Enrollment
347
High
DISTRICT 403 · STATE 510
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SMACKOVER NORPHLET SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 051251001009
SMACKOVER HIGH SCHOOL
1 BUCKAROO LANE, NORPHLET, AR 71759 · (870) 725-3101 · Union County
GRADES 09–12HIGH42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL347 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 15% of Arkansas public high schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats 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
5.2:1
66 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.3:1 · STATE 8.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
44%
152 students
DISTRICT 53% · 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 9 | 102 | 29% |
| Grade 10 | 73 | 21% |
| Grade 11 | 87 | 25% |
| Grade 12 | 85 | 24% |
Student demographics
42%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 37% · 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 SMACKOVER NORPHLET SCHOOL DISTRICT. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
ATLAS 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3+4)English Language Arts
20.5%
AR avg 34.9% . -5.1pp since 2023
What this means: On the ATLAS, Arkansas's statewide test, about 21 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level. The Arkansas average is about 35 of 100. Reading and writing scores are down about 5 points since 2023.
ATLAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts |
|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 20.5% |
| 2023-24 | 25.6% |
% 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of AR schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
23.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
43.5%
based on AR schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-20.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 23% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 44% typical for Arkansas schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 SMACKOVER HIGH SCHOOL
SMACKOVER HIGH SCHOOL's state test result (23.0% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| SMACKOVER HIGH SCHOOL this school | 347 | 43.8% | 23.0% |
| PARKERS CHAPEL HIGH SCHOOL EL DORADO | 356 | 38.2% | 44.3% |
| HARMONY GROVE HIGH SCHOOL CAMDEN | 402 | 38.6% | 35.2% |
| DEWITT HIGH SCHOOL DEWITT | 364 | 52.2% | 30.1% |
| FOUNTAIN LAKE CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL HOT SPRINGS | 368 | 46.7% | 33.6% |
| BERGMAN HIGH SCHOOL HARRISON | 297 | 46.8% | 45.3% |
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 SMACKOVER HIGH SCHOOL ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Arkansas |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 23.0% | #201 of 272 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 20.5% | #232 of 280 ▼ 46 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 347 | #150 of 310 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 5.2:1 | #34 of 245 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 42.3% | #107 of 246 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 43.8% | #226 of 273 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +1.5% | #98 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
347
+27 (+8%) vs 2020
0% since 1990-91, when it was 348
Student : Teacher
5.2:1
was 7.8:1
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 | 347 | 66.5 | 5.2:1 | 44% (152) |
| 2023-24 | 314 | 40.4 | 7.8:1 | 36% (114) |
| 2022-23 | 299 | 42 | 7.1:1 | 33% (98) |
| 2020-21 | 320 | 41 | 7.8:1 | 55% (177) |
| 2017-18 | 342 | 42.9 | 8.0:1 | 27% (92) |
| 2015-16 | 387 | 36 | 10.8:1 | 42% (163) |
| 2010-11 | 410 | 35 | 11.7:1 | 46% (187) |
| 2000-01 | 362 | 30 | 12.1:1 | 31% (114) |
| 1990-91 | 348 | 20 | 17.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for SMACKOVER HIGH SCHOOL.
About SMACKOVER HIGH SCHOOL
Families in NORPHLET, Arkansas, are served by SMACKOVER HIGH SCHOOL, a small high school. It offers grades 9 through 12 and has 347 students enrolled. It has 32% fewer students than the average for high schools in Arkansas (about 510).
District-wide, SMACKOVER NORPHLET SCHOOL DISTRICT has 3 schools and 1,208 students.
About 73% of the student body at SMACKOVER HIGH SCHOOL is White. Enrollment also includes 20% Black and 5% Hispanic. Among people living in Union County, the White share is about 62%. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 42%.
Teacher count: 66.5 full-time equivalents. Student-to-teacher ratio: 5.2:1. The gap from the 8.8:1 average for high schools in Arkansas is 3.6 students per teacher. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch, often used to gauge student poverty, is 44%. Compared with the 63% average for public schools in Union County, the school's rate is lower.
On the allk12 Grade, SMACKOVER HIGH SCHOOL lands at C-, ahead of 15% of Arkansas public high schools.
Schools in Arkansas with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to post an average proficiency rate across its state test results near 43.5%. SMACKOVER HIGH SCHOOL posts 23.0%, 20.5 points below that, which places it in the bottom 10% statewide on BeatsExpectations.
For Union County, Census Bureau data show median household income comes to about $55,259, about 19% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 15%. The county has 15 public schools and about 6,933 students.
SMACKOVER HIGH SCHOOL is about 0.1 miles from SMACKOVER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, its nearest public school. Around the school, 2 other public schools are within ten miles. Among its closest neighbors with test data, SMACKOVER HIGH SCHOOL is 5th of 6 on proficiency.
For locale, NCES codes SMACKOVER HIGH SCHOOL as Rural: Distant.
The school's enrollment rose 8% from 2020-21 to 2024-25. Federal data show the ratio falling from 7.8:1 to 5.2:1.
SMACKOVER HIGH SCHOOL has a community page on allk12 for topics such as pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. You can also rate the school on this page.
Union County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
37,900
Census ACS
Median income
$55,259
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
19%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
15%
Below federal line
Schools in county
15
6,933 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in SMACKOVER NORPHLET SCHOOL DISTRICT
- SMACKOVER ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 523 students
- NORPHLET MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 338 students
Other schools in NORPHLET
- SMACKOVER ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 523 students
- NORPHLET MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 338 students
Nearby schools
- SMACKOVER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.1 mi · 523
- NORPHLET MIDDLE SCHOOL5.6 mi · 338
- NORTHWEST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL10.1 mi · 477
- HUGH GOODWIN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL10.8 mi · 508
- BARTON JR. HIGH SCHOOL11.0 mi · 540
- YOCUM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL11.3 mi · 580
Frequently asked questions
About SMACKOVER HIGH SCHOOLHow many students attend SMACKOVER HIGH SCHOOL?
SMACKOVER HIGH SCHOOL enrolls approximately 347 students in grades 09-12.
What age range does SMACKOVER HIGH SCHOOL serve?
SMACKOVER HIGH SCHOOL serves students from grade 09 through grade 12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at SMACKOVER HIGH SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at SMACKOVER HIGH SCHOOL is approximately 5.2:1 (66 FTE teachers).
How diverse is SMACKOVER HIGH SCHOOL?
SMACKOVER HIGH SCHOOL reports a student body of 73% White, 5% Hispanic, 20% Black, 1% Two or more.
What district is SMACKOVER HIGH SCHOOL in?
SMACKOVER HIGH SCHOOL is part of SMACKOVER NORPHLET SCHOOL DISTRICT.
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