WALNUT RIDGE HIGH SCHOOL

WALNUT RIDGE HIGH SCHOOL, a mid-sized secondary school in WALNUT RIDGE, Arkansas, operated by LAWRENCE COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT, caters to 437 students, covering grades 7 through 12.

Across the 2 schools in LAWRENCE COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT (1,067 students total), WALNUT RIDGE HIGH SCHOOL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On demographics, WALNUT RIDGE HIGH SCHOOL reports that the student body is overwhelmingly White (84%); the rest reads as 7% multiracial, 6% Hispanic. That is noticeably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 92%.

In terms of school funding signals, WALNUT RIDGE HIGH SCHOOL logs 63 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 6.9:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 8.8:1 average. An estimated 53% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Lawrence County (around 74%), the school's rate is south of typical.

After controlling for student poverty, WALNUT RIDGE HIGH SCHOOL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 39.5%; this one delivers 32.3%.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Lawrence County) shows that median household income runs about $44,882, about 15% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 15%. WALNUT RIDGE HIGH SCHOOL is one of 9 public schools in Lawrence County (combined enrollment of about 3,293 students).

The closest other public school is WALNUT RIDGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, roughly 0.1 miles away. 3 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), WALNUT RIDGE HIGH SCHOOL ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 26.4%.

The school occupies a small-town site.

Over the past 7-year window. WALNUT RIDGE HIGH SCHOOL's enrollment has increased 5% since 2018, when it stood at 417 (now 437). The White share of enrollment decreased from 96% to 84% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 10.4:1 in 2018 to 6.9:1 today.

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