Best High Schools in Arkansas

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Year after year, SchoolDigger is always the first to publish Arkansas test scores and rankings. Other sites use stale test score data that are several years old! Be in the know with the very latest performance metrics.

The list is updated annually upon the release of the ATLAS test scores by the Arkansas Division of Elementary and Secondary Education. The most recent update was on Wednesday, October 16, 2024.

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School															Students/Teachers											Per Pupil Expenditures (2019)							Ranking (2024 vs 2023)
ID	Rank (of 305)	School	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Disc Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Per Pupil Expenditures: Total	Personnel from Federal Funds	Non-Personnel from Federal Funds	Total from Federal Funds	Personnel from State and Local Funds	Non-Personnel from State and Local Funds	Total from State and Local Funds	Average Standard Score (2024)	Average Standard Score (2023)	Rank (2023)	Rank Change from 2023	SchoolDigger Rating (2024)
050784001662	301	Creative Action Team School	Public, Alternative	K-12	513 Henry C Yerger St	Hope	71801	Hempstead County	Hope School District	No	No	No	No	(870) 722-2700	54	17	3.2	100.0%	7 (13.0%)	28 (51.9%)	19 (35.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$22,043			$415			$21,628	7.3	2.9	291	10
050951000694	302	Marvell-Elaine High School	Public	7-12	1018b Hwy 49	Marvell	72366	Phillips County	Marvell-Elaine School District	No	No	No	Yes	(870) 829-1351	127	21	6	100.0%	8 (6.3%)	113 (89.0%)	5 (3.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.8%)	$15,276			$3,194			$12,082	6.9	4.6	287	15
050039001561	303	Arkansas Consolidated High School-Alexander	Public	6-12	700 S Main St	Little Rock	72203	Pulaski County	Division Of Youth Services School System	No	No	No	No	(501) 682-1711	104	13	8.1	97.1%	52 (50.0%)	49 (47.1%)	1 (1.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (1.0%)	1 (1.0%)								5.5	2.4	293	10
050039001575	304	Arkansas Consolidated High School-Harrisburg	Public	7-12	1800 Pine Grove Ln	Harrisburg	72432	Poinsett County	Division Of Youth Services School System	No	No	No	No	(870) 578-5886	16	5	3.5	81.3%	6 (37.5%)	10 (62.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)								5.3	19.3	257	47
050040801579	305	Premier High School Of Little Rock	Public, Charter	9-12	1621 Dr Martin Luther King Dr	Little Rock	72206	Pulaski County	Premier High Schools Of Arkansas	Yes	No	No	Yes	(501) 400-4873	82	12	6.8	100.0%	1 (1.2%)	80 (97.6%)	1 (1.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$9,696			$1,389			$8,307	4.8	2.5	292	13

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About our rankings:

Schooldigger calculates school rankings based on ATLAS English Language Arts, ATLAS Reading, ATLAS Algebra, ATLAS Geometry, ATLAS Biology test scores released by the Arkansas Division of Elementary and Secondary Education.
These rankings were last updated on October 16, 2024, and are based on the most recent test scores available. We update rankings as we receive new test scores from the Arkansas Division of Elementary and Secondary Education, usually on a yearly basis.
Our sources of data include the National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education and the Arkansas Division of Elementary and Secondary Education.
For more information about our ranking process, please see our Ranking FAQ. Details about our methodology are here.

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