Summary:
The 71860 zip code has only one public high school, Lafayette County High School, which serves grades 7-12 and has a total enrollment of 236 students. The school is part of the Lafayette County School District, which is ranked 249 out of 250 districts in Arkansas and has a 0-star rating from SchoolDigger.
Lafayette County High School is facing significant challenges in providing a high-quality education to its students. The school's test scores are consistently and significantly below the state averages across all subject areas and grade levels, with only 5.8% of 10th-grade students proficient or better in English Language Arts, compared to the state average of 34.2%. The school also has very low proficiency rates in math and science, with 0% proficiency in Algebra and Geometry, and only 5% proficiency in Science across all grades.
Despite the school's relatively low student-teacher ratio of 4.8 to 1, which is typically considered a positive factor for student learning and support, and its higher-than-average spending per student of $13,752, the academic outcomes remain very poor. This suggests that the school is facing systemic issues that go beyond just resource allocation, such as challenges related to the high percentage of students (91.53%) receiving free or reduced-price lunch, which indicates significant economic disadvantages within the student population.
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