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NASHVILLE HIGH SCHOOL
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Test scores
ATLAS 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3+4)What this means: On the ATLAS, Arkansas's statewide test, about 45 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level. The Arkansas average is about 35 of 100. Reading and writing scores are up about 10 points since 2023.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 29% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 23% 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%.
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SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About NASHVILLE HIGH SCHOOL
As a reasonably sized secondary school in NASHVILLE, Arkansas, NASHVILLE HIGH SCHOOL enrolls 444 students from grades 10 through 12, overseen by NASHVILLE SCHOOL DISTRICT.
NASHVILLE SCHOOL DISTRICT comprises 4 schools with combined enrollment of 1,786 students; NASHVILLE HIGH SCHOOL is among them.
On the student-mix side, NASHVILLE HIGH SCHOOL lists that 52% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. The remainder reads as 26% Hispanic, 20% Black. By comparison, Howard County as a whole is about 65% White, so the school skews noticeably less White than its surroundings.
On the income-and-resources front, On paper, NASHVILLE HIGH SCHOOL has 60 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 7.4:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 8.8:1, putting NASHVILLE HIGH SCHOOL tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 99% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.
On a demographically-adjusted basis, NASHVILLE HIGH SCHOOL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 22.9% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 28.8%.
In the broader community, Howard County reports that the typical household earns roughly $45,603 per year, 16% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 22%. In all, Howard County runs 9 public schools (combined enrollment of about 2,825 students), of which NASHVILLE HIGH SCHOOL is one.
The closest other public school is NASHVILLE JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL, roughly 0.2 miles away. 3 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), NASHVILLE HIGH SCHOOL ranks 7th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 29.9%.
Geographically, the school is in a rural area.
Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at NASHVILLE HIGH SCHOOL has expanded 15%, going from 385 students in 2018 to 444 in 2025. Black enrollment moved from 24% to 20% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 11.4:1 in 2018 to 7.4:1 today.
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