NEWPORT JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL

Set in NEWPORT, Arkansas, NEWPORT JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL is an one-room-style middle-grades school, overseen by NEWPORT SCHOOL DISTRICT. It educates 154 students across grades 6 through 7. By comparison, Arkansas's public schools average about 464 students each, so NEWPORT JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL sits 67% below that benchmark.

Across the 2 schools in NEWPORT SCHOOL DISTRICT (845 students total), NEWPORT JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On the student-mix side, NEWPORT JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL shows that the largest single group is White at 50%, but no single group is in the majority; the rest breaks down as 37% Black, 6% multiracial, 5% Hispanic. That is noticeably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 75%.

In terms of school funding signals, NEWPORT JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL logs 17 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 9.0:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.9:1, putting NEWPORT JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 31% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Jackson County (around 58%), the school's rate is south of typical.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (Jackson County) records that the typical household earns roughly $44,218 per year, 15% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 18%. NEWPORT JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL is one of 7 public schools in Jackson County (combined enrollment of about 1,790 students).

Nearest neighbor: NEWPORT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, around 2.6 miles off.

NEWPORT JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL operates from a small-town location.

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