Summary:
Zip code 72111 is home to a single school, Mt. Vernon Enola High School, a small combined junior/senior high school serving grades 7 through 12 with just 234 students.
This school, part of the Mount Vernon Enola School District (rated 4 stars and in the 72nd percentile statewide), offers a notably intimate learning environment with an exceptionally low student-to-teacher ratio of 8.5:1. Academically, the school shows a mixed profile. It significantly outperforms the state average in Mathematics (45.4% proficient vs. 44.1%) and Geometry (46.6% vs. 26.4%), but struggles in Algebra (25.7% vs. 36.9%) and Biology (36.3% vs. 42.7%). A standout trend is the exceptional performance of 9th graders, who score nearly 20 percentage points above the state average in ELA and Reading. The school also boasts a high graduation rate of 93.5% and a very low dropout rate of 0.4%.
Despite these strengths, the school's overall state ranking has been declining for three consecutive years, from the 80th to the 74th percentile. This suggests that while the school excels at retaining students and graduating them, the academic proficiency of its students is not improving as quickly as in other schools across Arkansas. With a high per-student spending of $12,462, the key takeaway for parents is that Mt. Vernon Enola High School provides a small, supportive environment with strong math and 9th-grade outcomes, but faces challenges in Algebra and Biology that may require targeted attention to ensure balanced academic growth.
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