RISON HIGH SCHOOL

RISON HIGH SCHOOL operates as a cozy secondary school in RISON, Arkansas, one of the schools within CLEVELAND COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT. Current enrollment sits at 314 students spanning grades 7 through 12. Compared to the state average of about 510 students per school, that is 38% leaner than typical.

Across the 2 schools in CLEVELAND COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT (741 students total), RISON HIGH SCHOOL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Looking at the student body, RISON HIGH SCHOOL logs that the largest single group is White, at 69% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school shows 24% Black, 4% Asian, 2% Hispanic. By comparison, Cleveland County as a whole is about 84% White, so the school skews meaningfully less White than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 33 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 9.5:1 students per teacher. That tracks the state average closely. About 63% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, RISON HIGH SCHOOL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 35.6% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 34.1%.

In the surrounding community, Cleveland County reports that the typical household earns roughly $54,794 per year, roughly 20% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. RISON HIGH SCHOOL is one of 4 public schools in Cleveland County (combined enrollment of about 1,291 students).

RISON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Within ten miles, there are 3 other public schools, a sparser pattern than typical urban areas. On composite proficiency, RISON HIGH SCHOOL comes 4th of 8 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 26.8%.

The campus sits in a small-town setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count fell 33%: 466 students in 2018 compared to 314 in 2025. Class-load math has pulled in: from 11.8:1 in 2018 to 9.5:1 in 2025.

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