Summary:
The Horatio School District in Arkansas is served by a single high school, Horatio High School, which educates 335 students in grades 7 through 12 and operates with a very low student-teacher ratio of 6.5 to 1, offering a highly personalized learning environment in a community where 83.28% of students qualify for free or reduced lunch.
Horatio High School shows a mixed but promising profile. The school has demonstrated remarkable year-over-year improvement, with proficiency rates jumping roughly 12 percentage points across all core subjects from the 2024-2025 to the 2025-2026 school year—English Language Arts rose from 24% to 36.4%, Math from 25.2% to 37.6%, and Science from 25.6% to 36.4%. Despite this progress, the school still trails state averages in these areas (39.4%, 44.1%, and 44.0% respectively). However, it outperforms the state in Algebra (43.1% vs. 36.9%) and Biology (43.2% vs. 42.7%), while Geometry remains a significant weakness at just 19.6% proficiency compared to the state's 26.4%. The school's state ranking has stabilized at the 60th percentile (3 stars) for 2025-2026, after a dip from a 70th percentile (4-star) ranking in 2023-2024.
Key statistics include a very low dropout rate of 0.6% for 2024-2025, though the most recent graduation rate is from 2019-2020 at 83.6%, which is below the current state average of 90.1%. The school spends $13,942 per student. The high poverty rate presents a significant challenge, but the school's strong recent test score gains and low dropout rate suggest effective interventions are overcoming these socioeconomic barriers. The inconsistency in math performance—excelling in Algebra but struggling in Geometry—points to potential curriculum or instructional gaps that may need targeted attention.
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