PRAIRIE GROVE HIGH SCHOOL

PRAIRIE GROVE HIGH SCHOOL is one of the mid-tier four-year high schools in PRAIRIE GROVE, Arkansas, one of the schools within PRAIRIE GROVE SCHOOL DISTRICT, with 620 students on its rolls from grades 9 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 22% bigger than the state mean of about 510.

PRAIRIE GROVE HIGH SCHOOL is one of 4 schools operated by PRAIRIE GROVE SCHOOL DISTRICT, a district that educates 2,259 students overall.

Looking at the student body, PRAIRIE GROVE HIGH SCHOOL shows that White students make up the majority at 80%; the rest looks like 10% Hispanic, 3% multiracial, 2% Black, 2% Native American. The wider county runs roughly 63% White, putting the school's mix noticeably more White than the area baseline.

On the resource side, On paper, PRAIRIE GROVE HIGH SCHOOL has 69 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 9.0:1. The state averages about 8.8:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. An estimated 39% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is south of Washington County's rate of about 58%.

With demographic context factored in, PRAIRIE GROVE HIGH SCHOOL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 44.3%, the actual is 38.2%, a residual of -6.0 points.

In the area at large, census data for Washington County shows median household income runs about $70,639, 35% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 9%. PRAIRIE GROVE HIGH SCHOOL is one of 76 public schools in Washington County (combined enrollment of about 42,451 students).

Nearest neighbor: PRAIRIE GROVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, around 0.2 miles off. Within five miles, there are 3 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts PRAIRIE GROVE HIGH SCHOOL at 5th of 9; the average score across the group is 37.5%.

The school occupies a town-center site. As a public charter, PRAIRIE GROVE HIGH SCHOOL runs on public funding but with greater curricular and operational autonomy than a typical district school.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at PRAIRIE GROVE HIGH SCHOOL has changed only slightly, going from 610 students in 2018 to 620 in 2025. The White share of enrollment decreased from 90% to 80% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 13.4:1 in 2018 to 9.0:1 today.

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