Best Public Schools in Junction City, AR

The city of Junction City, Arkansas is home to two schools - Junction City Elementary School and Junction City High School, both part of the Junction City School District. The data reveals that these schools are consistently underperforming compared to state averages, with low proficiency rates across multiple subjects and grade levels.

Junction City Elementary School is ranked 352 out of 497 Arkansas elementary schools and has a 1-star rating from SchoolDigger. The school's proficiency rates range from 14.3% to 51.1%, with the highest being in 4th grade Science. The school has a high free/reduced lunch rate of 70.05%, indicating a high-need student population, and spends $11,178 per student, which is below the state average. The student-teacher ratio of 14.5 is slightly higher than the state average.

Junction City High School is ranked 227 out of 305 Arkansas high schools and also has a 1-star rating from SchoolDigger. The high school's proficiency rates range from 0% to 64%, with the highest being in 8th grade English. The school has a high free/reduced lunch rate of 67.92% and spends $14,632 per student, which is above the state average. However, the school maintains a remarkably low student-teacher ratio of 7.7, significantly lower than the state average.