Summary:
Marked Tree, Arkansas is served by a single high school, Marked Tree High School, which enrolls 228 students in grades 7 through 12 as part of the Marked Tree School District.
Marked Tree High School shows a promising upward trend, improving its state ranking from the 27th percentile to the 47th percentile over the last three years. However, the school presents a mixed picture of performance. A standout strength is its 9th-grade cohort, which significantly outperforms the state average in English Language Arts (52.8% proficient vs. 38% state) and Reading (58.3% proficient vs. 40.6% state). In contrast, 7th and 8th graders lag far behind, with only 14.3% of 7th graders proficient in ELA. The school also faces a severe challenge in mathematics, where overall proficiency is just 17.3%, less than half the state average of 44.1%. Geometry is particularly difficult, with only 10% of students proficient.
Despite spending a high $16,500 per student and maintaining a low student-teacher ratio of 10.3:1, overall proficiency in core subjects remains below state averages. The school serves a high-poverty population, with 72.37% of students eligible for free or reduced lunch. Its graduation rate of 89.4% is slightly below the state average of 90.1%, while the dropout rate is very low at 0.8%. The strong performance of 9th graders offers a potential model for improvement, but the significant gaps in middle school grades and math achievement indicate that the school has a long way to go to ensure consistent success across all grade levels.
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