QUITMAN HIGH SCHOOL

Set in QUITMAN, Arkansas, QUITMAN HIGH SCHOOL is a compact high school, overseen by QUITMAN SCHOOL DISTRICT. It educates 308 students across grades 9 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 40% below the state mean of about 510.

QUITMAN SCHOOL DISTRICT comprises 3 schools with combined enrollment of 950 students; QUITMAN HIGH SCHOOL is among them.

On demographics, QUITMAN HIGH SCHOOL reports that 95% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Other groups include 2% Black. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

Looking at school resources, The school lists 39 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 7.9:1. The state averages around 8.8:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 44% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Cleburne County (around 59%), the school's rate is somewhat below typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), QUITMAN HIGH SCHOOL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 42.5%; this one delivers 40.4%.

Around the school, Cleburne County reports that the typical household earns roughly $55,798 per year, roughly 18% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Cleburne County runs 10 public schools (combined enrollment of about 3,434 students), of which QUITMAN HIGH SCHOOL is one.

QUITMAN MIDDLE SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 2 other public schools cluster around QUITMAN HIGH SCHOOL. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts QUITMAN HIGH SCHOOL at 3rd of 9; the average score across the group is 35.6%.

QUITMAN HIGH SCHOOL operates from a rural location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 4%: 320 students in 2018 compared to 308 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 11.8:1 in 2018 to 7.9:1 today.

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