RIVERCREST JUNIOR HIGH PREPARATORY ACADEMY

Located at 1702 WEST STATE HIGHWAY 14, in WILSON, Arkansas, RIVERCREST JUNIOR HIGH PREPARATORY ACADEMY is a minimally staffed 6-8 campus that works with 179 students (grades 7 through 8), overseen by RIVERCREST SCHOOL DISTRICT. Enrollment runs roughly 61% below the state mean of about 464.

RIVERCREST JUNIOR HIGH PREPARATORY ACADEMY is one of 3 schools operated by RIVERCREST SCHOOL DISTRICT, a district that works with 1,205 students overall.

In terms of who attends, RIVERCREST JUNIOR HIGH PREPARATORY ACADEMY lists that White students make up the majority at 58%. Beyond that, the school logs 25% Black, 14% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. Compared to Mississippi County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

On the income-and-resources front, RIVERCREST JUNIOR HIGH PREPARATORY ACADEMY shows 12 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 15.0:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 13.9:1 average. An estimated 100% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Mississippi County runs at roughly 84%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, RIVERCREST JUNIOR HIGH PREPARATORY ACADEMY tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 22.3% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 26.2%.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for Mississippi County put median household earnings sit near $52,548, roughly 14% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 17%. Across Mississippi County's 22 public schools (combined enrollment of about 6,930 students), RIVERCREST JUNIOR HIGH PREPARATORY ACADEMY is one campus in the mix.

ACADEMIES AT RIVERCREST HIGH SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 2 other public schools cluster around RIVERCREST JUNIOR HIGH PREPARATORY ACADEMY. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts RIVERCREST JUNIOR HIGH PREPARATORY ACADEMY at 3rd of 7; the average score across the group is 20.3%.

The school occupies an outlying site. RIVERCREST JUNIOR HIGH PREPARATORY ACADEMY operates as a public charter school, meaning it is publicly funded but governed independently of the surrounding district's traditional schools.

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