RURAL SPECIAL HIGH SCHOOL

RURAL SPECIAL HIGH SCHOOL operates as a micro-enrollment 9-12 campus in FOX, Arkansas, operated by MOUNTAIN VIEW SCHOOL DISTRICT. Current enrollment sits at 91 students spanning grades 7 through 12. That puts it 82% below the typical public school in Arkansas, which averages around 510 students.

RURAL SPECIAL HIGH SCHOOL is one of 7 schools operated by MOUNTAIN VIEW SCHOOL DISTRICT, a district that enrolls 1,569 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, RURAL SPECIAL HIGH SCHOOL reports that the student body is overwhelmingly White (95%); the rest reads as 4% Hispanic.

Looking at school resources, On paper, RURAL SPECIAL HIGH SCHOOL has 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 3.8:1. The state averages around 8.8:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 97% of students at RURAL SPECIAL HIGH SCHOOL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

With demographic context factored in, RURAL SPECIAL HIGH SCHOOL ranks in the top 10% of Arkansas public schools. The BeatsExpectations model, a per-state regression of composite proficiency on FRL share, predicts schools with this student profile to land around 23.9%; RURAL SPECIAL HIGH SCHOOL posts 40.0%, +16.1 points above that line.

In the broader community, census data for Stone County shows the typical household earns roughly $40,943 per year, 16% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 15%. Across Stone County's 7 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,569 students), RURAL SPECIAL HIGH SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is RURAL SPECIAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, roughly 0.0 miles away. 5 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), RURAL SPECIAL HIGH SCHOOL ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 33.9%.

The campus sits in a rural setting.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at RURAL SPECIAL HIGH SCHOOL has edged down 22%, going from 116 students in 2018 to 91 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 9.7:1 in 2018 to 3.8:1 today.

Inside the community feed, the feed for RURAL SPECIAL HIGH SCHOOL typically covers sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.