Summary:
The city of Lead Hill, Arkansas is home to two schools - Lead Hill High School and Lead Hill Elementary School, both part of the Lead Hill School District. While the high school has seen a decline in its statewide ranking in recent years, both schools face significant challenges, including very high free/reduced lunch rates and low academic proficiency, particularly in math and reading.
Lead Hill High School has dropped from 161 out of 282 Arkansas high schools in 2021-2022 to 236 out of 305 in 2023-2024, indicating a downward trend in performance. Both Lead Hill High School and Lead Hill Elementary School have extremely high free/reduced lunch rates, at 98.42% and 98.4% respectively, suggesting they serve a predominantly low-income student population.
Academically, Lead Hill Elementary School has seen relatively low proficiency rates on standardized tests, with only 22% of students proficient in reading and 31% in math, well below the Arkansas state averages. Lead Hill High School also struggles with proficiency, with rates ranging from 0% to 31.6% across math, algebra, and geometry. These challenges suggest systemic issues within the Lead Hill School District that need to be addressed to improve student outcomes.
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