WEST SIDE HIGH SCHOOL
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Test scores
ATLAS 2023-24 . % Proficient (Level 3+4)What this means: On the ATLAS, Arkansas's statewide test, about 41 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 29 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Arkansas schools, those numbers are about 34 and 36.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 38% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 22% typical for Arkansas schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 15 points, placing it in Arkansas's top 10%.
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About WEST SIDE HIGH SCHOOL
As a compact 9-12 campus in GREERS FERRY, Arkansas, WEST SIDE HIGH SCHOOL instructs 213 students from grades 7 through 12, part of WEST SIDE SCHOOL DISTRICT (Cleburne). By comparison, Arkansas's public schools average about 510 students each, so WEST SIDE HIGH SCHOOL sits 58% smaller than that benchmark.
WEST SIDE HIGH SCHOOL is one of 2 schools operated by WEST SIDE SCHOOL DISTRICT (Cleburne), a district that hosts 497 students overall.
For racial and ethnic makeup, WEST SIDE HIGH SCHOOL lists that nearly all students (98%) are White.
In terms of school funding signals, WEST SIDE HIGH SCHOOL records 38 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 5.7:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 8.8:1, putting WEST SIDE HIGH SCHOOL tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 100% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Cleburne County (around 59%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.
With demographic context factored in, WEST SIDE HIGH SCHOOL ranks in the top 10% of Arkansas public schools. The BeatsExpectations model, a per-state regression of composite proficiency on FRL share, predicts schools with this student profile to land around 22.3%; WEST SIDE HIGH SCHOOL posts 37.6%, +15.3 points above that line.
In the broader community, Cleburne County reports that median household earnings sit near $55,798, 18% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. WEST SIDE HIGH SCHOOL is one of 10 public schools in Cleburne County (combined enrollment of about 3,434 students).
Nearest neighbor: WEST SIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, around 0.0 miles off. 6 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts WEST SIDE HIGH SCHOOL at 4th of 9; the average score across the group is 37.3%.
The school occupies a rural site.
Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at WEST SIDE HIGH SCHOOL has climbed 3%, going from 207 students in 2018 to 213 in 2025. Class-load math has pulled in: from 8.0:1 in 2018 to 5.7:1 in 2025.
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