SYLVAN HILLS JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL

SYLVAN HILLS JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL is an average-sized four-year high school in SHERWOOD, Arkansas, overseen by PULASKI COUNTY SPECIAL SCHOOL DISTRICT. The school works with 721 students in grades 8 through 9. Compared to the state average of about 510 students per school, that is 41% bigger than typical.

PULASKI COUNTY SPECIAL SCHOOL DISTRICT runs 26 schools in total, collectively educating 12,586 students. SYLVAN HILLS JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, SYLVAN HILLS JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL shows that 49% of students identify as Black, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Beyond that, the school records 34% White, 8% Hispanic, 7% multiracial. That is meaningfully more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 37%.

On the income-and-resources front, The school employs 61 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 11.8:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 8.8:1 average. About 53% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is below Pulaski County's rate of about 71%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), On a poverty-adjusted basis, SYLVAN HILLS JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 39.3%; actual is 23.0%, a gap of -16.3 points.

In the area at large, Pulaski County reports that median household earnings sit near $62,873, 38% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 13%. In all, Pulaski County runs 133 public schools (combined enrollment of about 64,124 students), of which SYLVAN HILLS JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL is one.

Nearest neighbor: SYLVAN HILLS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, around 0.8 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, SYLVAN HILLS JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL comes 7th of 9 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 31.6%.

SYLVAN HILLS JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL operates from a residential location.

On the community side, recent activity here tends to focus on sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.