MONTICELLO HIGH SCHOOL

Located at 390 CLYDE ROSS, in MONTICELLO, Arkansas, MONTICELLO HIGH SCHOOL is a moderately sized secondary school that instructs 506 students (grades 9 through 12), run under MONTICELLO SCHOOL DISTRICT.

MONTICELLO SCHOOL DISTRICT comprises 4 schools with combined enrollment of 1,602 students; MONTICELLO HIGH SCHOOL is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, MONTICELLO HIGH SCHOOL records that the largest single group is White at 55%, but no single group is in the majority. Beyond that, the school lists 38% Black, 5% Hispanic. By comparison, Drew County as a whole is about 65% White, so the school skews meaningfully less White than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 46 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 10.9:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 8.8:1 average. Around 52% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is lower than Drew County's rate of about 79%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, MONTICELLO HIGH SCHOOL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 39.6%, the actual is 25.9%, a residual of -13.7 points.

Zooming out to the county, Drew County reports that median household income runs about $42,824, 26% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 16%. In all, Drew County runs 10 public schools (combined enrollment of about 2,874 students), of which MONTICELLO HIGH SCHOOL is one.

MONTICELLO INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. 7 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), MONTICELLO HIGH SCHOOL ranks 5th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 26.5%.

Geographically, the school is in a town-based area.

Five-year trend. MONTICELLO HIGH SCHOOL's enrollment has edged down 14% since 2018, when it stood at 588 (now 506).

In the discussion threads here, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around enrollment questions, classroom assignments, and PTA news. The community welcomes input from current and former families.