Enrollment
378
High
DISTRICT 413 · STATE 510
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PALESTINE WHEATLEY SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 050005100833
PALESTINE-WHEATLEY SENIOR HIGH
7950 HWY. 70 WEST, PALESTINE, AR 72372 · (870) 581-2425 · St. Francis County
GRADES 07–12HIGH42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL378 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 73% of Arkansas public high schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats 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
4.9:1
77 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.0:1 · STATE 8.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
99%
375 students
DISTRICT 99% · 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 | 76 | 20% |
| Grade 8 | 55 | 15% |
| Grade 9 | 79 | 21% |
| Grade 10 | 54 | 14% |
| Grade 11 | 47 | 12% |
| Grade 12 | 67 | 18% |
Student demographics
28%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 27% · 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
Based on grade levels within PALESTINE WHEATLEY SCHOOL DISTRICT. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
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ATLAS 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3+4)English Language Arts
29.7%
AR avg 34.9% . -9.5pp since 2023
Math
32.0%
AR avg 38.9% . +11.2pp since 2023
What this means: On the ATLAS, Arkansas's statewide test, about 30 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 32 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 10 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 11 points.
ATLAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 29.7% | 32.0% |
| 2023-24 | 39.2% | 20.8% |
% 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
31.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
22.9%
based on AR schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+8.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 31% 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%.
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 PALESTINE-WHEATLEY SENIOR HIGH
PALESTINE-WHEATLEY SENIOR HIGH's state test result (31.1% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| PALESTINE-WHEATLEY SENIOR HIGH this school | 378 | 99.2% | 31.1% |
| CROSS COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL A NEW TECH SCHOOL CHERRY VALLEY | 315 | 100.0% | 37.6% |
| HACKETT HIGH SCHOOL HACKETT | 350 | 100.0% | 29.4% |
| CEDAR RIDGE HIGH SCHOOL NEWARK | 373 | 99.2% | 33.4% |
| MOUNTAIN PINE HIGH SCHOOL MOUNTAIN PINE | 285 | 100.0% | 23.3% |
| MURFREESBORO HIGH SCHOOL MURFREESBORO | 313 | 99.0% | 33.6% |
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 PALESTINE-WHEATLEY SENIOR HIGH ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Arkansas |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 31.1% | #120 of 272 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 32.0% | #69 of 132 ▲ 23 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 29.7% | #146 of 280 ▼ 94 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 378 | #131 of 310 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 4.9:1 | #25 of 245 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 28.1% | #153 of 246 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 99.2% | #54 of 273 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -1.8% | #126 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
378
+30 (+9%) vs 2020
+78% since 1990-91, when it was 212
Student : Teacher
4.9:1
was 7.0:1
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 | 378 | 76.8 | 4.9:1 | 99% (375) |
| 2023-24 | 356 | 82.3 | 4.3:1 | 99% (353) |
| 2022-23 | 349 | 61.4 | 5.7:1 | 99% (346) |
| 2020-21 | 348 | 50 | 7.0:1 | 100% (348) |
| 2017-18 | 385 | 31.6 | 12.2:1 | 44% (169) |
| 2015-16 | 391 | 26 | 15.0:1 | 99% (388) |
| 2010-11 | 200 | 17 | 11.8:1 | 99% (197) |
| 2000-01 | 176 | 19 | 9.3:1 | 45% (79) |
| 1990-91 | 212 | 14 | 15.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for PALESTINE-WHEATLEY SENIOR HIGH.
About PALESTINE-WHEATLEY SENIOR HIGH
A small high school in PALESTINE, Arkansas, PALESTINE-WHEATLEY SENIOR HIGH is part of PALESTINE WHEATLEY SCHOOL DISTRICT. The school runs grades 7 through 12 and enrolls 378 students. High schools in Arkansas average about 510 students, which makes this school 26% below average.
PALESTINE WHEATLEY SCHOOL DISTRICT is the district for PALESTINE-WHEATLEY SENIOR HIGH. It has 2 schools and 826 students.
The share of White students at PALESTINE-WHEATLEY SENIOR HIGH is 84%. Other groups include 12% Black and 3% Hispanic. The county population is about 41% White. The diversity index for PALESTINE-WHEATLEY SENIOR HIGH is 28%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
The student-to-teacher ratio is 4.9:1. The school has 76.8 full-time-equivalent teachers. Across high schools in Arkansas, the average ratio is 8.8:1. Federal data show 99% of students (375) are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. That is in line with the 100% average for public schools in St. Francis County.
PALESTINE-WHEATLEY SENIOR HIGH earns a B+ on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 73% of Arkansas public high schools.
PALESTINE-WHEATLEY SENIOR HIGH scores 31.1% on state tests, averaged across results. The predicted figure, based on its student poverty level, is 22.9%.
In St. Francis County, home to about 22,400 people, the median household earns about $42,574 a year, roughly 14% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 24%. PALESTINE-WHEATLEY SENIOR HIGH shares St. Francis County with 7 other public schools.
The closest school to PALESTINE-WHEATLEY SENIOR HIGH is PALESTINE-WHEATLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, located about 0.8 miles away. There are 6 more public schools inside ten miles. Ranking the closest schools with test data puts PALESTINE-WHEATLEY SENIOR HIGH at 1st of 8.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is Rural: Distant: in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
Federal enrollment counts rose from 348 (2020-21) to 378 (2024-25). There were fewer students per teacher in 2024-25 (4.9:1) than in 2020-21 (7.0:1).
The PALESTINE-WHEATLEY SENIOR HIGH discussion page is a place for homework, tutoring, and testing dates. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
St. Francis County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
22,400
Census ACS
Median income
$42,574
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
14%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
24%
Below federal line
Schools in county
8
2,904 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in PALESTINE WHEATLEY SCHOOL DISTRICT
- PALESTINE-WHEATLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 448 students
Other schools in PALESTINE
- PALESTINE-WHEATLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 448 students
Nearby schools
- PALESTINE-WHEATLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.8 mi · 448
- STEWART ELEMENTARY SCHOOL7.4 mi · 400
- FORREST CITY HIGH SCHOOL7.8 mi · 563
- CENTRAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL8.0 mi · 713
- FORREST CITY JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL8.0 mi · 270
- LINCOLN ACADEMY8.0 mi · 132
Frequently asked questions
About PALESTINE-WHEATLEY SENIOR HIGHWhat is the total enrollment at PALESTINE-WHEATLEY SENIOR HIGH?
PALESTINE-WHEATLEY SENIOR HIGH enrolls approximately 378 students in grades 07-12.
What grades does PALESTINE-WHEATLEY SENIOR HIGH serve?
PALESTINE-WHEATLEY SENIOR HIGH serves grades 07-12.
How many students per teacher at PALESTINE-WHEATLEY SENIOR HIGH?
Approximately 4.9:1 students per teacher at PALESTINE-WHEATLEY SENIOR HIGH.
How diverse is PALESTINE-WHEATLEY SENIOR HIGH?
PALESTINE-WHEATLEY SENIOR HIGH reports a student body of 84% White, 3% Hispanic, 12% Black, 1% Asian.
Who oversees PALESTINE-WHEATLEY SENIOR HIGH?
PALESTINE-WHEATLEY SENIOR HIGH is overseen by PALESTINE WHEATLEY SCHOOL DISTRICT in St. Francis County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.