Summary:
The four public schools in zip code 71671 serve the Warren School District in Warren, Arkansas, educating approximately 1,440 students across one high school, one middle school, and two elementary schools, with the district ranking in the 27th percentile statewide.
Warren Middle School is the district's strongest performer, ranking in the 49th percentile with a 2-star rating and exceeding the state average in mathematics proficiency (47% vs. 44.1%). Its Algebra proficiency rate of 61.6% dramatically outpaces both the district (29.9%) and state (36.9%) averages. Thomas C Brunson Elementary School also earns a 2-star rating and consistently outperforms district averages, with 5th-grade mathematics proficiency reaching 51.8%, above the state average of 45%. In contrast, Warren High School faces significant challenges, with its ranking dropping from the 37th to the 16th percentile over two years and alarmingly low proficiency in Geometry (8.8%) and Biology (11.8%). Warren Elementary School ranks in the 15th percentile with a 1-star rating, indicating early-grade struggles.
A key finding is that higher spending does not guarantee better results: Warren High School spends the most per student ($17,289) and has the smallest class sizes (10.3:1), yet posts the lowest test scores. Meanwhile, Thomas C Brunson Elementary has the highest student-teacher ratio (17.5:1) but outperforms the high school in nearly every subject. The data also reveals a "middle school bump," where Warren Middle School's proficiency rates are significantly higher than both the elementary schools feeding into it and the high school it feeds into, suggesting an effective instructional model at that level. However, this progress is not sustained into high school, where proficiency drops sharply in advanced math and science courses, pointing to a critical transition problem that the district may need to address.
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