WOODLAWN HIGH SCHOOL
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Test scores
ATLAS 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3+4)What this means: On the ATLAS, Arkansas's statewide test, about 25 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 30 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 9 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 19 points.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 31% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 40% 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%.
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SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About WOODLAWN HIGH SCHOOL
WOODLAWN HIGH SCHOOL is a modestly sized high school in RISON, Arkansas, one of the schools within WOODLAWN SCHOOL DISTRICT. The school instructs 261 students in grades 7 through 12. By comparison, Arkansas's public schools average about 510 students each, so WOODLAWN HIGH SCHOOL sits 49% smaller than that benchmark.
Within WOODLAWN SCHOOL DISTRICT, which oversees 2 schools and 550 students, WOODLAWN HIGH SCHOOL is one campus in the system.
Looking at the student body, WOODLAWN HIGH SCHOOL records that the student body is overwhelmingly White (92%). The remainder comes out to 4% Hispanic, 2% multiracial. By comparison, Cleveland County as a whole is about 84% White, so the school skews meaningfully more White than its surroundings.
In terms of school funding signals, WOODLAWN HIGH SCHOOL reports 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 10.9:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 8.8:1 average. An estimated 52% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Cleveland County (around 64%), the school's rate is somewhat below typical.
On a demographically-adjusted basis, WOODLAWN HIGH SCHOOL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 40.5% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 31.2%.
In the surrounding community, census data for Cleveland County shows median household earnings sit near $54,794, roughly 20% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. WOODLAWN HIGH SCHOOL is one of 4 public schools in Cleveland County (combined enrollment of about 1,291 students).
Nearest neighbor: WOODLAWN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, around 0.0 miles off. Within ten miles, there are 3 other public schools, a sparser pattern than typical urban areas. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), WOODLAWN HIGH SCHOOL ranks 4th on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 30.7%.
The school occupies a low-density site.
Looking at the recent track record. WOODLAWN HIGH SCHOOL's enrollment has changed only slightly since 2018, when it stood at 263 (now 261). Class-load math has tightened: from 12.1:1 in 2018 to 10.9:1 in 2025.
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