Best Public Schools in Paragould, AR

Summary:

The city of Paragould, Arkansas is home to 13 schools, including 7 elementary schools, 3 middle schools, 2 high schools, and 1 alternative school. These schools are spread across two school districts: the Paragould School District and the Greene County Technical School District.

Among the standout schools in the area are Greene City Technical High School, which has performed well on state assessments, and the Greene City Technical Elementary and Intermediate Schools, which have also shown strong academic performance. Additionally, Woodrow Wilson Elementary School in the Paragould School District has consistently outperformed the district and state averages on state assessments.

The data reveals significant disparities in academic performance between the schools, with some schools consistently outperforming others, even within the same district. The schools with the highest percentages of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, such as Paragould Primary School and Oak Grove Middle School, tend to have lower academic performance, highlighting the need to address the unique challenges faced by high-poverty schools. The data also suggests that district-level factors, such as leadership, policies, and resource allocation, may play a significant role in shaping school performance.

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				ATLAS English Language Arts (2025)									ATLAS Reading (2025)									ATLAS Mathematics (2025)							ATLAS Algebra (2025)			ATLAS Geometry (2025)			ATLAS Science (2025)							ATLAS Biology (2025)				Per Pupil Expenditures (2024)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	Rank Change from Previous Year	ATLAS English Language Arts 3rd Grade	ATLAS English Language Arts 4th Grade	ATLAS English Language Arts 5th Grade	ATLAS English Language Arts 6th Grade	ATLAS English Language Arts 7th Grade	ATLAS English Language Arts 8th Grade	ATLAS English Language Arts 9th Grade	ATLAS English Language Arts 10th Grade	ATLAS English Language Arts All Grades	ATLAS Reading 3rd Grade	ATLAS Reading 4th Grade	ATLAS Reading 5th Grade	ATLAS Reading 6th Grade	ATLAS Reading 7th Grade	ATLAS Reading 8th Grade	ATLAS Reading 9th Grade	ATLAS Reading 10th Grade	ATLAS Reading All Grades	ATLAS Mathematics 3rd Grade	ATLAS Mathematics 4th Grade	ATLAS Mathematics 5th Grade	ATLAS Mathematics 6th Grade	ATLAS Mathematics 7th Grade	ATLAS Mathematics 8th Grade	ATLAS Mathematics All Grades	ATLAS Algebra 8th Grade	ATLAS Algebra 9th Grade	ATLAS Algebra All Grades	ATLAS Geometry 9th Grade	ATLAS Geometry 10th Grade	ATLAS Geometry All Grades	ATLAS Science 3rd Grade	ATLAS Science 4th Grade	ATLAS Science 5th Grade	ATLAS Science 6th Grade	ATLAS Science 7th Grade	ATLAS Science 8th Grade	ATLAS Science All Grades	ATLAS Biology 9th Grade	ATLAS Biology 10th Grade	ATLAS Biology 11th Grade	ATLAS Biology All Grades	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Paragould Junior High	Public	7-8	1713 W. Court St.	Paragould	72450	Greene County	Paragould School District	No	No	No	No	(870) 240-2261	512	38	13.3	100.0%	372 (72.7%)	43 (8.4%)	37 (7.2%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	28 (5.5%)	30 (5.9%)	34.8	225^th of 324 public middle schools	30.6%		40.8	204^th of 335 public middle schools	39.1%	21					20.0	22.5			21.1					22.6	24.3			23.3					38.3	32.5	35.8	84.4		84.4								27.8	28.5	28.1					$10,775	$860	$9,915
Baldwin Elementary School	Public	2-4	612 W Mueller St	Paragould	72450	Greene County	Paragould School District	No	No	No	Yes	(870) 240-2211	221	14	15.6	100.0%	164 (74.2%)	19 (8.6%)	14 (6.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (4.1%)	15 (6.8%)	48	270^th of 495 public elementary schools	45.5%		37	335^th of 497 public elementary schools	32.6%	65	30.8	29.4							30.2	32.1	30.9							31.6	41.9	39.7					41.0							44.4	38.2					41.6					$13,081	$2,332	$10,749
Woodrow Wilson Elementary School	Public	2-4	900 W. Emerson St.	Paragould	72450	Greene County	Paragould School District	No	No	No	Yes	(870) 240-2231	233	15	15.8	100.0%	151 (64.8%)	17 (7.3%)	23 (9.9%)	2 (0.9%)	1 (0.4%)	22 (9.4%)	17 (7.3%)	66.1	158^th of 495 public elementary schools	68.1%		55.2	230^th of 497 public elementary schools	53.7%	72	45.1	46.2							45.6	44.5	49.2							46.8	33.3	41.8					37.4							46.5	41.8					44.2					$12,158	$1,401	$10,758
Paragould High School	Public	9-12	1701 W. Court St.	Paragould	72450	Greene County	Paragould School District	No	No	No	No	(870) 240-2271	881	92	9.5	100.0%	629 (71.4%)	64 (7.3%)	97 (11.0%)	7 (0.8%)	2 (0.2%)	41 (4.7%)	41 (4.7%)	37.7	190^th of 291 public high schools	34.7%		31.4	225^th of 305 public high schools	26.2%	35							29.5	23.4	26.6							31.6	26.3	29.1									12.6	12.2	60.0	5.1	15.4								84.1	15.7	6.3	29.1	$12,908	$574	$12,334
Oak Grove Middle School	Public	5-6	5097 Hwy. 135 N.	Paragould	72450	Greene County	Paragould School District	No	No	No	Yes	(870) 240-2241	447	24	18.6	100.0%	332 (74.3%)	28 (6.3%)	35 (7.8%)	3 (0.7%)	1 (0.2%)	22 (4.9%)	26 (5.8%)								(n/a)			30.0	17.4					23.6			30.9	19.2					24.9			30.0	41.6			35.8									33.2	25.0			29.1					$9,804	$1,101	$8,703
Oak Grove Elementary School	Public	2-4	5027 Hwy 135 North	Paragould	72450	Greene County	Paragould School District	No	No	No	Yes	(870) 240-2221	270	14	18.7	100.0%	230 (85.2%)	14 (5.2%)	10 (3.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.7%)	14 (5.2%)	60.9	192^nd of 495 public elementary schools	61.2%		38.3	327^th of 497 public elementary schools	34.2%	135	45.6	34.2							40.3	44.6	34.2							39.7	38.1	39.2					38.6							45.7	48.1					46.8					$12,351	$1,366	$10,985
Paragould Primary School	Public	PK, KG-1	1600 Country Club Road	Paragould	72450	Greene County	Paragould School District	No	No	No	Yes	(870) 240-2201	602	31	19.3	100.0%	451 (74.9%)	47 (7.8%)	32 (5.3%)	1 (0.2%)	7 (1.2%)	27 (4.5%)	37 (6.1%)								(n/a)																																											$15,934	$2,333	$13,601
Greene City Technical Elementary School	Public	K-6	5203 West Kingshighway	Paragould	72450	Greene County	Greene County Technical School District	No	No	No	Yes	(870) 215-4430	501	28	17.6	53.9%	451 (90.0%)	15 (3.0%)	20 (4.0%)	4 (0.8%)	3 (0.6%)	2 (0.4%)	6 (1.2%)	80	85^th of 495 public elementary schools	82.8%		38.1	329^th of 497 public elementary schools	33.8%	244	48.0								47.9	45.7								45.5	50.8						50.6							51.6						51.4					$11,350	$1,628	$9,722
Greene City Technical Primary School	Public	PK, KG-2	1300 South Rockingchair Road	Paragould	72450	Greene County	Greene County Technical School District	No	No	No	Yes	(870) 236-6439	710	45	15.9	58.2%	653 (92.0%)	17 (2.4%)	17 (2.4%)	2 (0.3%)	4 (0.6%)	3 (0.4%)	14 (2.0%)								(n/a)																																											$16,865	$1,647	$15,218
Greene City Technical High School	Public	9-12	4601 Linwood Drive	Paragould	72450	Greene County	Greene County Technical School District	No	No	No	No	(870) 215-4460	760	80	9.5	40.9%	693 (91.2%)	20 (2.6%)	26 (3.4%)	6 (0.8%)	4 (0.5%)	10 (1.3%)	1 (0.1%)	47.2	150^th of 291 public high schools	48.5%		35.2	206^th of 305 public high schools	32.5%	56								28.8	28.8								34.0	34.0												13.2	13.3									30.9		30.9	$11,909	$579	$11,330
Greene City Technical Middle School	Public	6-12	5207 West Kingshighway	Paragould	72450	Greene County	Greene County Technical School District	No	No	No	Yes	(870) 215-4480	557	31	18.0	52.8%	500 (89.8%)	19 (3.4%)	19 (3.4%)	4 (0.7%)	3 (0.5%)	9 (1.6%)	3 (0.5%)	59.1	121^st of 324 public middle schools	62.7%		61.6	98^th of 335 public middle schools	70.7%	23				38.9	26.0				32.7				40.7	27.2				34.1				52.1	46.0		49.1										39.3	36.2		37.7					$10,717	$694	$10,022
Greene City Technical Junior High School	Public	6-9	5201 West Kingshighway	Paragould	72450	Greene County	Greene County Technical School District	No	No	No	No	(870) 215-4450	521	39	13.3	44.1%	470 (90.2%)	12 (2.3%)	28 (5.4%)	4 (0.8%)	1 (0.2%)	3 (0.6%)	3 (0.6%)	76.4	50^th of 324 public middle schools	84.6%		47.8	168^th of 335 public middle schools	49.9%	118						35.2	35.9		35.5						39.6	37.1		38.3						62.0	61.6	94.8	32.4	46.2	76.0		76.0						51.6	51.4					$11,226	$525	$10,701
Greene City Technical Intermediate School	Public	4-5	5205 West Kingshighway	Paragould	72450	Greene County	Greene County Technical School District	No	No	No	Yes	(870) 215-4440	501	30	16.8	53.5%	452 (90.2%)	13 (2.6%)	13 (2.6%)	7 (1.4%)	2 (0.4%)	5 (1.0%)	9 (1.8%)	57.5	216^th of 495 public elementary schools	56.4%		61.3	199^th of 497 public elementary schools	60.0%	17		33.5	42.6						38.2		33.9	43.8						39.0		45.1	46.6				45.8								37.2	32.3				34.7					$11,205	$1,239	$9,967

Cities Near Paragould

City	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Brookland	10.83 mi	5	94^th
Marmaduke	11.16 mi	2	134^th
Monette	14.42 mi	1	110^th
Leachville	16.47 mi	1	49^th
Jonesboro	16.61 mi	26	158^th

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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Arkansas Division of Elementary and Secondary Education.

IMPORTANT DISCLAIMERS: Not all boundaries are included. We make every effort to ensure that boundaries are up-to-date. But it's important to note that these are approximations and are for general informational purposes only. To verify legal descriptions of boundaries or school locations, contact your local tax assessor's office and/or school district.