Summary:
In zip code 72006, there is one high school, Augusta High School, which serves grades 7 through 12 in the rural community of Augusta, Arkansas, with a total enrollment of 145 students.
Augusta High School is a school of contrasts, showing both promising improvement and significant challenges. The school has made a notable climb in its state ranking, moving from the 7th percentile in 2024-2025 to the 15th percentile in 2025-2026, earning a 1-star rating. However, its academic proficiency remains well below state averages, with only 25.3% of students proficient in English Language Arts (compared to the state's 39.4%) and just 15.4% proficient in Algebra (versus 36.9% statewide). A unique feature is the school's exceptionally low student-to-teacher ratio of 3.2:1 and high per-student spending of $16,541, resources that typically correlate with higher performance but here highlight the profound socioeconomic challenges faced by the student body, where 100% of students are eligible for free or reduced lunch.
Despite low test scores, the school's graduation rate of 86.9% is relatively close to the state average of 90.1%, suggesting the school successfully keeps students on track to graduate. The data also reveals interesting grade-level dynamics: 7th graders perform relatively well, with reading proficiency at 42.8% (near the state average), while 10th graders struggle significantly, with only 8.4% proficient in ELA. This inconsistency, combined with dramatic year-over-year swings in test scores (e.g., ELA proficiency more than doubling from 10.9% to 25.3%), indicates that the small student population makes performance highly sensitive to individual cohorts. The Augusta School District ranks 217th out of 251 districts in Arkansas, placing it in the 14th percentile, underscoring the systemic challenges the school faces.
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