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Enrollment
1,232
High
DISTRICT 850 · STATE 510
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·VAN BUREN SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 051341001103
VAN BUREN HIGH SCHOOL
2001 POINTER TRAIL, VAN BUREN, AR 72956 · (479) 474-6821 · Crawford County
GRADES 10–12HIGH22-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,232 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 53% of Arkansas public high schools
- BTest 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
10.7:1
115 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.5:1 · STATE 8.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
58%
713 students
DISTRICT 67% · STATE 70%
Community
6
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 10 | 440 | 36% |
| Grade 11 | 416 | 34% |
| Grade 12 | 376 | 31% |
Student demographics
56%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 55% · 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 VAN BUREN SCHOOL DISTRICT. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
ATLAS 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3+4)English Language Arts
42.8%
AR avg 34.9% . +5.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the ATLAS, Arkansas's statewide test, about 43 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level. The Arkansas average is about 35 of 100. Reading and writing scores are up about 5 points since 2023.
ATLAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts |
|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 42.8% |
| 2023-24 | 37.4% |
% 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
31.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
38.3%
based on AR schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-6.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 31% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 38% 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 VAN BUREN HIGH SCHOOL
VAN BUREN HIGH SCHOOL's state test result (31.4% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| VAN BUREN HIGH SCHOOL this school | 1,232 | 57.9% | 31.4% |
| RUSSELLVILLE HIGH SCHOOL RUSSELLVILLE | 1,281 | 56.9% | 33.2% |
| BATESVILLE HIGH SCHOOL CHARTER BATESVILLE | 986 | 60.2% | 27.4% |
| RUSSELLVILLE JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL RUSSELLVILLE | 808 | 63.1% | 35.7% |
| BRYANT JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL BRYANT | 1,545 | 52.8% | 43.0% |
| SILOAM SPRINGS HIGH SCHOOL CONVERSION CHARTER SILOAM SPRINGS | 1,475 | 52.6% | 34.4% |
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 VAN BUREN HIGH SCHOOL ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Arkansas | In Crawford County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 31.4% | #117 of 272 | #2 of 6 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 42.8% | #38 of 280 ▲ 28 | #1 of 6 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,232 | #25 of 310 | #1 of 6 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.7:1 | #172 of 245 | N/A |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 56.1% | #63 of 246 | N/A |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 57.9% | #167 of 273 | #5 of 6 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -2.8% | #121 of 133 | N/A |
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
1,232
+230 (+23%) vs 2020
+53% since 1990-91, when it was 804
Student : Teacher
10.7:1
was 10.1:1
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 | 1,232 | 115.1 | 10.7:1 | 58% (713) |
| 2023-24 | 1,228 | 121.5 | 10.1:1 | 50% (620) |
| 2022-23 | 1,228 | 105.5 | 11.6:1 | 48% (588) |
| 2020-21 | 1,002 | 99 | 10.1:1 | 40% (405) |
| 2017-18 | 1,268 | 83.6 | 15.2:1 | 33% (421) |
| 2015-16 | 1,865 | 128 | 14.6:1 | 57% (1,070) |
| 2010-11 | 1,263 | 88 | 14.3:1 | 43% (546) |
| 2000-01 | 1,021 | 59 | 17.3:1 | 23% (237) |
| 1990-91 | 804 | 44 | 18.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for VAN BUREN HIGH SCHOOL.
About VAN BUREN HIGH SCHOOL
VAN BUREN HIGH SCHOOL is a large high school in VAN BUREN, Arkansas. Students in grades 10 through 12 attend the school, which enrolls 1,232 students. For comparison, high schools in Arkansas average about 510 students.
VAN BUREN SCHOOL DISTRICT operates 11 schools. Combined enrollment is 5,703 students.
VAN BUREN HIGH SCHOOL is 61% White by enrollment. Smaller groups are 25% Hispanic, 7% multiracial, 3% Asian, and 3% Black. County-wide, 81% of Crawford County residents are White. The school's diversity index is 56%, meaning two students picked at random have a 56% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
A ratio of 10.7:1 comes from the school's 115.1 full-time-equivalent teachers. That is 1.9 students per teacher above the 8.8:1 average for high schools in Arkansas. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility was 58% in 2024-25.
The allk12 Grade for VAN BUREN HIGH SCHOOL is B-. Compared with Arkansas public high schools, the school scored higher than 53% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
VAN BUREN HIGH SCHOOL's average proficiency rate on state tests of 31.4% is 6.9 points below the 38.3% the model predicts from its lunch-eligibility share.
Census Bureau estimates for Crawford County show that the median household income is $64,132, 20% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 10% of people live in poverty. VAN BUREN HIGH SCHOOL is one of 23 public schools in the county.
The shortest distance from VAN BUREN HIGH SCHOOL to another public school is about 0.7 miles, to VAN BUREN FRESHMAN ACADEMY. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. VAN BUREN HIGH SCHOOL places 4th of 8 on proficiency among the closest schools that report scores.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is Suburb: Mid-size.
Compared with 2020-21, the school had 230 more students in 2024-25.
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Crawford County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
61,139
Census ACS
Median income
$64,132
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
20%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
23
10,496 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in VAN BUREN SCHOOL DISTRICT
- NORTHRIDGE MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 713 students
- BUTTERFIELD TRAIL MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 557 students
- VAN BUREN FRESHMAN ACADEMYHigh · 468 students
- CENTRAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 466 students
- JAMES R. TATE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 459 students
- OLIVER SPRINGS ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 441 students
Other schools in VAN BUREN
- NORTHRIDGE MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 713 students
- BUTTERFIELD TRAIL MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 557 students
- VAN BUREN FRESHMAN ACADEMYHigh · 468 students
- CENTRAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 466 students
- JAMES R. TATE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 459 students
- OLIVER SPRINGS ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 441 students
Other Van Buren High schools
2 other US public schools in 3 states are named Van Buren High. VAN BUREN HIGH SCHOOL is the largest of the 3.
- Van Buren High SchoolVan Buren, OH · 347 students
- VAN BUREN HIGHVAN BUREN, MO · 221 students
Nearby schools
- VAN BUREN FRESHMAN ACADEMY0.7 mi · 468
- CENTRAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.9 mi · 466
- PARKVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.1 mi · 437
- KING ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.3 mi · 437
- OLIVER SPRINGS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.4 mi · 441
- BUTTERFIELD TRAIL MIDDLE SCHOOL1.5 mi · 557
Frequently asked questions
About VAN BUREN HIGH SCHOOLHow many students attend VAN BUREN HIGH SCHOOL?
VAN BUREN HIGH SCHOOL enrolls approximately 1,232 students in grades 10-12.
What grades does VAN BUREN HIGH SCHOOL serve?
VAN BUREN HIGH SCHOOL serves grades 10-12.
How many students per teacher at VAN BUREN HIGH SCHOOL?
Approximately 10.7:1 students per teacher at VAN BUREN HIGH SCHOOL.
How diverse is VAN BUREN HIGH SCHOOL?
VAN BUREN HIGH SCHOOL reports a student body of 61% White, 25% Hispanic, 3% Black, 3% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Who oversees VAN BUREN HIGH SCHOOL?
VAN BUREN HIGH SCHOOL is overseen by VAN BUREN SCHOOL DISTRICT in Crawford County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.