Summary:
The 72842 zip code is home to a single public high school, Western Yell County High School, which serves grades 7-12 and has a total enrollment of 151 students. The school is part of the Western Yell County School District, which is ranked 201 out of 250 districts in Arkansas and has a 1-star rating from SchoolDigger.
Western Yell County High School's academic performance is significantly below the state averages across all subject areas and grade levels. In the 2024-2025 school year, only 21.5% of 10th graders were proficient or better in English Language Arts, compared to the state average of 34.2%. In mathematics, only 22.9% of students across all grades were proficient or better, compared to the state average of 38.7%. The school also has a very high percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch, at 90.73% in the 2023-2024 school year.
Despite the school's low test scores, it has a relatively low student-teacher ratio of 7.2 to 1 in the 2023-2024 school year, and its spending per student for the 2018-2019 school year was $12,859, which is higher than the state average. However, these investments do not appear to be translating into improved academic performance, as the school has consistently ranked in the bottom quarter of Arkansas high schools over the past few years.
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