Enrollment
213
High
DISTRICT 249 · STATE 510
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WEST SIDE SCHOOL DISTRICT (CLEBURNE)·NCES 051404001147
WEST SIDE HIGH SCHOOL
7295 GREERS FERRY ROAD, GREERS FERRY, AR 72067 · (501) 825-7241 · Cleburne County
GRADES 07–12HIGH42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL213 STUDENTS
A
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Scored higher than 90% of Arkansas public high schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A+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
5.7:1
38 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 9.6:1 · STATE 8.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
213 students
DISTRICT 100% · STATE 70%
Community
0
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 7 | 27 | 13% |
| Grade 8 | 40 | 19% |
| Grade 9 | 37 | 17% |
| Grade 10 | 37 | 17% |
| Grade 11 | 37 | 17% |
| Grade 12 | 35 | 16% |
Student demographics
4%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 6% · 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 WEST SIDE SCHOOL DISTRICT (Cleburne). Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
ATLAS 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3+4)English Language Arts
37.3%
AR avg 34.9% . -3.6pp since 2023
Math
27.7%
AR avg 38.9% . -0.9pp since 2023
What this means: On the ATLAS, Arkansas's statewide test, about 37 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 28 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Arkansas schools, those numbers are about 35 and 39. Reading and writing scores are down about 4 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
ATLAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 37.3% | 27.7% |
| 2023-24 | 40.9% | 28.6% |
% 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
37.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
22.7%
based on AR schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+14.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 37% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 23% 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 WEST SIDE HIGH SCHOOL
WEST SIDE HIGH SCHOOL's state test result (37.2% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| WEST SIDE HIGH SCHOOL this school | 213 | 100.0% | 37.2% |
| HECTOR HIGH SCHOOL HECTOR | 227 | 100.0% | 28.1% |
| OZARK MOUNTAIN HIGH SCHOOL WESTERN GROVE | 225 | 98.7% | 29.2% |
| MAMMOTH SPRING HIGH SCHOOL MAMMOTH SPRING | 198 | 100.0% | 35.8% |
| BRADFORD HIGH SCHOOL BRADFORD | 185 | 100.0% | 24.9% |
| CALICO ROCK HIGH SCHOOL CALICO ROCK | 176 | 98.3% | 34.5% |
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 WEST SIDE HIGH SCHOOL ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Arkansas |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 37.2% | #58 of 272 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 27.7% | #83 of 132 ▼ 18 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 37.3% | #76 of 280 ▼ 38 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 213 | #240 of 310 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 5.7:1 | #45 of 245 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 3.7% | #245 of 246 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 100% | #46 of 273 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +2.9% | #87 of 105 |
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
213
-23 (-10%) vs 2020
+12% since 1990-91, when it was 190
Student : Teacher
5.7:1
was 8.7:1
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 | 213 | 37.7 | 5.7:1 | 100% (213) |
| 2023-24 | 224 | 30.4 | 7.4:1 | 100% (224) |
| 2022-23 | 218 | 32.1 | 6.8:1 | 100% (218) |
| 2020-21 | 236 | 27 | 8.7:1 | 100% (236) |
| 2017-18 | 207 | 26 | 8.0:1 | 80% (165) |
| 2015-16 | 220 | 25 | 8.8:1 | 65% (143) |
| 2010-11 | 246 | 25 | 9.8:1 | 57% (141) |
| 2000-01 | 261 | 24 | 10.9:1 | 35% (91) |
| 1990-91 | 190 | 12 | 15.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for WEST SIDE HIGH SCHOOL.
About WEST SIDE HIGH SCHOOL
WEST SIDE HIGH SCHOOL is classified as a high school. It is located in GREERS FERRY, Arkansas. It educates 213 students in grades 7 through 12. The typical figure for high schools in Arkansas is about 510 students.
WEST SIDE SCHOOL DISTRICT (Cleburne) has 497 students spread across 2 schools.
At WEST SIDE HIGH SCHOOL, White students make up 98% of the student body. The chance that two students picked at random at WEST SIDE HIGH SCHOOL belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 4%.
WEST SIDE HIGH SCHOOL's 37.7 full-time-equivalent teachers put its ratio at 5.7:1. For comparison, high schools in Arkansas average 8.8:1. Eligibility for subsidized school meals is 100%. The rate at public schools in Cleburne County averages 59%, lower than here.
Measured against Arkansas public high schools, WEST SIDE HIGH SCHOOL receives an A. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, WEST SIDE HIGH SCHOOL falls in the middle 80% of Arkansas schools: 37.2% actual against 22.7% predicted.
WEST SIDE HIGH SCHOOL is located in Cleburne County, where median household income is about $55,798, roughly 18% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Federal data list 10 public schools in Cleburne County, with a combined enrollment of about 3,434.
Nearby, WEST SIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is less than a tenth of a mile away. Other public schools within ten miles number 6. On average proficiency, WEST SIDE HIGH SCHOOL is 6th of 9 nearby schools with test data.
The NCES locale for WEST SIDE HIGH SCHOOL is Rural: Distant, which covers schools in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
A comparison of 2020-21 and 2024-25 shows enrollment down 10%, from 236 to 213. The ratio of students to teachers went from 8.7:1 to 5.7:1 over the same years.
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Cleburne County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
25,226
Census ACS
Median income
$55,798
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
18%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
10
3,434 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in WEST SIDE SCHOOL DISTRICT (Cleburne)
- WEST SIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 284 students
Other schools in GREERS FERRY
- WEST SIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 284 students
Other West Side High schools
One other US public school is named West Side High. WEST SIDE HIGH SCHOOL is the 2nd largest of the 2.
- West Side High SchoolNewark, NJ · 541 students
Nearby schools
- WEST SIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.0 mi · 284
- HEBER SPRINGS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL9.2 mi · 743
- HEBER SPRINGS HIGH SCHOOL9.2 mi · 483
- HEBER SPRINGS MIDDLE SCHOOL9.3 mi · 391
- SHIRLEY HIGH SCHOOL9.7 mi · 110
- SHIRLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL9.8 mi · 169
Frequently asked questions
About WEST SIDE HIGH SCHOOLHow large is WEST SIDE HIGH SCHOOL?
WEST SIDE HIGH SCHOOL enrolls approximately 213 students in grades 07-12.
Is WEST SIDE HIGH SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
WEST SIDE HIGH SCHOOL is a high school covering grades 07-12.
How many teachers does WEST SIDE HIGH SCHOOL have?
WEST SIDE HIGH SCHOOL employs 38 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 5.7:1.
How diverse is WEST SIDE HIGH SCHOOL?
WEST SIDE HIGH SCHOOL reports a student body of 98% White, 2% Hispanic.
What district is WEST SIDE HIGH SCHOOL in?
WEST SIDE HIGH SCHOOL is part of WEST SIDE SCHOOL DISTRICT (Cleburne).
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