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
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
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. 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 2023-24 . % Proficient (Level 3+4)English Language Arts
25.1%
AR avg 33.9%
Math
26.6%
AR avg 36.5%
What this means: On the ATLAS, Arkansas's statewide test, about 25 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 27 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Arkansas schools, those numbers are about 34 and 36.
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
26.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
33.9%
based on AR schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-7.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 26% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 34% 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 →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
398
+106 (+36%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
7.3:1
was 13.6:1
% White
95%
was 97%
% Hispanic
3%
was 1%
% Black
1%
was 1%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About SLOAN-HENDRIX HIGH SCHOOL
SLOAN-HENDRIX HIGH SCHOOL is a high school of cozy scale in IMBODEN, Arkansas, part of SLOAN HENDRIX SCHOOL DISTRICT, caters to 398 students in grades 7 through 12. By comparison, Arkansas's public schools average about 510 students each, so SLOAN-HENDRIX HIGH SCHOOL sits 22% smaller than that benchmark.
SLOAN HENDRIX SCHOOL DISTRICT comprises 2 schools with combined enrollment of 854 students; SLOAN-HENDRIX HIGH SCHOOL is among them.
In terms of who attends, SLOAN-HENDRIX HIGH SCHOOL shows that 95% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Other groups include 3% Hispanic. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.
On the income-and-resources front, On paper, SLOAN-HENDRIX HIGH SCHOOL has 55 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 7.3:1. The state averages around 8.8:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 68% of students at SLOAN-HENDRIX HIGH SCHOOL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.
On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), SLOAN-HENDRIX HIGH SCHOOL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 33.9% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 26.1%.
In the broader community, community-level numbers for Lawrence County indicate median household earnings sit near $44,882, 15% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 15% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Lawrence County runs 9 public schools (combined enrollment of about 3,293 students), of which SLOAN-HENDRIX HIGH SCHOOL is one.
SLOAN-HENDRIX ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 2 other public schools. On composite proficiency, SLOAN-HENDRIX HIGH SCHOOL comes 5th of 8 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 30.2%.
The campus sits in a small-town setting.
Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at SLOAN-HENDRIX HIGH SCHOOL has rose 36%, going from 292 students in 2018 to 398 in 2025. Class-load math has tightened: from 13.6:1 in 2018 to 7.3:1 in 2025.
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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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