Summary:
The Arkadelphia School District is served by a single high school, Arkadelphia High School, which enrolls 534 students in grades 9 through 12 and has shown notable improvement in its state ranking over the past two years.
Arkadelphia High School has a standout strength in Biology, where 45% of all students were proficient in the 2025-2026 school year, exceeding the state average of 42.7%. This marks a dramatic 16.1 percentage point increase from the previous year. The school also benefits from an exceptionally low student-teacher ratio of 7.5:1, which suggests students receive more individualized attention. However, the school faces significant challenges in mathematics, with Algebra proficiency at 20.3% and Geometry at 20.2%, both well below state averages. Most concerning is 10th-grade Geometry, where only 5% of students are proficient compared to the state average of 16.5%. The graduation rate of 79.8% also lags behind the state average of 90.1%, despite per-student spending of $12,844.
Encouragingly, the school is showing strong positive momentum across multiple subjects. Between the 2024-2025 and 2025-2026 school years, English Language Arts proficiency rose from 32.6% to 39.4%, and Algebra improved from 15.7% to 20.3%. This upward trend is reflected in the district's ranking, which improved from the 42nd percentile (2-star rating) to the 55th percentile (3-star rating) in just one year. A notable pattern is that 9th graders consistently outperform 10th graders relative to state averages, particularly in Geometry (55.6% vs. 5% proficiency), suggesting the school effectively prepares incoming students but may need to focus on maintaining academic momentum through the 10th grade. With 47.38% of students economically disadvantaged, targeted interventions in math and for at-risk students could help translate the school's low student-teacher ratio and increased spending into stronger overall outcomes.
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