Enrollment
326
High
DISTRICT 364 · STATE 510
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PANGBURN SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 051107000835
PANGBURN HIGH SCHOOL
1100 SHORT ST, PANGBURN, AR 72121 · (501) 728-3513 · White County
GRADES 07–12HIGH42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL326 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
5.8:1
56 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.1:1 · STATE 8.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
56%
184 students
DISTRICT 61% · 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
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. 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 PANGBURN SCHOOL DISTRICT. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
ATLAS 2023-24 . % Proficient (Level 3+4)English Language Arts
30.6%
AR avg 33.9%
Math
25.5%
AR avg 36.5%
What this means: On the ATLAS, Arkansas's statewide test, about 31 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 26 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Arkansas schools, those numbers are about 34 and 36.
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
32.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
38.1%
based on AR schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-5.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 32% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 38% 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 →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
326
-28 (-8%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
5.8:1
was 10.2:1
% White
93%
was 95%
% Hispanic
4%
was 4%
% Black
0%
was 1%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About PANGBURN HIGH SCHOOL
As a small four-year high school in PANGBURN, Arkansas, PANGBURN HIGH SCHOOL caters to 326 students from grades 7 through 12, one of the schools within PANGBURN SCHOOL DISTRICT. That puts it 36% leaner than the typical public school in Arkansas, which averages around 510 students.
PANGBURN SCHOOL DISTRICT runs 2 schools in total, collectively educating 727 students. PANGBURN HIGH SCHOOL is one of those campuses.
Demographically, PANGBURN HIGH SCHOOL reports that the student body is overwhelmingly White (93%). Other groups include 4% Hispanic.
Looking at school resources, On paper, PANGBURN HIGH SCHOOL has 56 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 5.8:1. The state averages around 8.8:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 56% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.
After controlling for student poverty, PANGBURN HIGH SCHOOL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 38.1%, the actual is 32.3%, a residual of -5.8 points.
Around the school, census data for White County shows the typical household earns roughly $55,249 per year, 20% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 14%. PANGBURN HIGH SCHOOL is one of 27 public schools in White County (combined enrollment of about 12,342 students).
Nearest neighbor: PANGBURN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, around 0.0 miles off. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts PANGBURN HIGH SCHOOL at 8th of 9; the average score across the group is 41.4%.
The campus sits in a low-density setting.
Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at PANGBURN HIGH SCHOOL has fell 8%, going from 354 students in 2018 to 326 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 10.2:1 in 2018 to 5.8:1 today.
Inside the community feed, posts here usually surface around sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
White County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
77,838
Census ACS
Median income
$55,249
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
20%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
14%
Below federal line
Schools in county
27
12,342 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in PANGBURN SCHOOL DISTRICT
- PANGBURN ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 401 students
Nearby schools
- PANGBURN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.0 mi · 401
- WHITE COUNTY CENTRAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL10.2 mi · 560
- WHITE COUNTY CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL10.2 mi · 370
- MIDLAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL11.8 mi · 291
- HEBER SPRINGS MIDDLE SCHOOL12.2 mi · 391
- HEBER SPRINGS HIGH SCHOOL12.3 mi · 483
Frequently asked questions
About PANGBURN HIGH SCHOOLHow large is PANGBURN HIGH SCHOOL?
PANGBURN HIGH SCHOOL enrolls approximately 326 students in grades 07-12.
What age range does PANGBURN HIGH SCHOOL serve?
PANGBURN HIGH SCHOOL serves students from grade 07 through grade 12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at PANGBURN HIGH SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at PANGBURN HIGH SCHOOL is approximately 5.8:1 (56 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at PANGBURN HIGH SCHOOL?
At PANGBURN HIGH SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 93% White, 4% Hispanic, 0% Black, 0% Asian, 2% Two or more.
What district is PANGBURN HIGH SCHOOL in?
PANGBURN HIGH SCHOOL is part of PANGBURN SCHOOL DISTRICT.
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