PARKERS CHAPEL HIGH SCHOOL

Located at 209 PARKERS CHAPEL ROAD, in EL DORADO, Arkansas, PARKERS CHAPEL HIGH SCHOOL is a close-knit high school that enrolls 356 students (grades 7 through 12), part of PARKERS CHAPEL SCHOOL DISTRICT. That puts it 30% below the typical public school in Arkansas, which averages around 510 students.

PARKERS CHAPEL SCHOOL DISTRICT comprises 2 schools with combined enrollment of 847 students; PARKERS CHAPEL HIGH SCHOOL is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, PARKERS CHAPEL HIGH SCHOOL logs that White students make up the majority at 79%. Beyond that, the school reports 11% Black, 5% Hispanic, 4% multiracial. By comparison, Union County as a whole is about 62% White, so the school skews noticeably more White than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, The school currently runs with 63 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 5.6:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 8.8:1, putting PARKERS CHAPEL HIGH SCHOOL tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 38% of students at PARKERS CHAPEL HIGH SCHOOL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is lower than Union County's rate of about 63%.

With demographic context factored in, PARKERS CHAPEL HIGH SCHOOL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 44.7%; this one delivers 44.3%.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Union County indicate median household income runs about $55,259, 19% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 15%. In all, Union County runs 15 public schools (combined enrollment of about 6,933 students), of which PARKERS CHAPEL HIGH SCHOOL is one.

Nearest neighbor: PARKERS CHAPEL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, around 0.0 miles off. Within five miles, there are 5 other public schools. On composite proficiency, PARKERS CHAPEL HIGH SCHOOL comes 2nd of 6 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 33.9%.

The school occupies a town-based site.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at PARKERS CHAPEL HIGH SCHOOL has increased 12%, going from 319 students in 2018 to 356 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share shrank from 83% to 79%. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 11.1:1 in 2018 to 5.6:1 today.

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