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Enrollment
1,120
High
DISTRICT 870 · STATE 510
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PULASKI COUNTY SPECIAL SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 051185000941
SYLVAN HILLS HIGH SCHOOL
484 BEAR PAW ROAD, SHERWOOD, AR 72120 · (501) 833-1100 · Pulaski County
GRADES 09–12HIGH21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,120 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 13% 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.
- 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
12.7:1
88 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.3:1 · STATE 8.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
51%
568 students
DISTRICT 55% · 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 | 27 | 2% |
| Grade 10 | 402 | 36% |
| Grade 11 | 372 | 33% |
| Grade 12 | 316 | 28% |
| Ungraded | 3 | 0% |
Student demographics
63%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 66% · 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
35.8%
AR avg 34.9% . +10.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the ATLAS, Arkansas's statewide test, about 36 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 10 points since 2023.
ATLAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts |
|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 35.8% |
| 2023-24 | 25.5% |
% 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
21.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
41.0%
based on AR schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-19.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 22% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 41% 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 SYLVAN HILLS HIGH SCHOOL
SYLVAN HILLS HIGH SCHOOL's state test result (21.8% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| SYLVAN HILLS HIGH SCHOOL this school | 1,120 | 50.7% | 21.8% |
| SYLVAN HILLS JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL SHERWOOD | 721 | 53.1% | 23.1% |
| CONWAY JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL CONWAY | 1,568 | 48.1% | 45.3% |
| MAUMELLE HIGH SCHOOL MAUMELLE | 869 | 39.5% | 23.4% |
| STUTTGART HIGH SCHOOL STUTTGART | 499 | 55.7% | 27.3% |
| ARKADELPHIA HIGH SCHOOL ARKADELPHIA | 534 | 47.4% | 27.0% |
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 SYLVAN HILLS HIGH SCHOOL ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Arkansas | In Pulaski County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 21.8% | #213 of 272 | #11 of 17 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 35.8% | #87 of 280 ▲ 99 | #4 of 18 ▲ 7 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,120 | #29 of 310 | #5 of 26 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.7:1 | #209 of 245 | #13 of 18 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 63.3% | #26 of 246 | #7 of 17 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 50.7% | #198 of 273 | #14 of 17 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -22.1% | #19 of 133 | #3 of 6 |
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
1,120
-353 (-24%) vs 2020
+17% since 1990-91, when it was 957
Student : Teacher
12.7:1
was 14.6:1
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 | 1,120 | 88 | 12.7:1 | 51% (568) |
| 2023-24 | 1,061 | 87.7 | 12.1:1 | 41% (431) |
| 2022-23 | 1,017 | 70.2 | 14.5:1 | 38% (391) |
| 2020-21 | 1,473 | 101 | 14.6:1 | 33% (487) |
| 2017-18 | 1,437 | 92.7 | 15.5:1 | 18% (255) |
| 2015-16 | 1,265 | 76 | 16.6:1 | 46% (577) |
| 2010-11 | 825 | 58 | 14.2:1 | 43% (355) |
| 2000-01 | 712 | 51 | 14.0:1 | 16% (113) |
| 1990-91 | 957 | 48 | 19.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for SYLVAN HILLS HIGH SCHOOL.
About SYLVAN HILLS HIGH SCHOOL
SYLVAN HILLS HIGH SCHOOL is a large high school with its address in SHERWOOD, Arkansas. A total of 1,120 students attend the school, which covers grades 9 through 12. Against the 510-student average for high schools in Arkansas, enrollment here is 120% higher.
PULASKI COUNTY SPECIAL SCHOOL DISTRICT has a total of 26 schools and 12,586 students, SYLVAN HILLS HIGH SCHOOL among them.
At SYLVAN HILLS HIGH SCHOOL, the largest share of students is Black, at 47%. It is also 37% White, 10% Hispanic, and 6% multiracial. For comparison, the population of Pulaski County is roughly 37% Black. Pick two students at random and there is a 63% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
SYLVAN HILLS HIGH SCHOOL's 88 full-time-equivalent teachers put its ratio at 12.7:1. That is higher than the 8.8:1 average for high schools in Arkansas. Eligibility for subsidized school meals is 51%. The gap from the 71% average for public schools in Pulaski County is 20 points.
SYLVAN HILLS HIGH SCHOOL is graded D by allk12, scoring above 13% of Arkansas public high schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
SYLVAN HILLS HIGH SCHOOL scores 19.2 points below its predicted average proficiency rate on state tests: 21.8% actual versus 41.0% predicted. That puts it in the bottom 10% of Arkansas schools on BeatsExpectations.
County data help place the school in context: in Pulaski County, the median household income is $62,873, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 38%, and about 13% of people live in poverty. In all, Pulaski County has 133 public schools and roughly 64,124 students.
SYLVAN HILLS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is located about 0.2 miles from SYLVAN HILLS HIGH SCHOOL. The five-mile area around SYLVAN HILLS HIGH SCHOOL holds at least 8 other public schools. The school's 21.8% average proficiency ranks 9th among 9 nearby schools.
The NCES locale for SYLVAN HILLS HIGH SCHOOL is Suburb: Large, which covers schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
2024-25 enrollment was 1,120, a 24% decrease from 1,473 in 2020-21. The number of students per teacher fell from 14.6 to 12.7 over 4 years.
The discussion area below is open to posts about sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week. Reviews and ratings from people who know the school are welcome.
Pulaski County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
399,818
Census ACS
Median income
$62,873
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
38%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
13%
Below federal line
Schools in county
133
64,124 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in PULASKI COUNTY SPECIAL SCHOOL DISTRICT
- JOE T. ROBINSON HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,030 students
- MAUMELLE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 869 students
- SYLVAN HILLS MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 772 students
- SYLVAN HILLS JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 721 students
- MILLS UNIVERSITY STUDIES HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 612 students
- JOE T. ROBINSON MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 607 students
Other schools in SHERWOOD
- SYLVAN HILLS MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 772 students
- SYLVAN HILLS JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 721 students
- LISA ACADEMY NORTH ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 654 students
- WILLIAM JEFFERSON CLINTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 586 students
- SYLVAN HILLS ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 516 students
- SHERWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 424 students
Nearby schools
- SYLVAN HILLS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.2 mi · 516
- SYLVAN HILLS JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL0.9 mi · 721
- OAKBROOKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.9 mi · 408
- INDIAN HILLS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.2 mi · 398
- CATO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.5 mi · 305
- SHERWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.6 mi · 424
Frequently asked questions
About SYLVAN HILLS HIGH SCHOOLHow many students attend SYLVAN HILLS HIGH SCHOOL?
SYLVAN HILLS HIGH SCHOOL enrolls approximately 1,120 students in grades 09-12.
Is SYLVAN HILLS HIGH SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
SYLVAN HILLS HIGH SCHOOL is a high school covering grades 09-12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at SYLVAN HILLS HIGH SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at SYLVAN HILLS HIGH SCHOOL is approximately 12.7:1 (88 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at SYLVAN HILLS HIGH SCHOOL?
At SYLVAN HILLS HIGH SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 37% White, 10% Hispanic, 47% Black, 1% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Who oversees SYLVAN HILLS HIGH SCHOOL?
SYLVAN HILLS HIGH SCHOOL is overseen by PULASKI COUNTY SPECIAL SCHOOL DISTRICT in Pulaski County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.