Summary:
Hamburg School District is home to one high school, Hamburg High School, which serves grades 9 through 12 with 508 students in a community where 63.58% of students are eligible for free or reduced lunch, indicating a high level of economic disadvantage.
Hamburg High School shows a clear upward trend in academic proficiency from the 2024-2025 to the 2025-2026 school year, with improvements in nearly every subject. The school's standout strength is in 9th-grade Biology, where 86.7% of students are proficient, well above the state average of 72.2%. However, the school faces a significant challenge in Algebra, with only 17.3% of all students proficient compared to the state average of 36.9%. The school ranks 202 out of 293 high schools in Arkansas for the 2025-2026 school year (31st percentile, 2 stars), an improvement from the previous year's rank of 231 (21st percentile, 1 star). The graduation rate is strong at 93.5%, above the state average of 90.1%, and the dropout rate is very low at 0.9%.
A key finding is the stark contrast between subjects: while 9th graders excel in Biology (86.7% proficient) and Geometry (69.3% proficient), overall Algebra proficiency is critically low. This suggests a specific instructional weakness in Algebra or that students taking Algebra in 9th grade face greater challenges. The school has favorable resources, including a student-teacher ratio of 11.3:1 and per-student spending of $13,590, yet academic proficiency remains below state averages in every subject. Despite this, the positive momentum—with proficiency rates improving dramatically from the previous year—combined with a high graduation rate and low dropout rate, indicates the school is effectively keeping students in school and making meaningful academic progress.
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