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Honest take: what's the hardest part about being a student at PEA RIDGE HIGH SCHOOL?
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Enrollment
597
High
DISTRICT 534 · STATE 510
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PEA RIDGE SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 050303000072
PEA RIDGE HIGH SCHOOL
1925 WEST PICKENS ROAD, PEA RIDGE, AR 72751 · (479) 451-8182 · Benton County
GRADES 10–12HIGH31-TOWNREGULAR SCHOOL597 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 23% of Arkansas public high schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- FBeats 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
14.6:1
41 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.2:1 · STATE 8.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
28%
167 students
DISTRICT 32% · STATE 70%
Community
6
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 10 | 205 | 34% |
| Grade 11 | 202 | 34% |
| Grade 12 | 190 | 32% |
Student demographics
24%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
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within PEA RIDGE SCHOOL DISTRICT. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
ATLAS 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3+4)English Language Arts
37.1%
AR avg 34.9% . +5.6pp since 2023
What this means: On the ATLAS, Arkansas's statewide test, about 37 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level. The Arkansas average is about 35 of 100. Reading and writing scores are up about 6 points since 2023.
ATLAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts |
|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 37.1% |
| 2023-24 | 31.5% |
% 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of AR schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
27.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
49.4%
based on AR schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-22.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 27% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 49% typical for Arkansas schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 PEA RIDGE HIGH SCHOOL
PEA RIDGE HIGH SCHOOL's state test result (27.3% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| PEA RIDGE HIGH SCHOOL this school | 597 | 28.0% | 27.3% |
| BROOKLAND HIGH SCHOOL BROOKLAND | 645 | 25.3% | 19.9% |
| BAUXITE HIGH SCHOOL BAUXITE | 551 | 31.4% | 31.2% |
| FARMINGTON HIGH SCHOOL FARMINGTON | 690 | 27.7% | 29.0% |
| ELKINS HIGH SCHOOL ELKINS | 463 | 37.4% | 39.9% |
| GREENBRIER JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL GREENBRIER | 569 | 38.5% | 42.1% |
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 PEA RIDGE HIGH SCHOOL ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Arkansas | In Benton County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 27.3% | #160 of 272 | #13 of 14 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 37.1% | #77 of 280 ▲ 44 | #10 of 14 ▲ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 597 | #76 of 310 | #8 of 15 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.6:1 | #228 of 245 | #12 of 13 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 24.1% | #166 of 246 | #13 of 13 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 28.0% | #257 of 273 | #9 of 14 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +7.4% | #63 of 105 | #8 of 9 |
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
597
+72 (+14%) vs 2020
+98% since 1990-91, when it was 301
Student : Teacher
14.6:1
was 14.2:1
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 | 597 | 40.8 | 14.6:1 | 28% (167) |
| 2023-24 | 580 | 38.3 | 15.1:1 | 26% (151) |
| 2022-23 | 566 | 37 | 15.3:1 | 24% (136) |
| 2020-21 | 525 | 37 | 14.2:1 | 29% (150) |
| 2017-18 | 556 | 36.7 | 15.2:1 | 26% (147) |
| 2015-16 | 453 | 30 | 15.1:1 | 33% (149) |
| 2010-11 | 454 | 28 | 16.2:1 | 37% (167) |
| 2000-01 | 306 | 25 | 12.2:1 | 27% (83) |
| 1990-91 | 301 | 19 | 15.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for PEA RIDGE HIGH SCHOOL.
About PEA RIDGE HIGH SCHOOL
Families in PEA RIDGE, Arkansas, are served by PEA RIDGE HIGH SCHOOL, a medium-sized high school. A federal count lists 597 students at the school, in grades 10 through 12.
PEA RIDGE SCHOOL DISTRICT runs 5 schools with a combined 2,670 students. PEA RIDGE HIGH SCHOOL is one of them.
At PEA RIDGE HIGH SCHOOL, White students make up 87% of the student body. It is also 8% Hispanic and 3% multiracial. Benton County's residents are about 60% White, 26 points below the school's share. The chance that two students picked at random at PEA RIDGE HIGH SCHOOL belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 24%.
The ratio of students to teachers is 14.6:1, with 40.8 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff. For comparison, high schools in Arkansas average 8.8:1. The percentage of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch is 28%. The average for public schools in Benton County is 37%.
allk12 grades PEA RIDGE HIGH SCHOOL a C-. The grade compares the school only with Arkansas public high schools, because each state gives its own test.
Test results at PEA RIDGE HIGH SCHOOL are 22.1 points below what its student poverty level predicts. The average proficiency rate on state tests is 27.3%, compared with a predicted 49.4%, which ranks in the bottom 10% in Arkansas.
Census Bureau estimates for Benton County show that median household income is about $93,506, 38% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. A total of 88 public schools operate in Benton County, serving about 57,071 students.
The school nearest to PEA RIDGE HIGH SCHOOL is PEA RIDGE PRIMARY SCHOOL, at a distance of about 0.5 miles. There are 4 more public schools inside five miles. Of the 7 nearby schools with scores, including this one, PEA RIDGE HIGH SCHOOL is 7th on average proficiency.
PEA RIDGE HIGH SCHOOL is in a town close to an urbanized area, a location NCES labels Town: Fringe.
The student count in 2024-25 was 597, 14% above the 525 of 2020-21.
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Benton County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
303,632
Census ACS
Median income
$93,506
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
38%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
88
57,071 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in PEA RIDGE SCHOOL DISTRICT
- PEA RIDGE JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOLMiddle · 643 students
- PEA RIDGE PRIMARY SCHOOLElementary · 587 students
- PEA RIDGE MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 444 students
- PEA RIDGE INTERMEDIATE SCHOOLElementary · 399 students
Other schools in PEA RIDGE
- PEA RIDGE JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOLMiddle · 643 students
- PEA RIDGE PRIMARY SCHOOLElementary · 587 students
- PEA RIDGE MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 444 students
- PEA RIDGE INTERMEDIATE SCHOOLElementary · 399 students
Nearby schools
- PEA RIDGE PRIMARY SCHOOL0.5 mi · 587
- PEA RIDGE JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL0.6 mi · 643
- PEA RIDGE MIDDLE SCHOOL0.7 mi · 444
- PEA RIDGE INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL1.2 mi · 399
- ARKANSAS CONNECTIONS ACADEMY HIGH5.3 mi · 4,575
- COOPER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL5.4 mi · 628
Frequently asked questions
About PEA RIDGE HIGH SCHOOLWhat is the total enrollment at PEA RIDGE HIGH SCHOOL?
PEA RIDGE HIGH SCHOOL enrolls approximately 597 students in grades 10-12.
Is PEA RIDGE HIGH SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
PEA RIDGE HIGH SCHOOL is a high school covering grades 10-12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at PEA RIDGE HIGH SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at PEA RIDGE HIGH SCHOOL is approximately 14.6:1 (41 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at PEA RIDGE HIGH SCHOOL?
Student demographics at PEA RIDGE HIGH SCHOOL are roughly 87% White, 8% Hispanic, 2% Black, 0% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Is PEA RIDGE HIGH SCHOOL public or private?
PEA RIDGE HIGH SCHOOL is a public K-12 school, overseen by PEA RIDGE SCHOOL DISTRICT.
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