POCAHONTAS JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL

As an average-sized 6-8 campus in POCAHONTAS, Arkansas, POCAHONTAS JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL teaches 456 students from grades 7 through 9, overseen by POCAHONTAS SCHOOL DISTRICT.

POCAHONTAS JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL is one of 4 schools operated by POCAHONTAS SCHOOL DISTRICT, a district that instructs 1,971 students overall.

In terms of who attends, POCAHONTAS JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL lists that 71% of the student body identifies as White. Other groups include 15% Pacific Islander, 4% Hispanic, 4% multiracial, 3% Native American. The wider county runs roughly 89% White, putting the school's mix meaningfully less White than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, POCAHONTAS JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL has 36 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 12.6:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 13.9:1 average. About 67% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Randolph County (around 76%), the school's rate is meaningfully below typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, POCAHONTAS JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 34.4% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 22.8%.

In the area at large, Randolph County reports that median household earnings sit near $50,911, roughly 12% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 17%. In all, Randolph County runs 7 public schools (combined enrollment of about 2,565 students), of which POCAHONTAS JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL is one.

POCAHONTAS UPPER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 3 other public schools. On composite proficiency, POCAHONTAS JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL comes 7th of 8 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 28.3%.

The campus sits in a small-town setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count fell 5%: 481 students in 2018 compared to 456 in 2025. The White share of enrollment shrank from 87% to 71% over that span. Class-load math has fell: from 14.8:1 in 2018 to 12.6:1 in 2025.

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