Summary:
In zip code 72086, there is one high school, Lonoke High School, which serves grades 9 through 12 in the Lonoke School District and has a total enrollment of 484 students.
Lonoke High School shows a mixed academic profile with notable strengths and challenges. The school’s most impressive performance is in Biology, where 50.5% of students are proficient, significantly outpacing the state average of 42.7%. However, Geometry is a clear area of weakness, with only 16% of students proficient compared to the state average of 26.4%. The school has a very favorable student-teacher ratio of 8.5:1, which is much lower than the national average and suggests potential for individualized attention. The school has earned a consistent 2-star rating and ranks in the 42nd to 48th percentile statewide over the last three years. The graduation rate is solid at 91.4%, slightly above the state average of 90.1%, and the dropout rate is low at 1.6%.
Encouragingly, the school shows positive year-over-year improvement in several core subjects from 2024-2025 to 2025-2026, including English Language Arts (27.3% to 30.3%), Reading (29.6% to 34.5%), Algebra (16.4% to 29.2%), and Biology (33.9% to 50.5%). A fascinating internal data point reveals a massive disparity in Geometry performance by grade level: 45.8% of 9th graders were proficient compared to only 5.4% of 10th graders, likely indicating that the 9th graders taking the test are an advanced group. The district spends $12,178 per student, and 57.44% of students are eligible for free or reduced lunch. While the low student-teacher ratio is a significant resource, it has not yet translated into above-average test scores in most subjects, raising questions about how effectively this advantage is being utilized in core academic areas.
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