Summary:
The Texarkana School District in Arkansas contains a single high school, Arkansas High School, which serves grades 9 through 12 and has a total enrollment of 1,092 students.
Arkansas High School is a 1-star school, ranking in the 20th percentile statewide for the 2025-2026 school year. The school reports a 100% free/reduced lunch rate, indicating that the entire student body comes from economically disadvantaged households. Despite a very low student-teacher ratio of 8.6:1 and a high spending per student of $15,794, academic proficiency rates are dramatically below state averages. For example, only 6.2% of students are proficient in Algebra compared to the state average of 36.9%, and just 25.8% are proficient in English Language Arts versus 39.4% statewide. The graduation rate is 89.1%, slightly below the state average of 90.1%.
The most striking finding is the disconnect between high resource allocation and low academic outcomes, suggesting that financial investments alone are not overcoming the challenges. A bright spot exists in 9th-grade Biology, where 61.9% of students are proficient, though this success does not carry over to 10th grade. The school's state ranking has also been on a steady decline, dropping from the 43rd percentile in 2023-2024 to the 20th percentile in 2025-2026, indicating that current interventions are not reversing the trend.
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