Enrollment
264
High
DISTRICT 182 · STATE 510
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·EMERSON TAYLOR BRADLEY SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 050006801063
TAYLOR HIGH SCHOOL
506 EAST PINE, TAYLOR, AR 71861 · (870) 626-3303 · Columbia County
GRADES 07–12HIGH42-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL264 STUDENTS
A
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Scored higher than 88% of Arkansas public high schools
- A+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+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
8.1:1
33 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 6.9:1 · STATE 8.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
33%
86 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 7 | 52 | 20% |
| Grade 8 | 47 | 18% |
| Grade 9 | 36 | 14% |
| Grade 10 | 52 | 20% |
| Grade 11 | 35 | 13% |
| Grade 12 | 42 | 16% |
Student demographics
11%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 33% · 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
43.7%
AR avg 34.9% . -10.7pp since 2023
Math
38.8%
AR avg 38.9% . -3.1pp since 2023
What this means: On the ATLAS, Arkansas's statewide test, about 44 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 39 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 11 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 3 points.
ATLAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 43.7% | 38.8% |
| 2023-24 | 54.4% | 41.9% |
% 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
47.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
47.7%
based on AR schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-0.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 47% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 48% 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 TAYLOR HIGH SCHOOL
TAYLOR HIGH SCHOOL's state test result (47.3% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| TAYLOR HIGH SCHOOL this school | 264 | 32.6% | 47.3% |
| CHARLESTON HIGH SCHOOL CHARLESTON | 410 | 39.3% | 35.4% |
| WEST FORK HIGH SCHOOL WEST FORK | 264 | 37.9% | 28.4% |
| PARKERS CHAPEL HIGH SCHOOL EL DORADO | 356 | 38.2% | 44.3% |
| GENOA CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL TEXARKANA | 258 | 20.9% | 44.3% |
| ELKINS HIGH SCHOOL ELKINS | 463 | 37.4% | 39.9% |
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 TAYLOR HIGH SCHOOL ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Arkansas |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 47.3% | #14 of 272 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 38.8% | #49 of 132 ▼ 23 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 43.7% | #35 of 280 ▼ 23 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 264 | #198 of 310 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 8.1:1 | #106 of 245 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 11.0% | #225 of 246 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 32.6% | #253 of 273 |
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
264
+58 (+28%) vs 2020
+93% since 2010-11, when it was 137
Student : Teacher
8.1:1
was 11.4:1
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 | 264 | 32.5 | 8.1:1 | 33% (86) |
| 2023-24 | 259 | 30.1 | 8.6:1 | 27% (71) |
| 2022-23 | 236 | 26.9 | 8.8:1 | 25% (59) |
| 2020-21 | 206 | 18 | 11.4:1 | 30% (61) |
| 2017-18 | 151 | 17.3 | 8.7:1 | 21% (32) |
| 2015-16 | 167 | 14 | 11.9:1 | 38% (63) |
| 2010-11 | 137 | 14 | 9.8:1 | 36% (49) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for TAYLOR HIGH SCHOOL.
About TAYLOR HIGH SCHOOL
TAYLOR HIGH SCHOOL is a high school located in TAYLOR, Arkansas, in Columbia County. Grades offered run from 7 through 12, with 264 students enrolled. For comparison, high schools in Arkansas average about 510 students.
TAYLOR HIGH SCHOOL is among 6 schools run by EMERSON TAYLOR BRADLEY SCHOOL DISTRICT, which serves 1,280 students.
At TAYLOR HIGH SCHOOL, White students make up 94% of the student body. The school is also 3% Hispanic. The White share of the county population is lower, at 61%. The chance that two students picked at random at TAYLOR HIGH SCHOOL belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 11%.
Federal records show a student-to-teacher ratio of 8.1:1 at TAYLOR HIGH SCHOOL, with 32.5 full-time-equivalent teachers. Among high schools in Arkansas, the typical ratio is 8.8:1. The count of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch equals 33% of enrollment. The average for public schools in Columbia County is 82%.
TAYLOR HIGH SCHOOL is graded A by allk12, scoring above 88% of Arkansas public high schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Test results at TAYLOR HIGH SCHOOL are within a point of what its free or reduced-price lunch share predicts (47.3% actual, 47.7% predicted).
According to the American Community Survey, in Columbia County, median household income is about $55,334, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 22% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 17%. TAYLOR HIGH SCHOOL is one of 9 public schools in Columbia County, which together enroll about 3,472 students.
The school nearest to TAYLOR HIGH SCHOOL is TAYLOR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, at a distance of less than a tenth of a mile. Within ten miles of TAYLOR HIGH SCHOOL, there are 4 other public schools. Ranked by average proficiency, TAYLOR HIGH SCHOOL places 2nd out of 6 schools in its immediate area.
For locale, NCES codes TAYLOR HIGH SCHOOL as Rural: Distant.
The number of students grew from 206 to 264 over 4 years. The school's ratio fell from 11.4:1 to 8.1:1 between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
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Columbia County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
22,349
Census ACS
Median income
$55,334
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
22%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
17%
Below federal line
Schools in county
9
3,472 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in EMERSON TAYLOR BRADLEY SCHOOL DISTRICT
- TAYLOR ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 341 students
- EMERSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 226 students
- BRADLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 166 students
- BRADLEY HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 147 students
- EMERSON HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 136 students
Other Taylor High schools
6 other US public schools in 5 states are named Taylor High. TAYLOR HIGH SCHOOL is the 7th largest of the 7.
- Taylor High SchoolKATY, TX · 3,384 students
- Taylor High SchoolHOUSTON, TX · 2,838 students
- Taylor High SchoolTAYLOR, MI · 1,371 students
- Taylor High SchoolTAYLOR, TX · 871 students
- Taylor High SchoolCleves, OH · 608 students
Nearby schools
- TAYLOR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.0 mi · 341
- Browning Elementary School5.9 mi · 252
- North Webster High School6.7 mi · 421
- Brown Upper Elementary School7.1 mi · 186
- BRADLEY HIGH SCHOOL11.7 mi · 147
- BRADLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL11.8 mi · 166
Frequently asked questions
About TAYLOR HIGH SCHOOLWhat is the total enrollment at TAYLOR HIGH SCHOOL?
TAYLOR HIGH SCHOOL enrolls approximately 264 students in grades 07-12.
Is TAYLOR HIGH SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
TAYLOR HIGH SCHOOL is a high school covering grades 07-12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at TAYLOR HIGH SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at TAYLOR HIGH SCHOOL is approximately 8.1:1 (33 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at TAYLOR HIGH SCHOOL?
At TAYLOR HIGH SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 94% White, 3% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Two or more.
Who oversees TAYLOR HIGH SCHOOL?
TAYLOR HIGH SCHOOL is overseen by EMERSON TAYLOR BRADLEY SCHOOL DISTRICT in Columbia County.
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