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
B
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 63% of Arkansas public high schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-Beats 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
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, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 7 | 48 | 15% |
| Grade 8 | 47 | 14% |
| Grade 9 | 55 | 17% |
| Grade 10 | 46 | 14% |
| Grade 11 | 62 | 19% |
| Grade 12 | 68 | 21% |
Student demographics
13%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 11% · 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
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within PANGBURN SCHOOL DISTRICT. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
ATLAS 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3+4)English Language Arts
39.4%
AR avg 34.9% . +8.8pp since 2023
Math
25.0%
AR avg 38.9% . -0.5pp since 2023
What this means: On the ATLAS, Arkansas's statewide test, about 39 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 25 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Arkansas schools, those numbers are about 35 and 39. Reading and writing scores are up about 9 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
ATLAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 39.4% | 25.0% |
| 2023-24 | 30.6% | 25.5% |
% 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
33.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
38.8%
based on AR schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-5.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 34% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 39% 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 PANGBURN HIGH SCHOOL
PANGBURN HIGH SCHOOL's state test result (33.7% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| PANGBURN HIGH SCHOOL this school | 326 | 56.4% | 33.7% |
| ROSE BUD HIGH SCHOOL ROSE BUD | 308 | 55.5% | 38.7% |
| MARMADUKE HIGH SCHOOL MARMADUKE | 278 | 57.9% | 30.8% |
| DOVER HIGH SCHOOL DOVER | 375 | 54.9% | 31.7% |
| FOUKE HIGH SCHOOL FOUKE | 349 | 54.7% | 34.6% |
| SALEM HIGH SCHOOL SALEM | 376 | 59.6% | 41.4% |
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 PANGBURN HIGH SCHOOL ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Arkansas | In White County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 33.7% | #90 of 272 | #4 of 8 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 25.0% | #94 of 132 ▼ 18 | N/A |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 39.4% | #56 of 280 ▲ 78 | #1 of 8 ▲ 3 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 326 | #161 of 310 | #6 of 8 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 5.8:1 | #49 of 245 | #3 of 7 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 13.4% | #215 of 246 | #7 of 7 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 56.4% | #174 of 273 | #4 of 8 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -7.9% | #83 of 133 | N/A |
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
326
-84 (-20%) vs 2020
+16% since 1990-91, when it was 280
Student : Teacher
5.8:1
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 | 326 | 56 | 5.8:1 | 56% (184) |
| 2023-24 | 348 | 62.5 | 5.6:1 | 58% (201) |
| 2022-23 | 362 | 67.1 | 5.4:1 | 54% (197) |
| 2020-21 | 410 | 59 | 7.0:1 | 65% (265) |
| 2017-18 | 354 | 34.6 | 10.2:1 | 30% (106) |
| 2015-16 | 373 | 34 | 11.0:1 | 54% (200) |
| 2010-11 | 359 | 38 | 9.4:1 | 53% (192) |
| 2000-01 | 336 | 27 | 12.4:1 | 37% (125) |
| 1990-91 | 280 | 17 | 16.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for PANGBURN HIGH SCHOOL.
About PANGBURN HIGH SCHOOL
PANGBURN HIGH SCHOOL is a low-enrollment high school in PANGBURN, Arkansas, one of the schools in PANGBURN SCHOOL DISTRICT. It reports enrollment of 326 students in grades 7 through 12. On average, high schools in Arkansas enroll around 510, and this school is 36% below that mark.
PANGBURN SCHOOL DISTRICT includes 2 schools. Together they enroll 727 students.
The share of students at PANGBURN HIGH SCHOOL who are White is 93%. Other groups make up 4% Hispanic. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 13%.
PANGBURN HIGH SCHOOL lists 56 full-time-equivalent teachers; that is about 5.8 students per teacher. Across high schools in Arkansas, the average ratio is 8.8:1. Free or reduced-price lunch covers 56% of the student body.
PANGBURN HIGH SCHOOL 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 63% of Arkansas public high schools.
PANGBURN HIGH SCHOOL sits between the top and bottom 10% of Arkansas schools on BeatsExpectations, with an actual average proficiency rate across its state test results of 33.7% and a predicted 38.8%.
The school's county is White County. According to Census Bureau estimates, the median household earns about $55,249 a year, roughly 20% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 14%. PANGBURN HIGH SCHOOL shares White County with 26 other public schools.
Less than a tenth of a mile separates PANGBURN HIGH SCHOOL from the closest public school, PANGBURN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. Nearby schools average 42.5% on proficiency, and PANGBURN HIGH SCHOOL is below that at 33.7%.
Federal data place PANGBURN HIGH SCHOOL in the Rural: Distant locale, which means it is in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
Federal enrollment counts fell from 410 (2020-21) to 326 (2024-25). Its ratio of students to teachers was 7.0:1 in 2020-21, and 5.8:1 in 2024-25.
On allk12, people connected to PANGBURN HIGH SCHOOL can post about pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Members of the school community can share what they know.
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 HIGH SCHOOL10.2 mi · 370
- WHITE COUNTY CENTRAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL10.2 mi · 560
- 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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