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Enrollment
721
High
DISTRICT 870 · STATE 510
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PULASKI COUNTY SPECIAL SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 051185001737
SYLVAN HILLS JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL
10001 JOHNSON DRIVE, SHERWOOD, AR 72120 · (501) 833-1170 · Pulaski County
GRADES 08–09HIGH21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL721 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 17% 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
11.8:1
61 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.3:1 · STATE 8.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
53%
383 students
DISTRICT 55% · STATE 70%
Community
5
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 8 | 377 | 52% |
| Grade 9 | 344 | 48% |
Student demographics
64%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
School pathway
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within PULASKI COUNTY SPECIAL SCHOOL DISTRICT. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
ATLAS 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3+4)English Language Arts
22.6%
AR avg 34.9% . -1.4pp since 2023
Math
15.1%
AR avg 38.9% . +6.7pp since 2023
What this means: On the ATLAS, Arkansas's statewide test, about 23 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 15 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Arkansas schools, those numbers are about 35 and 39. Reading and writing scores are down about 1 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 7 points.
ATLAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 22.6% | 15.1% |
| 2023-24 | 24.0% | 8.4% |
% 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
23.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
40.1%
based on AR schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-16.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 23% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 40% 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 JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL
SYLVAN HILLS JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL's state test result (23.1% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| SYLVAN HILLS JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL this school | 721 | 53.1% | 23.1% |
| STUTTGART HIGH SCHOOL STUTTGART | 499 | 55.7% | 27.3% |
| SYLVAN HILLS HIGH SCHOOL SHERWOOD | 1,120 | 50.7% | 21.8% |
| ARKADELPHIA HIGH SCHOOL ARKADELPHIA | 534 | 47.4% | 27.0% |
| MONTICELLO HIGH SCHOOL MONTICELLO | 506 | 52.2% | 23.9% |
| ESTEM HIGH SCHOOL LITTLE ROCK | 676 | 61.7% | 29.9% |
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 JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Arkansas | In Pulaski County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 23.1% | #198 of 272 | #10 of 17 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 15.1% | #117 of 132 ▲ 6 | N/A |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 22.6% | #217 of 280 ▼ 17 | #11 of 18 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 721 | #56 of 310 | #9 of 26 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.8:1 | #194 of 245 | #7 of 18 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 63.5% | #21 of 246 | #5 of 17 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 53.1% | #183 of 273 | #13 of 17 |
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.
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 721 | 61.2 | 11.8:1 | 53% (383) |
| 2023-24 | 743 | 62.8 | 11.8:1 | 48% (360) |
| 2022-23 | 368 | 29.3 | 12.5:1 | 48% (175) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for SYLVAN HILLS JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL.
About SYLVAN HILLS JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL
In SHERWOOD, Arkansas, SYLVAN HILLS JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL is a medium-sized high school. It enrolled 721 students in grades 8 through 9 for the 2024-25 school year. Statewide, high schools in Arkansas average about 510 students each.
PULASKI COUNTY SPECIAL SCHOOL DISTRICT serves 12,586 students across 26 schools.
Black students are the largest group at SYLVAN HILLS JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL, with 49% of enrollment. The rest of enrollment is 34% White, 8% Hispanic, and 7% multiracial. Among all residents of Pulaski County, the Black share is about 37%. The chance that two students picked at random at SYLVAN HILLS JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 64%.
SYLVAN HILLS JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL counts 61.2 full-time-equivalent teachers, about 11.8 students for each one. Among high schools in Arkansas, the typical ratio is 8.8:1. About 53% of enrolled students meet the income rules for free or reduced-price lunch. Among public schools in Pulaski County, the average eligibility rate is 71%.
SYLVAN HILLS JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL is graded C- by allk12, scoring above 17% of Arkansas public high schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Given its lunch-eligibility share, the predicted average proficiency rate on state tests for SYLVAN HILLS JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL is 40.1%. It actually posts 23.1%, which is 16.9 points lower and in the bottom 10% of Arkansas schools.
Census Bureau estimates for Pulaski County show that median household income is about $62,873, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 38% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 13%. SYLVAN HILLS JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL is one of 133 public schools in Pulaski County, which together enroll about 64,124 students.
The closest other public school is SYLVAN HILLS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, about 0.8 miles away. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. In a group of 9 nearby schools with scores, SYLVAN HILLS JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL ranks 7th on average proficiency.
The school's federal locale classification is Suburb: Large.
Threads on this page can be about enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
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
- SYLVAN HILLS HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,120 students
- JOE T. ROBINSON HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,030 students
- MAUMELLE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 869 students
- SYLVAN HILLS MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 772 students
- MILLS UNIVERSITY STUDIES HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 612 students
- JOE T. ROBINSON MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 607 students
Other schools in SHERWOOD
- SYLVAN HILLS HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,120 students
- SYLVAN HILLS MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 772 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 SCHOOL0.8 mi · 516
- SYLVAN HILLS HIGH SCHOOL0.9 mi · 1,120
- OAKBROOKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.2 mi · 408
- WILLIAM JEFFERSON CLINTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.1 mi · 586
- SHERWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.3 mi · 424
- CATO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.4 mi · 305
Frequently asked questions
About SYLVAN HILLS JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOLHow large is SYLVAN HILLS JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL?
SYLVAN HILLS JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL enrolls approximately 721 students in grades 08-09.
Is SYLVAN HILLS JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
SYLVAN HILLS JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL is a high school covering grades 08-09.
How many students per teacher at SYLVAN HILLS JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL?
Approximately 11.8:1 students per teacher at SYLVAN HILLS JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL.
How diverse is SYLVAN HILLS JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL?
SYLVAN HILLS JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL reports a student body of 34% White, 8% Hispanic, 49% Black, 1% Asian, 7% Two or more.
What district is SYLVAN HILLS JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL in?
SYLVAN HILLS JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL is part of PULASKI COUNTY SPECIAL SCHOOL DISTRICT.
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