Enrollment
314
High
DISTRICT 371 · STATE 510
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CLEVELAND COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 050006700951
RISON HIGH SCHOOL
700 MAIN STREET, RISON, AR 71665 · (870) 325-6241 · Cleveland County
GRADES 07–12HIGH43-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL314 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 72% of Arkansas public high schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+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
9.5:1
33 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.3:1 · STATE 8.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
63%
199 students
DISTRICT 69% · STATE 70%
Community
0
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 7 | 51 | 16% |
| Grade 8 | 55 | 18% |
| Grade 9 | 49 | 16% |
| Grade 10 | 55 | 18% |
| Grade 11 | 44 | 14% |
| Grade 12 | 60 | 19% |
Student demographics
47%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 46% · 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 CLEVELAND COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
ATLAS 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3+4)English Language Arts
32.2%
AR avg 34.9% . +0.0pp since 2023
Math
34.7%
AR avg 38.9% . -3.8pp since 2023
What this means: On the ATLAS, Arkansas's statewide test, about 32 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 35 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Arkansas schools, those numbers are about 35 and 39. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2023, while math scores are down about 4 points.
ATLAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 32.2% | 34.7% |
| 2023-24 | 32.2% | 38.5% |
% 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
34.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
36.3%
based on AR schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-1.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 35% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 36% 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 RISON HIGH SCHOOL
RISON HIGH SCHOOL's state test result (34.9% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| RISON HIGH SCHOOL this school | 314 | 63.4% | 34.9% |
| MANSFIELD HIGH SCHOOL MANSFIELD | 214 | 66.4% | 31.9% |
| ASHDOWN HIGH SCHOOL ASHDOWN | 382 | 68.3% | 17.7% |
| LINCOLN HIGH SCHOOL LINCOLN | 338 | 60.4% | 23.5% |
| ARMOREL HIGH SCHOOL BLYTHEVILLE | 204 | 52.9% | 33.4% |
| MAYFLOWER HIGH SCHOOL MAYFLOWER | 348 | 62.6% | 25.1% |
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 RISON HIGH SCHOOL ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Arkansas |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 34.9% | #79 of 272 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 34.7% | #61 of 132 ▼ 24 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 32.2% | #120 of 280 ▼ 5 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 314 | #172 of 310 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 9.5:1 | #145 of 245 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 46.9% | #96 of 246 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 63.4% | #144 of 273 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -32.6% | #11 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
314
-43 (-12%) vs 2020
-11% since 2010-11, when it was 353
Student : Teacher
9.5:1
was 10.8:1
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 | 314 | 33.2 | 9.5:1 | 63% (199) |
| 2023-24 | 345 | 31.8 | 10.8:1 | 51% (175) |
| 2022-23 | 362 | 34.5 | 10.5:1 | 51% (184) |
| 2020-21 | 357 | 33 | 10.8:1 | 56% (201) |
| 2017-18 | 466 | 39.6 | 11.8:1 | 22% (101) |
| 2015-16 | 455 | 34 | 13.4:1 | 57% (259) |
| 2010-11 | 353 | 33 | 10.7:1 | 57% (201) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for RISON HIGH SCHOOL.
About RISON HIGH SCHOOL
RISON HIGH SCHOOL is a small high school in CLEVELAND COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT, located in RISON, Arkansas. It offers grades 7 through 12 and has 314 students enrolled. High schools in Arkansas have about 510 students on average; enrollment here is 38% lower.
CLEVELAND COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT has 741 students in 2 schools, and RISON HIGH SCHOOL is one of those schools.
More than half of the students at RISON HIGH SCHOOL are White (69%). Beyond that, enrollment is 24% Black, 4% Asian, and 2% Hispanic. In Cleveland County overall, about 84% of residents are White. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 47%.
Its ratio of 9.5:1 is based on 33.2 full-time-equivalent teachers. The ratio is within a point of the 8.8:1 average for high schools in Arkansas. In all, 63% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Public schools in Cleveland County average a similar 64%.
RISON HIGH SCHOOL holds a B+ allk12 Grade, placing it above 72% of Arkansas public high schools.
Test results at RISON HIGH SCHOOL are 1.3 points below what its free or reduced-price lunch share predicts (34.9% actual, 36.3% predicted).
In Cleveland County, home to about 7,453 people, median household income comes to about $54,794, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 20%, and about 11% of people live in poverty. Cleveland County's 4 public schools enroll about 1,291 students and include RISON HIGH SCHOOL.
RISON HIGH SCHOOL is less than a tenth of a mile from RISON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, its nearest public school. RISON HIGH SCHOOL has 3 other public schools within ten miles. RISON HIGH SCHOOL's average proficiency of 34.9% compares with 24.6% for its nearest scored neighbors.
The school is in rural territory far from an urban area, according to its NCES locale (Rural: Remote).
The 2020-21-to-2024-25 change in enrollment was a 12% decline, from 357 to 314. The ratio of students to teachers went from 10.8:1 to 9.5:1 over the same years.
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Cleveland County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
7,453
Census ACS
Median income
$54,794
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
20%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
4
1,291 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in CLEVELAND COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT
- RISON ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 427 students
Other schools in RISON
- RISON ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 427 students
- WOODLAWN ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 289 students
- WOODLAWN HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 261 students
Nearby schools
- RISON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.0 mi · 427
- WOODLAWN HIGH SCHOOL8.5 mi · 261
- WOODLAWN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL8.5 mi · 289
- FRIENDSHIP ASPIRE ACADEMY SOUTHEAST MIDDLE SCHOOL PINE BLUFF16.7 mi · 236
- FRIENDSHIP ASPIRE ACADEMY SOUTHEAST PINE BLUFF16.7 mi · 76
- FORDYCE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS16.8 mi · 338
Frequently asked questions
About RISON HIGH SCHOOLWhat is the total enrollment at RISON HIGH SCHOOL?
RISON HIGH SCHOOL enrolls approximately 314 students in grades 07-12.
Is RISON HIGH SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
RISON HIGH SCHOOL is a high school covering grades 07-12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at RISON HIGH SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at RISON HIGH SCHOOL is approximately 9.5:1 (33 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at RISON HIGH SCHOOL?
Student demographics at RISON HIGH SCHOOL are roughly 69% White, 2% Hispanic, 24% Black, 4% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Is RISON HIGH SCHOOL public or private?
RISON HIGH SCHOOL is a public K-12 school, overseen by CLEVELAND COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT.
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