PARAGOULD JUNIOR HIGH

PARAGOULD JUNIOR HIGH is a middle-of-the-pack intermediate school in PARAGOULD, Arkansas, run under PARAGOULD SCHOOL DISTRICT. The school caters to 512 students in grades 7 through 8.

PARAGOULD SCHOOL DISTRICT runs 7 schools in total, collectively educating 3,166 students. PARAGOULD JUNIOR HIGH is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, PARAGOULD JUNIOR HIGH shows that 73% of the student body identifies as White; the rest comes out to 8% Black, 7% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, 5% Pacific Islander. By comparison, Greene County as a whole is about 89% White, so the school skews noticeably less White than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 38 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.4:1 students per teacher. The state averages about 13.9:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. An estimated 100% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Greene County (around 73%), the school's rate is somewhat above typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, PARAGOULD JUNIOR HIGH performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 22.3%, the actual is 35.6%, a residual of +13.3 points.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for Greene County put median household earnings sit near $57,839, 17% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 14% of residents live below the federal poverty line. PARAGOULD JUNIOR HIGH is one of 15 public schools in Greene County (combined enrollment of about 7,364 students).

PARAGOULD HIGH SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts PARAGOULD JUNIOR HIGH at 3rd of 7; the average score across the group is 31.8%.

The campus sits in a town-based setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at PARAGOULD JUNIOR HIGH has climbed 6%, going from 484 students in 2018 to 512 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 82% to 73% across the same window.

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