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Enrollment
2,207
High
DISTRICT 1,234 · STATE 510
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SPRINGDALE SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 051266001025
SPRINGDALE HIGH SCHOOL
101 SOUTH PLEASANT STREET, SPRINGDALE, AR 72765 · (479) 750-8832 · Washington County
GRADES 09–12HIGH13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL2,207 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 12% of Arkansas public high schools
- DTest 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
12.7:1
174 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.0:1 · STATE 8.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
86%
1,895 students
DISTRICT 74% · STATE 70%
Community
6
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 | 1 | 0% |
| Grade 10 | 757 | 34% |
| Grade 11 | 750 | 34% |
| Grade 12 | 699 | 32% |
Student demographics
58%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 64% · 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
Test scores
ATLAS 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3+4)English Language Arts
19.0%
AR avg 34.9% . +1.7pp since 2023
What this means: On the ATLAS, Arkansas's statewide test, about 19 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 up about 2 points since 2023.
ATLAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts |
|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 19.0% |
| 2023-24 | 17.3% |
% 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
15.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
27.9%
based on AR schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-12.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 15% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 28% 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 SPRINGDALE HIGH SCHOOL
SPRINGDALE HIGH SCHOOL's state test result (15.4% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| SPRINGDALE HIGH SCHOOL this school | 2,207 | 85.9% | 15.4% |
| NORTHSIDE HIGH SCHOOL FORT SMITH | 2,231 | 77.4% | 22.4% |
| SOUTHWEST JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL SPRINGDALE | 694 | 83.3% | 35.6% |
| GEORGE JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL SPRINGDALE | 723 | 93.5% | 20.4% |
| LAKESIDE JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL SPRINGDALE | 654 | 87.0% | 27.6% |
| DEQUEEN HIGH SCHOOL DE QUEEN | 550 | 75.5% | 26.8% |
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 SPRINGDALE HIGH SCHOOL ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Arkansas | In Washington County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 15.4% | #242 of 272 | #14 of 16 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 19.0% | #240 of 280 ▲ 7 | #14 of 17 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 2,207 | #10 of 310 | #3 of 19 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.7:1 | #208 of 245 | #9 of 15 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 58.2% | #47 of 246 | #6 of 15 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 85.9% | #81 of 273 | #3 of 16 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +2.4% | #92 of 105 | #6 of 8 |
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
2,207
+202 (+10%) vs 2020
+40% since 1990-91, when it was 1,575
Student : Teacher
12.7:1
was 12.0:1
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 | 2,207 | 173.8 | 12.7:1 | 86% (1,895) |
| 2023-24 | 2,195 | 180.5 | 12.2:1 | 85% (1,866) |
| 2022-23 | 2,158 | 182.6 | 11.8:1 | 81% (1,745) |
| 2020-21 | 2,005 | 167 | 12.0:1 | 83% (1,659) |
| 2017-18 | 2,155 | 174.9 | 12.3:1 | 51% (1,101) |
| 2015-16 | 2,347 | 183 | 12.8:1 | 71% (1,663) |
| 2010-11 | 1,837 | 124 | 14.8:1 | 63% (1,155) |
| 2000-01 | 2,250 | 136 | 16.5:1 | 13% (296) |
| 1990-91 | 1,575 | 84 | 18.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for SPRINGDALE HIGH SCHOOL.
About SPRINGDALE HIGH SCHOOL
SPRINGDALE HIGH SCHOOL is a large high school in SPRINGDALE SCHOOL DISTRICT, located in SPRINGDALE, Arkansas. The school has 2,207 students in 2024-25 across grades 9 through 12. That compares with an average of about 510 students for high schools in Arkansas.
SPRINGDALE SCHOOL DISTRICT has 29 schools; together they serve 22,685 students.
At SPRINGDALE HIGH SCHOOL, 60% of students are Hispanic. Smaller groups are 20% Pacific Islander, 14% White, and 2% Black. For comparison, the population of Washington County is roughly 19% Hispanic. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, SPRINGDALE HIGH SCHOOL scores 58%.
On staff are 173.8 full-time-equivalent teachers; the student-to-teacher ratio is 12.7:1. The average for high schools in Arkansas is 8.8:1, so this school has more students per teacher. About 86% of students at SPRINGDALE HIGH SCHOOL are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Across public schools in Washington County, the average is 58%.
SPRINGDALE HIGH SCHOOL holds a D allk12 Grade, placing it above 12% of Arkansas public high schools.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, SPRINGDALE HIGH SCHOOL would score about 27.9%. It scores 15.4%, 12.5 points below that figure.
American Community Survey estimates for Washington County show that the median household earns about $70,639 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 35%, and roughly 9% of residents are in poverty. Across Washington County, 76 public schools serve about 42,451 students.
WESTWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL sits about 0.5 miles from SPRINGDALE HIGH SCHOOL. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. On state test proficiency, SPRINGDALE HIGH SCHOOL ranks 7th in a group of 9 nearby schools.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is City: Small.
In 2024-25, the school enrolled 2,207, up from 2,005 in 2020-21.
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Washington County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
256,765
Census ACS
Median income
$70,639
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
35%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
76
42,451 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in SPRINGDALE SCHOOL DISTRICT
- HAR-BER HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,271 students
- DON TYSON SCHOOL OF INNOVATIONCombined · 1,976 students
- HUNT ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 890 students
- CENTRAL JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 852 students
- HELLSTERN MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 849 students
- GEORGE JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 723 students
Other schools in SPRINGDALE
- HAR-BER HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,271 students
- DON TYSON SCHOOL OF INNOVATIONCombined · 1,976 students
- HUNT ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 890 students
- CENTRAL JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 852 students
- HELLSTERN MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 849 students
- GEORGE JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 723 students
Nearby schools
- WESTWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.5 mi · 498
- ELMDALE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.5 mi · 510
- LISA ACADEMY SPRINGDALE0.6 mi · 450
- CENTRAL JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL1.1 mi · 852
- JONES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.2 mi · 464
- SOUTHWEST JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL1.2 mi · 694
Frequently asked questions
About SPRINGDALE HIGH SCHOOLHow large is SPRINGDALE HIGH SCHOOL?
SPRINGDALE HIGH SCHOOL enrolls approximately 2,207 students in grades 09-12.
What grades does SPRINGDALE HIGH SCHOOL serve?
SPRINGDALE HIGH SCHOOL serves grades 09-12.
How many teachers does SPRINGDALE HIGH SCHOOL have?
SPRINGDALE HIGH SCHOOL employs 174 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.7:1.
What is the student diversity at SPRINGDALE HIGH SCHOOL?
Student demographics at SPRINGDALE HIGH SCHOOL are roughly 14% White, 60% Hispanic, 2% Black, 2% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Who oversees SPRINGDALE HIGH SCHOOL?
SPRINGDALE HIGH SCHOOL is overseen by SPRINGDALE SCHOOL DISTRICT in Washington County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.