YERGER JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL

YERGER JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL, a modestly sized intermediate school in HOPE, Arkansas, operated by HOPE SCHOOL DISTRICT, caters to 188 students, covering grades 7 through 8. By comparison, Arkansas's public schools average about 464 students each, so YERGER JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL sits 59% leaner than that benchmark.

HOPE SCHOOL DISTRICT runs 6 schools in total, collectively educating 2,212 students. YERGER JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL is one of those campuses.

On demographics, YERGER JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL shows that the most-represented group is Black (51%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Other groups include 27% Hispanic, 18% White, 4% multiracial. That is meaningfully more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 29%.

In terms of school funding signals, The school lists 16 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 11.6:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.9:1, putting YERGER JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL tighter than the state norm the norm. About 100% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is north of Hempstead County's rate of about 90%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), YERGER JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 22.3%; this one delivers 9.3%.

In the surrounding community, Hempstead County reports that the typical household earns roughly $46,787 per year, about 16% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 15%. Across Hempstead County's 11 public schools (combined enrollment of about 3,212 students), YERGER JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: CREATIVE ACTION TEAM SCHOOL, around 0.1 miles off. Within five miles, there are 5 other public schools. On composite proficiency, YERGER JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL comes 6th of 8 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 19.5%.

The school occupies a town-based site.

Over the past 7-year window. YERGER JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL's enrollment has decreased 15% since 2018, when it stood at 221 (now 188). Hispanic enrollment moved from 38% to 27% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio loosened from 10.4:1 in 2018 to 11.6:1 today.

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