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What's the most underrated thing about POCAHONTAS HIGH SCHOOL that outsiders don't know?
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Enrollment
410
High
DISTRICT 493 · STATE 510
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·POCAHONTAS SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 051161000884
POCAHONTAS HIGH SCHOOL
2312 STADIUM DRIVE, POCAHONTAS, AR 72455 · (870) 892-4573 · Randolph County
GRADES 10–12HIGH32-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL410 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 21% of Arkansas public high schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-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
6.0:1
68 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.3:1 · STATE 8.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
59%
243 students
DISTRICT 69% · 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 | 163 | 40% |
| Grade 11 | 122 | 30% |
| Grade 12 | 125 | 30% |
Student demographics
40%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 42% · 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 POCAHONTAS SCHOOL DISTRICT. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
ATLAS 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3+4)English Language Arts
30.7%
AR avg 34.9% . +7.1pp since 2023
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. The Arkansas average is about 35 of 100. Reading and writing scores are up about 7 points since 2023.
ATLAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts |
|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 30.7% |
| 2023-24 | 23.6% |
% 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
23.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
37.8%
based on AR schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-14.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 23% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 38% 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 POCAHONTAS HIGH SCHOOL
POCAHONTAS HIGH SCHOOL's state test result (23.1% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| POCAHONTAS HIGH SCHOOL this school | 410 | 59.3% | 23.1% |
| MAYFLOWER HIGH SCHOOL MAYFLOWER | 348 | 62.6% | 25.1% |
| PERRYVILLE HIGH SCHOOL PERRYVILLE | 427 | 57.6% | 32.3% |
| SALEM HIGH SCHOOL SALEM | 376 | 59.6% | 41.4% |
| WALNUT RIDGE HIGH SCHOOL WALNUT RIDGE | 437 | 52.6% | 32.4% |
| DOVER HIGH SCHOOL DOVER | 375 | 54.9% | 31.7% |
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 POCAHONTAS HIGH SCHOOL ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Arkansas |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 23.1% | #199 of 272 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 30.7% | #137 of 280 ▲ 66 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 410 | #120 of 310 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 6.0:1 | #55 of 245 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 39.6% | #117 of 246 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 59.3% | #162 of 273 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -8.3% | #80 of 133 |
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
410
-27 (-6%) vs 2020
-23% since 1990-91, when it was 530
Student : Teacher
6.0:1
was 5.7:1
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 | 410 | 68.5 | 6.0:1 | 59% (243) |
| 2023-24 | 384 | 88.2 | 4.3:1 | 53% (204) |
| 2022-23 | 411 | 87.2 | 4.7:1 | 47% (195) |
| 2020-21 | 437 | 77 | 5.7:1 | 53% (230) |
| 2017-18 | 447 | 32.3 | 13.9:1 | 29% (130) |
| 2015-16 | 424 | 30 | 14.1:1 | 47% (200) |
| 2010-11 | 406 | 28 | 14.5:1 | 52% (213) |
| 2000-01 | 390 | 31 | 12.6:1 | 25% (99) |
| 1990-91 | 530 | 26 | 20.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for POCAHONTAS HIGH SCHOOL.
About POCAHONTAS HIGH SCHOOL
Students in POCAHONTAS, Arkansas, attend POCAHONTAS HIGH SCHOOL, a small high school. There are 410 students enrolled, covering grades 10 through 12.
POCAHONTAS SCHOOL DISTRICT serves 1,971 students across 4 schools.
About 76% of the student body at POCAHONTAS HIGH SCHOOL is White. Other groups include 17% Pacific Islander, 3% multiracial, and 2% Hispanic. By comparison, Randolph County residents are about 89% White. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 40, compared with 70 nationally.
On staff are 68.5 full-time-equivalent teachers; the student-to-teacher ratio is 6.0:1. High schools in Arkansas have an average ratio of 8.8:1. About 59% of students at POCAHONTAS HIGH SCHOOL are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. For comparison, public schools in Randolph County average 76%.
On the allk12 Grade, POCAHONTAS HIGH SCHOOL lands at C-, ahead of 21% of Arkansas public high schools.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, POCAHONTAS HIGH SCHOOL would score about 37.8%. It scores 23.1%, a bottom-10% result among Arkansas schools on BeatsExpectations.
In Randolph County, the median household earns about $50,911 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 12%, and about 17% of people live in poverty. Randolph County has 7 public schools with about 2,565 students, including POCAHONTAS HIGH SCHOOL.
The closest school to POCAHONTAS HIGH SCHOOL is POCAHONTAS JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL, located about 0.2 miles away. There are 3 more public schools inside five miles. POCAHONTAS HIGH SCHOOL ranks 7th of 8 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 23.1% against a local average of 28.7%.
POCAHONTAS HIGH SCHOOL is in a town some distance from an urbanized area, a location NCES labels Town: Distant.
In 2020-21, POCAHONTAS HIGH SCHOOL enrolled 437 students. By 2024-25, that number had fallen to 410.
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Randolph County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
18,838
Census ACS
Median income
$50,911
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
12%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
17%
Below federal line
Schools in county
7
2,565 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in POCAHONTAS SCHOOL DISTRICT
- POCAHONTAS ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 703 students
- POCAHONTAS JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOLMiddle · 456 students
- POCAHONTAS UPPER ELEMENTARY SCHOOLMiddle · 402 students
Other schools in POCAHONTAS
- POCAHONTAS ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 703 students
- POCAHONTAS JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOLMiddle · 456 students
- POCAHONTAS UPPER ELEMENTARY SCHOOLMiddle · 402 students
- BLACK RIVER TECHNICAL COLLEGE CAREER CENTER (TOPPS)High
Nearby schools
- POCAHONTAS JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL0.2 mi · 456
- POCAHONTAS UPPER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.2 mi · 402
- POCAHONTAS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.7 mi · 703
- MAYNARD HIGH SCHOOL10.6 mi · 253
- MAYNARD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL10.6 mi · 341
- IMBODEN AREA CHARTER SCHOOL12.3 mi · 70
Frequently asked questions
About POCAHONTAS HIGH SCHOOLHow many students attend POCAHONTAS HIGH SCHOOL?
POCAHONTAS HIGH SCHOOL enrolls approximately 410 students in grades 10-12.
What grades does POCAHONTAS HIGH SCHOOL serve?
POCAHONTAS HIGH SCHOOL serves grades 10-12.
How many teachers does POCAHONTAS HIGH SCHOOL have?
POCAHONTAS HIGH SCHOOL employs 68 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 6.0:1.
How diverse is POCAHONTAS HIGH SCHOOL?
POCAHONTAS HIGH SCHOOL reports a student body of 76% White, 2% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Who oversees POCAHONTAS HIGH SCHOOL?
POCAHONTAS HIGH SCHOOL is overseen by POCAHONTAS SCHOOL DISTRICT in Randolph County.
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