TUCKERMAN HIGH SCHOOL

TUCKERMAN HIGH SCHOOL operates as a compact high school in TUCKERMAN, Arkansas, one of the schools within JACKSON COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT. Current enrollment sits at 288 students spanning grades 8 through 12. By comparison, Arkansas's public schools average about 510 students each, so TUCKERMAN HIGH SCHOOL sits 44% smaller than that benchmark.

Within JACKSON COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT, which oversees 3 schools and 945 students, TUCKERMAN HIGH SCHOOL is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, TUCKERMAN HIGH SCHOOL logs that 88% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. The remainder consists of 5% multiracial, 5% Black, 2% Hispanic. The wider county runs roughly 75% White, putting the school's mix meaningfully more White than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, TUCKERMAN HIGH SCHOOL has 59 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 4.9:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 8.8:1 average. About 64% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), TUCKERMAN HIGH SCHOOL is in the OUTPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations model, which fits a per-state line through proficiency and FRL share. Schools with this campus's poverty mix typically land near 35.4%; this one delivers 53.6%, a residual of +18.2 points.

Zooming out to the county, Jackson County reports that the typical household earns roughly $44,218 per year, roughly 15% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 18% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Jackson County runs 7 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,790 students), of which TUCKERMAN HIGH SCHOOL is one.

Nearest neighbor: TUCKERMAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, around 0.1 miles off. Within ten miles, there are 3 other public schools, a sparser pattern than typical urban areas. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts TUCKERMAN HIGH SCHOOL at 1st of 8; the average score across the group is 32.5%.

Geographically, the school is in a countryside area.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 12%: 329 students in 2018 compared to 288 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share edged down from 92% to 88%. Class-load math has pulled in: from 13.7:1 in 2018 to 4.9:1 in 2025.

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