ARP H S

Located at 101 TONEY DR, in ARP, Texas, ARP H S is a micro-enrollment 9-12 campus that enrolls 308 students (grades 9 through 12), part of ARP ISD. That puts it 61% leaner than the typical public school in Texas, which averages around 796 students.

ARP H S is one of 3 schools operated by ARP ISD, a district that instructs 1,008 students overall.

On the student-mix side, ARP H S lists that White students make up the majority at 65%. Beyond that, the school logs 17% Hispanic, 13% Black, 4% multiracial. Compared to Smith County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 29 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 10.4:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 15.1:1 average. Roughly 45% of students at ARP H S qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Smith County (around 64%), the school's rate is meaningfully below typical.

With demographic context factored in, ARP H S performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 54.0%, the actual is 54.4%, a residual of +0.3 points.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Smith County indicate median household income runs about $74,192, 29% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. ARP H S is one of 65 public schools in Smith County (combined enrollment of about 37,385 students).

ARP J H is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. 2 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), ARP H S ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 46.2%.

Geographically, the school is in a low-density area.

Five-year trend. ARP H S's enrollment has increased 16% since 2018, when it stood at 266 (now 308). Over the same period, the Hispanic share grew from 12% to 17%.

In the discussion threads here, posts here usually surface around enrollment questions, classroom assignments, and PTA news. The community welcomes input from current and former families.