KINGSTON HIGH SCHOOL

Set in KINGSTON, Arkansas, KINGSTON HIGH SCHOOL is an one-room-style senior high, one of the schools within JASPER SCHOOL DISTRICT. It teaches 92 students across grades 7 through 12. By comparison, Arkansas's public schools average about 510 students each, so KINGSTON HIGH SCHOOL sits 82% below that benchmark.

Across the 6 schools in JASPER SCHOOL DISTRICT (884 students total), KINGSTON HIGH SCHOOL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On the student-mix side, KINGSTON HIGH SCHOOL reports that the student body is overwhelmingly White (85%). The remainder breaks down as 7% multiracial, 4% Hispanic, 2% Native American, 2% Pacific Islander. That is meaningfully more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 70%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school lists 35 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 2.7:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 8.8:1 average. An estimated 97% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is north of Madison County's rate of about 73%.

After controlling for student poverty, KINGSTON HIGH SCHOOL ranks in the top 10% of Arkansas public schools. The BeatsExpectations model, a per-state regression of composite proficiency on FRL share, predicts schools with this student profile to land around 23.5%; KINGSTON HIGH SCHOOL posts 39.0%, +15.5 points above that line.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for Madison County put the typical household earns roughly $56,798 per year, 13% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. In all, Madison County runs 8 public schools (combined enrollment of about 2,501 students), of which KINGSTON HIGH SCHOOL is one.

The closest other public school is KINGSTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, roughly 0.0 miles away. On composite proficiency, KINGSTON HIGH SCHOOL comes 3rd of 7 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 34.3%.

The school occupies a low-density site.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at KINGSTON HIGH SCHOOL has edged down 22%, going from 118 students in 2018 to 92 in 2025. The White share of enrollment shrank from 93% to 85% over that span. Class-load math has pulled in: from 8.4:1 in 2018 to 2.7:1 in 2025.

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