Summary:
In zip code 72034, there is one high school, Conway High School, which serves grades 10 through 12 and is part of the Conway School District, a district ranked 89th out of 251 in Arkansas.
Conway High School is a large school with 2,350 students and a student-teacher ratio of 17.2:1. The school shows a strong graduation rate of 91.4%, which is above both the district average of 89.4% and the state average of 90.1%. Its state ranking has been volatile, dropping from 53rd in 2023-2024 to 111th in 2024-2025, before rebounding to 56th in 2025-2026. The school’s spending per student is $10,803, and 41.02% of students qualify for free or reduced lunch, indicating a moderate level of economic diversity.
The most notable finding is a clear split in academic performance. In the 2025-2026 school year, Conway High School excels in humanities, with 48.2% proficiency in English Language Arts and 48.9% in Reading, both well above the state averages of 39.4% and 40.4%. However, the school struggles significantly in STEM subjects, with only 17.7% proficiency in Geometry (state: 26.4%) and 38.4% in Biology (state: 42.7%). This suggests a strong humanities program but a critical need for improvement in math and science. Encouragingly, the school has shown dramatic year-over-year improvement from 2024-2025 to 2025-2026, with ELA scores jumping 12.4 points and Reading scores rising 14.6 points, indicating that recent academic interventions may be working effectively.
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