High · Arkansas
Acorn High School
Acorn High School, a public high school in Mena, Arkansas: grades 7–12, 281 students, 5.3 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of Ouachita River School District.
Size and class size
Compared with high schools of the same state and the whole country. Students per teacher counts every full-time-equivalent teacher, not the size of each class.
- Students
- 281
- Teachers (FTE)
- 53.0
- Students per teacher
- 5.3
- Grades
- 7–12
- High
Fewer students per teacher than 78% of high schools in Arkansas
Median 8.3 · 310 schools compared
Fewer students per teacher than 96% of high schools in the US
Median 14.4 · 20,809 schools compared
Smaller than 60% of high schools in Arkansas
Median 336 · 312 schools compared
Smaller than 61% of high schools in the US
Median 414 · 22,064 schools compared
State test results
Share of students scoring proficient or above on Arkansas's tests, grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year.
Reading and writing
Arkansas: 35%38%proficient
A higher share proficient than 82% of high schools in Arkansas
Median 28% · 141 high schools compared
78 students tested, grades 7, 8 · ATLAS; proficient means Levels 3-4
Math
Arkansas: 39%29%proficient
A lower share proficient than 59% of high schools in Arkansas
Median 33% · 139 high schools compared
69 students tested, grades 7, 8 · ATLAS; proficient means Levels 3-4
Each state sets its own test and its own bar for “proficient”, so results compare only within a state. Results also follow family income closely: a school's share reflects its students' circumstances as much as its teaching.
Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.
What it offers
- Grades
- High · Grades 7–12
- Type
- District school · Regular
- Instruction
- Some virtual classes
- Area
- Distant rural area
Which school a home is assigned to is decided by the district's attendance zones; check with Ouachita River School District.
Location
- Address
- 143 Polk Road 96, Mena, AR 71953
- Phone
- (479)394-5544
- City or town
- Acorn
- County
- Polk County
Nearby high schools
The closest public high schools by straight-line distance. Attendance zones are set by each district.
| School | Grades | Students | Students / teacher | Reading | Math |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ua Rich Mountain Technical CenterCareer and technical | 9–12 | 0 | — | — | — |
| 9–12 | 503 | 6.7 | — | — | |
| 9–12 | 401 | 8.8 | — | — | |
Cossatot River High SchoolFree meals for all | 7–12 | 388 | 8.9 | 17% | 25% |
Reading and Math: share of tested students proficient or above on the state's own tests (grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year). Compare only within a state.
Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.
Sources
- Public schools and school districts (National Center for Education Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau), 2024–25 school year. NCES Common Core of Data and EDGE public school geocodes; U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances and cartographic boundary files (places).
- State Assessment Data Repository (Education Data Center), 2024–25 school year. Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository v3.1.
Analisa does not rate schools. Figures are what a school has (students, teachers, programs), placed among schools of the same level; state test results are compared only within a state.
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