one included, MOUNT IDA HIGH SCHOOL ranks 7th on average proficiency.
The federal government classifies MOUNT IDA HIGH SCHOOL's location as Rural: Remote.
Enrollment dropped 6% from its 2020-21 level of 214. The ratio of students to teachers went from 8.9:1 to 5.0:1 over the same years.
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Montgomery County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
8,553
Census ACS
Median income
$48,906
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
17%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
18%
Below federal line
Schools in county
5
1,138 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in MOUNT IDA SCHOOL DISTRICT
- BOBBY BARRETT ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 218 students
Other schools in MOUNT IDA
- BOBBY BARRETT ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 218 students
Nearby schools
- BOBBY BARRETT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.3 mi · 218
- ODEN SCHOOLS9.2 mi · 133
- CADDO HILLS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL9.5 mi · 348
- CADDO ACADEMY9.5 mi · 237
- CENTERPOINT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL19.6 mi · 450
- CENTERPOINT HIGH SCHOOL20.0 mi · 551
Frequently asked questions
About MOUNT IDA HIGH SCHOOLHow large is MOUNT IDA HIGH SCHOOL?
MOUNT IDA HIGH SCHOOL enrolls approximately 202 students in grades 07-12.
What age range does MOUNT IDA HIGH SCHOOL serve?
MOUNT IDA HIGH SCHOOL serves students from grade 07 through grade 12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at MOUNT IDA HIGH SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at MOUNT IDA HIGH SCHOOL is approximately 5.0:1 (41 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at MOUNT IDA HIGH SCHOOL?
At MOUNT IDA HIGH SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 90% White, 5% Hispanic, 4% Two or more.
What district is MOUNT IDA HIGH SCHOOL in?
MOUNT IDA HIGH SCHOOL is part of MOUNT IDA SCHOOL DISTRICT.
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