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Enrollment
376
High
DISTRICT 405 · STATE 510
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SALEM SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 051209000975
SALEM HIGH SCHOOL
313 HWY 62 E, SALEM, AR 72576 · (870) 895-3293 · Fulton County
GRADES 07–12HIGH43-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL376 STUDENTS
A
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Scored higher than 89% of Arkansas public high schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Arkansas public high schools
Student : Teacher
5.3:1
71 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.5:1 · STATE 8.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
60%
224 students
DISTRICT 63% · STATE 70%
Community
2
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 7 | 57 | 15% |
| Grade 8 | 62 | 16% |
| Grade 9 | 56 | 15% |
| Grade 10 | 69 | 18% |
| Grade 11 | 78 | 21% |
| Grade 12 | 54 | 14% |
Student demographics
12%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 11% · STATE 61% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). 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 SALEM SCHOOL DISTRICT. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
ATLAS 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3+4)English Language Arts
36.1%
AR avg 34.9% . -3.6pp since 2023
Math
41.5%
AR avg 38.9% . -9.7pp since 2023
What this means: On the ATLAS, Arkansas's statewide test, about 36 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 42 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Arkansas schools, those numbers are about 35 and 39. Reading and writing scores are down about 4 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 10 points.
ATLAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 36.1% | 41.5% |
| 2023-24 | 39.7% | 51.2% |
% Proficient (Level 3+4), all students and all tested grades.
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
41.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
37.7%
based on AR schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+3.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 41% 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 →
Schools most like SALEM HIGH SCHOOL
SALEM HIGH SCHOOL's state test result (41.4% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| SALEM HIGH SCHOOL this school | 376 | 59.6% | 41.4% |
| PERRYVILLE HIGH SCHOOL PERRYVILLE | 427 | 57.6% | 32.3% |
| PANGBURN HIGH SCHOOL PANGBURN | 326 | 56.4% | 33.7% |
| PIGGOTT HIGH SCHOOL PIGGOTT | 330 | 63.3% | 20.3% |
| DOVER HIGH SCHOOL DOVER | 375 | 54.9% | 31.7% |
| MARMADUKE HIGH SCHOOL MARMADUKE | 278 | 57.9% | 30.8% |
Matched among Arkansas high schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where SALEM HIGH SCHOOL ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Arkansas |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 41.4% | #38 of 272 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 41.5% | #40 of 132 ▼ 25 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 36.1% | #85 of 280 ▼ 37 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 376 | #132 of 310 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 5.3:1 | #38 of 245 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 12.2% | #222 of 246 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 59.6% | #161 of 273 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -1.6% | #127 of 133 |
Ranked against other public high schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
376
-47 (-11%) vs 2020
+27% since 1990-91, when it was 297
Student : Teacher
5.3:1
was 8.5:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 376 | 70.9 | 5.3:1 | 60% (224) |
| 2023-24 | 416 | 63 | 6.6:1 | 61% (252) |
| 2022-23 | 425 | 60.5 | 7.0:1 | 56% (237) |
| 2020-21 | 423 | 50 | 8.5:1 | 59% (248) |
| 2017-18 | 382 | 28.6 | 13.3:1 | 34% (129) |
| 2015-16 | 359 | 28 | 12.8:1 | 62% (224) |
| 2010-11 | 339 | 27 | 12.6:1 | 59% (201) |
| 2000-01 | 351 | 31 | 11.3:1 | 48% (169) |
| 1990-91 | 297 | 19 | 15.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for SALEM HIGH SCHOOL.
About SALEM HIGH SCHOOL
SALEM HIGH SCHOOL operates as a low-enrollment high school in SALEM, Arkansas. It reports enrollment of 376 students in grades 7 through 12. Across high schools in Arkansas, the average enrollment is about 510.
SALEM HIGH SCHOOL falls under SALEM SCHOOL DISTRICT, which has 2 schools enrolling 810 students.
SALEM HIGH SCHOOL is 94% White by enrollment. The rest of enrollment is 3% Hispanic. That is in line with Fulton County, where about 92% of residents are White. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, SALEM HIGH SCHOOL scores 12%.
The school lists 70.9 full-time-equivalent teachers and a student-to-teacher ratio of 5.3:1. The average for high schools in Arkansas, 8.8:1, is higher. A total of 224 students, or 60%, are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Compared with the 76% average for public schools in Fulton County, the school's rate is lower.
SALEM HIGH SCHOOL holds an A allk12 Grade, placing it above 89% of Arkansas public high schools.
Schools in Arkansas with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to score about 37.7%. SALEM HIGH SCHOOL scores 41.4%.
The school is in Fulton County, where the median household earns about $42,241 a year, about 16% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 11%. SALEM HIGH SCHOOL shares Fulton County with 5 other public schools.
About 0.3 miles separate SALEM HIGH SCHOOL from the closest public school, SALEM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. A ten-mile radius around the school includes 3 other public schools. SALEM HIGH SCHOOL ranks 4th of 8 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 41.4% against a local average of 37.2%.
The NCES locale for SALEM HIGH SCHOOL is Rural: Remote, which covers schools in rural territory far from an urban area.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment decreased from 423 to 376, an 11% decline. There were fewer students per teacher in 2024-25 (5.3:1) than in 2020-21 (8.5:1).
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Fulton County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
12,302
Census ACS
Median income
$42,241
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
16%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
6
1,660 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in SALEM SCHOOL DISTRICT
- SALEM ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 434 students
Other Salem High schools
10 other US public schools in 10 states are named Salem High. SALEM HIGH SCHOOL is the 10th largest of the 11.
- Salem High SchoolCANTON, MI · 1,871 students
- Salem HighVirginia Beach, VA · 1,690 students
- Salem HighSalem, VA · 1,202 students
- Salem High SchoolConyers, GA · 1,118 students
- Salem High SchoolSalem, NH · 1,116 students
Nearby schools
- SALEM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.3 mi · 434
- VIOLA HIGH SCHOOL9.8 mi · 185
- VIOLA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL9.8 mi · 193
- IZARD COUNTY CONSOLIDATED ELEMENTARY SCHOOL14.1 mi · 286
- IZARD COUNTY CONSOLIDATED HIGH SCHOOL15.3 mi · 218
- IZARD COUNTY CONS MIDDLE SCHOOL15.3 mi · 193
Frequently asked questions
About SALEM HIGH SCHOOLWhat is the total enrollment at SALEM HIGH SCHOOL?
SALEM HIGH SCHOOL enrolls approximately 376 students in grades 07-12.
Is SALEM HIGH SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
SALEM HIGH SCHOOL is a high school covering grades 07-12.
How many teachers does SALEM HIGH SCHOOL have?
SALEM HIGH SCHOOL employs 71 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 5.3:1.
What is the student diversity at SALEM HIGH SCHOOL?
Student demographics at SALEM HIGH SCHOOL are roughly 94% White, 3% Hispanic, 1% Black, 0% Asian, 2% Two or more.
What district is SALEM HIGH SCHOOL in?
SALEM HIGH SCHOOL is part of SALEM SCHOOL DISTRICT.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.