RUSSELLVILLE HIGH SCHOOL

Set in RUSSELLVILLE, Arkansas, RUSSELLVILLE HIGH SCHOOL is a roomy senior high, overseen by RUSSELLVILLE SCHOOL DISTRICT. It teaches 1,281 students across grades 9 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 151% bigger than the state mean of about 510.

Across the 10 schools in RUSSELLVILLE SCHOOL DISTRICT (5,591 students total), RUSSELLVILLE HIGH SCHOOL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Demographically, RUSSELLVILLE HIGH SCHOOL reports that 56% of the student body identifies as White. Beyond that, the school shows 30% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, 6% Black. By comparison, Pope County as a whole is about 84% White, so the school skews visibly less White than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school employs 120 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 10.7:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 8.8:1, putting RUSSELLVILLE HIGH SCHOOL higher than the state norm the norm. About 57% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

After controlling for student poverty, RUSSELLVILLE HIGH SCHOOL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 37.9%, the actual is 30.9%, a residual of -7.0 points.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for Pope County put the typical household earns roughly $57,344 per year, about 25% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 12%. In all, Pope County runs 25 public schools (combined enrollment of about 10,311 students), of which RUSSELLVILLE HIGH SCHOOL is one.

OAKLAND HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.8 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), RUSSELLVILLE HIGH SCHOOL ranks 5th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 35.8%.

RUSSELLVILLE HIGH SCHOOL operates from a town-center location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at RUSSELLVILLE HIGH SCHOOL has grew 5%, going from 1,221 students in 2018 to 1,281 in 2025. The White share of enrollment ticked down from 64% to 56% over that span. Class-load math has fell: from 13.2:1 in 2018 to 10.7:1 in 2025.

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