MT. JUDEA K-12 SCHOOL

As an one-room-style combined-grade school in DEER, Arkansas, MT. JUDEA K-12 SCHOOL hosts 175 students from grades pre-K through 12, overseen by DEER MT JUDEA SCHOOL DISTRICT. Enrollment runs roughly 67% smaller than the state mean of about 534.

DEER MT JUDEA SCHOOL DISTRICT comprises 2 schools with combined enrollment of 349 students; MT. JUDEA K-12 SCHOOL is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, MT. JUDEA K-12 SCHOOL shows that 94% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Other groups include 3% multiracial. Compared to Newton County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school lists 84 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 2.1:1. The state averages around 8.3:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 98% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), MT. JUDEA K-12 SCHOOL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 22.9%; this one delivers 19.7%.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Newton County indicate the typical household earns roughly $48,986 per year, roughly 16% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 15% of residents live below the federal poverty line. MT. JUDEA K-12 SCHOOL is one of 7 public schools in Newton County (combined enrollment of about 1,213 students).

The closest other public school is JASPER HIGH SCHOOL, roughly 9.3 miles away. 2 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts MT. JUDEA K-12 SCHOOL at 7th of 8; the average score across the group is 38.3%.

MT. JUDEA K-12 SCHOOL operates from a rural location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count rose 22%: 144 students in 2018 compared to 175 in 2025. Class-load math has pulled in: from 9.0:1 in 2018 to 2.1:1 in 2025.

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