Enrollment
308
High
DISTRICT 354 · STATE 510
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ROSE BUD SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 051200000962
ROSE BUD HIGH SCHOOL
124 SCHOOL ROAD, ROSE BUD, AR 72137 · (501) 556-5404 · White County
GRADES 07–12HIGH42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL308 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
4.4:1
69 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 9.9:1 · STATE 8.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
56%
171 students
DISTRICT 58% · 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
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. 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 ROSE BUD SCHOOL DISTRICT. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
ATLAS 2023-24 . % Proficient (Level 3+4)English Language Arts
34.6%
AR avg 33.9%
Math
41.3%
AR avg 36.5%
What this means: On the ATLAS, Arkansas's statewide test, about 35 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 41 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Arkansas schools, those numbers are about 34 and 36.
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
36.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
38.4%
based on AR schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-1.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 37% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 38% 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 →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
308
-88 (-22%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
4.4:1
was 11.9:1
% White
93%
was 93%
% Hispanic
5%
was 5%
% Black
1%
was 1%
% Asian
0%
was 0%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About ROSE BUD HIGH SCHOOL
ROSE BUD HIGH SCHOOL is one of the compact high schools in ROSE BUD, Arkansas, overseen by ROSE BUD SCHOOL DISTRICT, with 308 students on its rolls from grades 7 through 12. That puts it 40% below the typical public school in Arkansas, which averages around 510 students.
Within ROSE BUD SCHOOL DISTRICT, which oversees 2 schools and 707 students, ROSE BUD HIGH SCHOOL is one campus in the system.
On demographics, ROSE BUD HIGH SCHOOL logs that nearly all students (93%) are White. The remainder breaks down as 5% Hispanic.
Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 69 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 4.4:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 8.8:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 56% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy.
After controlling for student poverty, ROSE BUD HIGH SCHOOL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 38.4%, the actual is 36.5%, a residual of -1.9 points.
In the surrounding community, census data for White County shows median household earnings sit near $55,249, 20% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 14%. In all, White County runs 27 public schools (combined enrollment of about 12,342 students), of which ROSE BUD HIGH SCHOOL is one.
The closest other public school is ROSE BUD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, roughly 0.0 miles away. Within ten miles, there are 5 other public schools, a sparser pattern than typical urban areas. On composite proficiency, ROSE BUD HIGH SCHOOL comes 9th of 9 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 41.9%.
The campus sits in a rural setting.
Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at ROSE BUD HIGH SCHOOL has decreased 22%, going from 396 students in 2018 to 308 in 2025. Class-load math has tightened: from 11.9:1 in 2018 to 4.4:1 in 2025.
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White County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
77,838
Census ACS
Median income
$55,249
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
20%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
14%
Below federal line
Schools in county
27
12,342 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in ROSE BUD SCHOOL DISTRICT
- ROSE BUD ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 399 students
Nearby schools
- ROSE BUD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.0 mi · 399
- MT. VERNON ENOLA HIGH SCHOOL8.2 mi · 234
- QUITMAN MIDDLE SCHOOL9.0 mi · 210
- QUITMAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL9.0 mi · 432
- QUITMAN HIGH SCHOOL9.0 mi · 308
- HEBER SPRINGS HIGH SCHOOL11.3 mi · 483
Frequently asked questions
About ROSE BUD HIGH SCHOOLHow large is ROSE BUD HIGH SCHOOL?
ROSE BUD HIGH SCHOOL enrolls approximately 308 students in grades 07-12.
What age range does ROSE BUD HIGH SCHOOL serve?
ROSE BUD HIGH SCHOOL serves students from grade 07 through grade 12.
How many students per teacher at ROSE BUD HIGH SCHOOL?
Approximately 4.4:1 students per teacher at ROSE BUD HIGH SCHOOL.
How diverse is ROSE BUD HIGH SCHOOL?
ROSE BUD HIGH SCHOOL reports a student body of 93% White, 5% Hispanic, 1% Black.
Who oversees ROSE BUD HIGH SCHOOL?
ROSE BUD HIGH SCHOOL is overseen by ROSE BUD SCHOOL DISTRICT in White County.
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