Enrollment
141
High
DISTRICT 149 · STATE 510
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WESTERN YELL COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 050004101315
WESTERN YELL COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL
1 WOLVERINE DRIVE, BELLEVILLE, AR 72824 · (479) 476-4200 · Yell County
GRADES 07–12HIGH43-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL141 STUDENTS
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Scored higher than 31% of Arkansas public high schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats 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
4.5:1
31 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 7.7:1 · STATE 8.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
98%
138 students
DISTRICT 98% · 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 | 17 | 12% |
| Grade 8 | 21 | 15% |
| Grade 9 | 21 | 15% |
| Grade 10 | 30 | 21% |
| Grade 11 | 23 | 16% |
| Grade 12 | 29 | 21% |
Student demographics
43%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 38% · 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
Based on grade levels within WESTERN YELL COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
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ATLAS 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3+4)English Language Arts
18.2%
AR avg 34.9% . -0.3pp since 2023
Math
23.5%
AR avg 38.9% . +4.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the ATLAS, Arkansas's statewide test, about 18 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 24 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Arkansas schools, those numbers are about 35 and 39. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2023, while math scores are up about 4 points.
ATLAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 18.2% | 23.5% |
| 2023-24 | 18.5% | 19.5% |
% 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
19.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
23.4%
based on AR schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-4.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 20% 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 WESTERN YELL COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL
WESTERN YELL COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL's state test result (19.5% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| WESTERN YELL COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL this school | 141 | 97.9% | 19.5% |
| JESSIEVILLE HIGH SCHOOL JESSIEVILLE | 255 | 98.8% | 31.9% |
| CEDARVILLE HIGH SCHOOL CEDARVILLE | 250 | 98.8% | 29.2% |
| FUTURE SCHOOL OF FORT SMITH FORT SMITH | 235 | 100.0% | 19.2% |
| HERMITAGE HIGH SCHOOL HERMITAGE | 208 | 100.0% | 24.8% |
| MOUNTAINBURG HIGH SCHOOL MOUNTAINBURG | 185 | 97.3% | 22.0% |
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 WESTERN YELL COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Arkansas |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 19.5% | #225 of 272 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 23.5% | #98 of 132 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 18.2% | #245 of 280 ▼ 7 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 141 | #272 of 310 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 97.9% | #74 of 273 |
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
141
-49 (-26%) vs 2020
-19% since 1990-91, when it was 174
Student : Teacher
4.5:1
was 6.8:1
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 | 141 | 31.2 | 4.5:1 | 98% (138) |
| 2023-24 | 151 | 21 | 7.2:1 | 91% (137) |
| 2022-23 | 142 | 41.6 | 3.4:1 | 89% (126) |
| 2020-21 | 190 | 28 | 6.8:1 | 90% (171) |
| 2017-18 | 182 | 19.6 | 9.3:1 | 59% (108) |
| 2015-16 | 195 | 21 | 9.3:1 | 77% (150) |
| 2010-11 | 243 | 23 | 10.6:1 | 74% (180) |
| 2000-01 | 181 | 25 | 7.2:1 | 42% (76) |
| 1990-91 | 174 | 15 | 11.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for WESTERN YELL COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL.
About WESTERN YELL COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL
WESTERN YELL COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL is a small high school in BELLEVILLE, Arkansas, one of the schools in WESTERN YELL COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT. It enrolled 141 students in grades 7 through 12 for the 2024-25 school year. Statewide, high schools in Arkansas average about 510 students each.
WESTERN YELL COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL belongs to WESTERN YELL COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT, a district of 2 schools and 298 students.
A majority of students at WESTERN YELL COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL, 73%, are White. The rest of enrollment is 18% Hispanic, 4% multiracial, and 2% Asian. The chance that two students picked at random at WESTERN YELL COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 43%.
WESTERN YELL COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL counts 31.2 full-time-equivalent teachers, about 4.5 students for each one. Among high schools in Arkansas, the typical ratio is 8.8:1. About 98% of enrolled students meet the income rules for free or reduced-price lunch. Among public schools in Yell County, the average eligibility rate is 79%.
Measured against Arkansas public high schools, WESTERN YELL COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL receives a C. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, WESTERN YELL COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL would score about 23.4%. It scores 19.5%, 4.0 points below that figure.
Census Bureau estimates for Yell County show that median household income is about $55,934, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 15% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 11%. WESTERN YELL COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL is one of 12 public schools in Yell County, which together enroll about 3,945 students.
Of nearby public schools, WESTERN YELL COUNTY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the closest, at about 4.6 miles. The count of other public schools within ten miles is 5. Its average proficiency rate of 19.5% is below the 33.8% average for nearby schools.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is Rural: Remote.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, WESTERN YELL COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL went from 190 students to 141. The ratio was 6.8:1 in 2020-21 and 4.5:1 in 2024-25.
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Yell County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
20,134
Census ACS
Median income
$55,934
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
15%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
12
3,945 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in WESTERN YELL COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT
- WESTERN YELL COUNTY ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 157 students
Other schools in BELLEVILLE
- WESTERN YELL COUNTY ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 157 students
Nearby schools
- WESTERN YELL COUNTY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL4.6 mi · 157
- DANVILLE LOWER MIDDLE SCHOOL8.5 mi · 118
- DANVILLE UPPER MIDDLE SCHOOL8.5 mi · 126
- DANVILLE HIGH SCHOOL8.5 mi · 252
- S.C. TUCKER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL8.5 mi · 328
- TWO RIVERS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL15.7 mi · 294
Frequently asked questions
About WESTERN YELL COUNTY HIGH SCHOOLHow many students attend WESTERN YELL COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL?
WESTERN YELL COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL enrolls approximately 141 students in grades 07-12.
What age range does WESTERN YELL COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL serve?
WESTERN YELL COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL serves students from grade 07 through grade 12.
How many teachers does WESTERN YELL COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL have?
WESTERN YELL COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL employs 31 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 4.5:1.
What is the student diversity at WESTERN YELL COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL?
Student demographics at WESTERN YELL COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL are roughly 73% White, 18% Hispanic, 1% Black, 2% Asian, 4% Two or more.
What district is WESTERN YELL COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL in?
WESTERN YELL COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL is part of WESTERN YELL COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT.
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