MARSHALL HIGH SCHOOL

MARSHALL HIGH SCHOOL is a 9-12 campus of tight-knit scale in MARSHALL, Arkansas, run under SEARCY COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT, serveing 353 students in grades 7 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 31% leaner than the state mean of about 510.

MARSHALL HIGH SCHOOL is one of 3 schools operated by SEARCY COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT, a district that hosts 807 students overall.

Demographically, MARSHALL HIGH SCHOOL shows that the student body is overwhelmingly White (95%). Other groups include 3% multiracial.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 68 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 5.2:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 8.8:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 99% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, MARSHALL HIGH SCHOOL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 22.6%, the actual is 34.3%, a residual of +11.6 points.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Searcy County indicate the typical household earns roughly $44,426 per year, 15% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 14%. MARSHALL HIGH SCHOOL is one of 7 public schools in Searcy County (combined enrollment of about 896 students).

MARSHALL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.4 miles from this campus. Within ten miles, there are 2 other public schools, a sparser pattern than typical urban areas. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), MARSHALL HIGH SCHOOL ranks 5th on composite proficiency, above the local average of 33.8%.

Geographically, the school is in a rural area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at MARSHALL HIGH SCHOOL has ticked down 8%, going from 383 students in 2018 to 353 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 10.1:1 in 2018 to 5.2:1 today.

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