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What's something PRAIRIE GROVE HIGH SCHOOL does better than most schools?
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Enrollment
620
High
DISTRICT 565 · STATE 510
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PRAIRIE GROVE SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 051176000895
PRAIRIE GROVE HIGH SCHOOL
500 COLE DRIVE, PRAIRIE GROVE, AR 72753 · (479) 846-4212 · Washington County
GRADES 09–12HIGH31-TOWNCHARTERREGULAR SCHOOL620 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 66% of Arkansas public high schools
- A-Test 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
9.0:1
69 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.0:1 · STATE 8.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
39%
244 students
DISTRICT 45% · 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 9 | 169 | 27% |
| Grade 10 | 156 | 25% |
| Grade 11 | 147 | 24% |
| Grade 12 | 148 | 24% |
Student demographics
35%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 36% · 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 PRAIRIE GROVE SCHOOL DISTRICT. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
ATLAS 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3+4)English Language Arts
39.0%
AR avg 34.9% . -2.1pp since 2023
What this means: On the ATLAS, Arkansas's statewide test, about 39 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 down about 2 points since 2023.
ATLAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts |
|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 39.0% |
| 2023-24 | 41.1% |
% 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
37.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
45.2%
based on AR schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-7.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 38% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 45% typical for Arkansas schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Arkansas's top nor bottom 10%.
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 PRAIRIE GROVE HIGH SCHOOL
PRAIRIE GROVE HIGH SCHOOL's state test result (37.6% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| PRAIRIE GROVE HIGH SCHOOL this school | 620 | 39.4% | 37.6% |
| GRAVETTE HIGH SCHOOL GRAVETTE | 649 | 40.4% | 42.5% |
| GREENBRIER JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL GREENBRIER | 569 | 38.5% | 42.1% |
| HEBER SPRINGS HIGH SCHOOL HEBER SPRINGS | 483 | 43.9% | 40.3% |
| ELKINS HIGH SCHOOL ELKINS | 463 | 37.4% | 39.9% |
| GREENBRIER HIGH SCHOOL GREENBRIER | 818 | 39.1% | 30.0% |
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 PRAIRIE GROVE HIGH SCHOOL ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Arkansas | In Washington County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 37.6% | #56 of 272 | #6 of 16 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 39.0% | #63 of 280 ▼ 27 | #6 of 17 ▼ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 620 | #72 of 310 | #9 of 19 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 9.0:1 | #130 of 245 | #6 of 15 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 35.2% | #129 of 246 | #13 of 15 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 39.4% | #237 of 273 | #9 of 16 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +1.6% | #97 of 105 | #7 of 8 |
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
620
-2 (0%) vs 2020
+164% since 1990-91, when it was 235
Student : Teacher
9.0:1
was 15.2:1
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 | 620 | 69.1 | 9.0:1 | 39% (244) |
| 2023-24 | 595 | 82.6 | 7.2:1 | 29% (171) |
| 2022-23 | 605 | 76.1 | 8.0:1 | 33% (199) |
| 2020-21 | 622 | 41 | 15.2:1 | 44% (276) |
| 2017-18 | 610 | 45.6 | 13.4:1 | 27% (164) |
| 2015-16 | 619 | 46 | 13.5:1 | 35% (219) |
| 2010-11 | 520 | 36 | 14.4:1 | 39% (204) |
| 2000-01 | 308 | 32 | 9.6:1 | 15% (45) |
| 1990-91 | 235 | 11 | 21.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for PRAIRIE GROVE HIGH SCHOOL.
About PRAIRIE GROVE HIGH SCHOOL
PRAIRIE GROVE HIGH SCHOOL is a public medium-sized high school in PRAIRIE GROVE, Arkansas. The student body numbers 620 students, from grades 9 through 12. Average enrollment for high schools in Arkansas is about 510, so this school runs 22% larger than that.
The 4 schools of PRAIRIE GROVE SCHOOL DISTRICT, including PRAIRIE GROVE HIGH SCHOOL, enroll 2,259 students.
A majority of students at PRAIRIE GROVE HIGH SCHOOL, 80%, are White. The rest of enrollment is 10% Hispanic, 3% multiracial, 2% Black, and 2% Native American. Among all residents of Washington County, the White share is about 63%. The chance that two students picked at random at PRAIRIE GROVE HIGH SCHOOL belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 35%.
Federal data list 69.1 full-time-equivalent teachers at PRAIRIE GROVE HIGH SCHOOL in 2024-25, for a ratio of 9.0:1. High schools in Arkansas average about 8.8:1, a similar figure. The school's rate of free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 39%. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Washington County is 58%.
Measured against Arkansas public high schools, PRAIRIE GROVE HIGH SCHOOL receives a B+. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, PRAIRIE GROVE HIGH SCHOOL would score about 45.2%. It scores 37.6%, 7.5 points below that figure.
Census Bureau estimates for Washington County show that median household income is about $70,639, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 35% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 9%. PRAIRIE GROVE HIGH SCHOOL is one of 76 public schools in Washington County, which together enroll about 42,451 students.
PRAIRIE GROVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is located about 0.2 miles from PRAIRIE GROVE HIGH SCHOOL. Within five miles are 3 other public schools. Of 9 schools in the immediate area with test results, PRAIRIE GROVE HIGH SCHOOL ranks 6th on average proficiency.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is Town: Fringe. PRAIRIE GROVE HIGH SCHOOL holds a charter, making it a public charter school.
There was little change in enrollment from 2020-21 (622) to 2024-25 (620). The ratio of students to teachers went from 15.2:1 to 9.0:1 over the same years.
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Washington County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
256,765
Census ACS
Median income
$70,639
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
35%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
76
42,451 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in PRAIRIE GROVE SCHOOL DISTRICT
- PRAIRIE GROVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 763 students
- PRAIRIE GROVE MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 550 students
- PRAIRIE GROVE JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOLMiddle · 326 students
Other schools in PRAIRIE GROVE
- PRAIRIE GROVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 763 students
- PRAIRIE GROVE MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 550 students
- PRAIRIE GROVE JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOLMiddle · 326 students
Nearby schools
- PRAIRIE GROVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.2 mi · 763
- PRAIRIE GROVE MIDDLE SCHOOL0.3 mi · 550
- PRAIRIE GROVE JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL0.5 mi · 326
- LINCOLN HIGH SCHOOL5.1 mi · 338
- BOB FOLSOM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL5.3 mi · 438
- FARMINGTON HIGH SCHOOL5.4 mi · 690
Frequently asked questions
About PRAIRIE GROVE HIGH SCHOOLHow large is PRAIRIE GROVE HIGH SCHOOL?
PRAIRIE GROVE HIGH SCHOOL enrolls approximately 620 students in grades 09-12.
What grades does PRAIRIE GROVE HIGH SCHOOL serve?
PRAIRIE GROVE HIGH SCHOOL serves grades 09-12.
How many teachers does PRAIRIE GROVE HIGH SCHOOL have?
PRAIRIE GROVE HIGH SCHOOL employs 69 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 9.0:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at PRAIRIE GROVE HIGH SCHOOL?
At PRAIRIE GROVE HIGH SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 80% White, 10% Hispanic, 2% Black, 1% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Who oversees PRAIRIE GROVE HIGH SCHOOL?
PRAIRIE GROVE HIGH SCHOOL is overseen by PRAIRIE GROVE SCHOOL DISTRICT in Washington County.
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