VALLEY SPRINGS HIGH SCHOOL

As a low-enrollment senior high in VALLEY SPRINGS, Arkansas, VALLEY SPRINGS HIGH SCHOOL enrolls 219 students from grades 9 through 12, one of the schools within VALLEY SPRINGS SCHOOL DISTRICT. Compared to the state average of about 510 students per school, that is 57% smaller than typical.

VALLEY SPRINGS SCHOOL DISTRICT runs 3 schools in total, collectively educating 787 students. VALLEY SPRINGS HIGH SCHOOL is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, VALLEY SPRINGS HIGH SCHOOL logs that nearly all students (96%) are White; the rest looks like 2% Hispanic. Compared to Boone County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 41 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 5.3:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 8.8:1 average. Roughly 45% of students at VALLEY SPRINGS HIGH SCHOOL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is south of Boone County's rate of about 62%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), VALLEY SPRINGS 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 42.1%; this one delivers 60.2%, a residual of +18.0 points.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Boone County indicate the typical household earns roughly $55,143 per year, 17% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. In all, Boone County runs 18 public schools (combined enrollment of about 5,818 students), of which VALLEY SPRINGS HIGH SCHOOL is one.

VALLEY SPRINGS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. 4 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, VALLEY SPRINGS HIGH SCHOOL comes 1st of 7 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 42.5%.

The campus sits in a small-town setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at VALLEY SPRINGS HIGH SCHOOL has fell 18%, going from 267 students in 2018 to 219 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 11.4:1 in 2018 to 5.3:1 today.

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