SHIRLEY HIGH SCHOOL

Set in SHIRLEY, Arkansas, SHIRLEY HIGH SCHOOL is a tiny senior high, one of the schools within SHIRLEY SCHOOL DISTRICT. It teaches 110 students across grades 7 through 12. That puts it 78% smaller than the typical public school in Arkansas, which averages around 510 students.

SHIRLEY SCHOOL DISTRICT runs 2 schools in total, collectively educating 279 students. SHIRLEY HIGH SCHOOL is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, SHIRLEY HIGH SCHOOL reports that nearly all students (94%) are White. Compared to Van Buren County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

On the resource side, On paper, SHIRLEY HIGH SCHOOL has 14 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 7.6:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 8.8:1, putting SHIRLEY HIGH SCHOOL tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 75% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Van Buren County runs at roughly 97%, so the school's eligibility rate is lower than the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, SHIRLEY HIGH SCHOOL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 31.5%; this one delivers 24.0%.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Van Buren County indicate median household earnings sit near $50,354, roughly 15% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 13%. Across Van Buren County's 7 public schools (combined enrollment of about 2,057 students), SHIRLEY HIGH SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: SHIRLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, around 0.1 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint. On composite proficiency, SHIRLEY HIGH SCHOOL comes 8th of 9 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 38.4%.

The campus sits in an outlying setting.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 35%: 168 students in 2018 compared to 110 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 9.5:1 in 2018 to 7.6:1 today.

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