Enrollment
398
High
DISTRICT 427 · STATE 510
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SLOAN HENDRIX SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 051248001007
SLOAN-HENDRIX HIGH SCHOOL
3 GREYHOUND CIR., IMBODEN, AR 72434 · (870) 869-2361 · Lawrence County
GRADES 07–12HIGH43-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL398 STUDENTS
C+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 42% of Arkansas public high schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+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
7.3:1
55 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.8:1 · STATE 8.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
68%
271 students
DISTRICT 70% · 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, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 7 | 65 | 16% |
| Grade 8 | 66 | 17% |
| Grade 9 | 67 | 17% |
| Grade 10 | 78 | 20% |
| Grade 11 | 69 | 17% |
| Grade 12 | 53 | 13% |
Student demographics
10%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 8% · 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 SLOAN HENDRIX SCHOOL DISTRICT. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
ATLAS 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3+4)English Language Arts
27.5%
AR avg 34.9% . +2.4pp since 2023
Math
26.0%
AR avg 38.9% . -0.6pp since 2023
What this means: On the ATLAS, Arkansas's statewide test, about 28 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 26 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Arkansas schools, those numbers are about 35 and 39. Reading and writing scores are up about 2 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
ATLAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 27.5% | 26.0% |
| 2023-24 | 25.1% | 26.6% |
% 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
27.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
34.5%
based on AR schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-7.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 28% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 35% 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 SLOAN-HENDRIX HIGH SCHOOL
SLOAN-HENDRIX HIGH SCHOOL's state test result (27.5% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| SLOAN-HENDRIX HIGH SCHOOL this school | 398 | 68.1% | 27.5% |
| ATKINS HIGH SCHOOL ATKINS | 317 | 67.8% | 29.1% |
| PIGGOTT HIGH SCHOOL PIGGOTT | 330 | 63.3% | 20.3% |
| ACORN HIGH SCHOOL MENA | 281 | 64.8% | 35.7% |
| TUCKERMAN HIGH SCHOOL TUCKERMAN | 288 | 63.9% | 54.6% |
| BIGELOW HIGH SCHOOL BIGELOW | 317 | 67.2% | 35.8% |
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 SLOAN-HENDRIX HIGH SCHOOL ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Arkansas |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 27.5% | #157 of 272 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 26.0% | #88 of 132 ▼ 15 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 27.5% | #169 of 280 ▲ 22 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 398 | #125 of 310 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 7.3:1 | #91 of 245 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 9.7% | #234 of 246 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 68.1% | #127 of 273 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +36.3% | #12 of 105 |
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
398
+36 (+10%) vs 2020
+69% since 1990-91, when it was 235
Student : Teacher
7.3:1
was 10.1:1
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 | 398 | 54.6 | 7.3:1 | 68% (271) |
| 2023-24 | 353 | 47.6 | 7.4:1 | 67% (238) |
| 2022-23 | 365 | 51.4 | 7.1:1 | 62% (227) |
| 2020-21 | 362 | 36 | 10.1:1 | 59% (215) |
| 2017-18 | 292 | 21.4 | 13.6:1 | 43% (125) |
| 2015-16 | 297 | 21 | 14.1:1 | 59% (176) |
| 2010-11 | 275 | 20 | 13.8:1 | 65% (178) |
| 2000-01 | 262 | 22 | 11.9:1 | 53% (139) |
| 1990-91 | 235 | 17 | 13.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for SLOAN-HENDRIX HIGH SCHOOL.
About SLOAN-HENDRIX HIGH SCHOOL
This page covers SLOAN-HENDRIX HIGH SCHOOL, a small high school in IMBODEN, Arkansas. It reports enrollment of 398 students in grades 7 through 12. That puts enrollment 22% below the 510-student average for high schools in Arkansas.
The district, SLOAN HENDRIX SCHOOL DISTRICT, operates 2 schools serving 854 students.
At SLOAN-HENDRIX HIGH SCHOOL, 95% of students are White. Smaller groups are 3% Hispanic. Census estimates put Lawrence County at about 92% White, close to the school's figure. The diversity index for SLOAN-HENDRIX HIGH SCHOOL is 10%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
There are 54.6 full-time-equivalent teachers at SLOAN-HENDRIX HIGH SCHOOL, giving a ratio of 7.3:1. By comparison, the average for high schools in Arkansas is 8.8:1. A total of 271 students, or 68%, are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch.
SLOAN-HENDRIX HIGH SCHOOL holds a C+ allk12 Grade, placing it above 42% of Arkansas public high schools.
After adjusting for student poverty, SLOAN-HENDRIX HIGH SCHOOL lands between the top and bottom 10% of Arkansas schools. Its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 27.5%; the prediction is 34.5%.
The school is in Lawrence County, where the median household earns about $44,882 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 15% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 15%. SLOAN-HENDRIX HIGH SCHOOL shares Lawrence County with 8 other public schools.
Of the public schools around it, SLOAN-HENDRIX HIGH SCHOOL is closest to SLOAN-HENDRIX ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, about 0.1 miles away. The count of other public schools within five miles is 2. On average proficiency, SLOAN-HENDRIX HIGH SCHOOL is 5th of 8 nearby schools with test data.
Locale data from NCES put SLOAN-HENDRIX HIGH SCHOOL in rural territory far from an urban area (Rural: Remote).
Since 2020-21, enrollment has grown 10%, from 362 to 398. The student-to-teacher ratio dropped from 10.1:1 in 2020-21 to 7.3:1 in 2024-25.
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Lawrence County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
16,238
Census ACS
Median income
$44,882
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
15%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
15%
Below federal line
Schools in county
9
3,293 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in SLOAN HENDRIX SCHOOL DISTRICT
- SLOAN-HENDRIX ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 456 students
Other schools in IMBODEN
- SLOAN-HENDRIX ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 456 students
- IMBODEN AREA CHARTER SCHOOLElementary · 70 students
Nearby schools
- SLOAN-HENDRIX ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.1 mi · 456
- IMBODEN AREA CHARTER SCHOOL0.5 mi · 70
- POCAHONTAS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL12.4 mi · 703
- POCAHONTAS UPPER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL12.5 mi · 402
- POCAHONTAS JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL12.5 mi · 456
- POCAHONTAS HIGH SCHOOL12.7 mi · 410
Frequently asked questions
About SLOAN-HENDRIX HIGH SCHOOLHow large is SLOAN-HENDRIX HIGH SCHOOL?
SLOAN-HENDRIX HIGH SCHOOL enrolls approximately 398 students in grades 07-12.
What age range does SLOAN-HENDRIX HIGH SCHOOL serve?
SLOAN-HENDRIX HIGH SCHOOL serves students from grade 07 through grade 12.
How many teachers does SLOAN-HENDRIX HIGH SCHOOL have?
SLOAN-HENDRIX HIGH SCHOOL employs 55 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 7.3:1.
What is the student diversity at SLOAN-HENDRIX HIGH SCHOOL?
Student demographics at SLOAN-HENDRIX HIGH SCHOOL are roughly 95% White, 3% Hispanic, 1% Black, 0% Asian, 1% Two or more.
What district is SLOAN-HENDRIX HIGH SCHOOL in?
SLOAN-HENDRIX HIGH SCHOOL is part of SLOAN HENDRIX SCHOOL DISTRICT.
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