High · Arkansas
Central High School
Free meals for allCentral High School, a public high school in West Helena, Arkansas: grades 7–12, 439 students, 7.8 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of Helena West Helena 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
- 439
- Teachers (FTE)
- 56.1
- Students per teacher
- 7.8
- Grades
- 7–12
- High
Fewer students per teacher than 53% of high schools in Arkansas
Median 8.3 · 310 schools compared
Fewer students per teacher than 91% of high schools in the US
Median 14.4 · 20,809 schools compared
Larger than 63% of high schools in Arkansas
Median 336 · 312 schools compared
Larger than 52% 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%15%proficient
A lower share proficient than 87% of high schools in Arkansas
Median 28% · 141 high schools compared
140 students tested, grades 7, 8 · ATLAS; proficient means Levels 3-4
Math
Arkansas: 39%15%proficient
A lower share proficient than 86% of high schools in Arkansas
Median 33% · 139 high schools compared
140 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
- Meals
- Free breakfast and lunch for every student
- Area
- Remote town
Which school a home is assigned to is decided by the district's attendance zones; check with Helena West Helena School District.
Location
- Address
- 103 School Road, West Helena, AR 72390
- Phone
- (870)572-6744
- City or town
- Helena-West Helena
- County
- Phillips 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
KIPP:Delta Collegiate High SchoolCharterFree meals for all | 9–12 | 181 | 3.5 |
Barton High SchoolFree meals for all | 7–12 | 322 | 11.6 |
Marvell-Elaine High SchoolFree meals for all | 7–12 | 99 | 8.7 |
Rosa Fort HighFree meals for all | 9–13 | 438 | 9.8 |
Tcs Alternative SchoolAlternative | 6–12 | 0 | — |
David Williams Jr Career &Tech CntCareer and technical | 9–12 | 0 | — |
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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