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Junction City High School

Serves grades 7 - 12

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Raw data sources:
  • Test Scores: Edfacts (U.S. Department of Education), State departments of education.
  • Expenditures: National Center for Education Statistics.
  • Educational Environment: American Community Survey (U.S. Census Bureau).
Date(s) & Update Frequency:
  • Test data: Reflects 2021 – 2022 school year.
  • Expenditures: 2020
  • Educational Environment: 2021 (latest available). Updated annually.
  • All data updated July 2023

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School Overview

Address
520 N Elm Rd
Junction City, AR 71749
Phone
(870) 924-4576
District
JUNCTION CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT
County
UNION COUNTY
Type of School
Regular elementary or secondary
Magnet School
No
Charter School
No
Students Enrolled
309
Classroom Teachers
52

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to Arkansas

2

(10 is best)

Better than 18.4% of all AR schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S.

2

(10 is best)

Junction City High School Test Scores (No Child Left Behind Tests)

Grade 7

50 40 30 20 10 0
26%
37%
30%
35%
21%
38%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Grade 8

60 50 40 30 20 10 0
29%
44%
38%
51%
19%
37%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Grade 9

40 30 20 10 0
17%
32%
26%
36%
7%
28%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Grade 10

40 30 20 10 0
13%
27%
19%
31%
6%
22%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Class Size (number of students per classroom teacher)

17.5 15 12.5 10 7.5 5 2.5 0
6
8
13
16
    AVG FOR THIS SCHOOL
    AVG FOR DISTRICT
    AVG FOR STATE
    AVG FOR NATION
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT BY GRADE NUMBER OF STUDENTS PERCENTAGE
Grade 7 50 16.2%
Grade 8 61 19.7%
Grade 9 59 19.1%
Grade 10 50 16.2%
Grade 11 46 14.9%
Grade 12 43 13.9%
Total 309 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/Racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 58.6% 60.3% 61.8%
Black 38.1% 36.4% 20.3%
Hispanic 2.9% 2.0% 14.5%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 0.3% 0.3% 1.8%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 0.0% 0.9% 1.6%
Economic Groups This School This District This State
Economically disadvantaged 60.2% 61.6% 65.1%
Free lunch eligible 50.8% 52.6% 57.6%
Reduced lunch eligible 9.4% 9.0% 7.5%
POPULATION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
POPULATION 3,412 3,045,637
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 16.7 58
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 6.7% 6.0%
5-19 YEARS OLD 23.3% 19.9%
20-44 YEARS OLD 23.8% 32.2%
45-64 YEARS OLD 29.3% 24.7%
65 OR OLDER 16.8% 17.2%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households 1,231 1,171,694
Single Parent Households With Children 4.5% 9.1%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 81.8% 88.2%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 9.1% 24.7%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 10.4% 11.2%
$100,000 - $149,999 14.1% 13.7%
$75,000 - $99,999 11.2% 12.4%
$50,000 - $74,999 15.4% 17.6%
$30,000 - $49,999 18.0% 18.4%
$15,000 - $29,999 17.1% 15.3%
$15,000 or less 13.7% 11.4%

Education Expenditures

For this District Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $5,155 $3,520,865 50.6%
Support Expenditures
Student $343 $234,269 3.4%
Staff $767 $523,861 7.5%
General Administration $264 $180,312 2.6%
School Administration $372 $254,076 3.6%
Operation $1,192 $814,136 11.7%
Transportation $539 $368,137 5.3%
Other $284 $193,972 2.8%
Total Support $3,760 $2,568,080 36.9%
Non-instructional Expenditures $1,278 $872,874 12.5%
Total Expenditures $10,193 $6,961,819 100.0%
For the State Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $5,727 $2,804,752,896 47.6%
Support Expenditures
Student $549 $268,820,846 4.6%
Staff $746 $365,434,036 6.2%
General Administration $243 $119,218,647 2.0%
School Administration $544 $266,301,512 4.5%
Operation $1,088 $532,680,088 9.0%
Transportation $374 $183,122,164 3.1%
Other $319 $156,438,260 2.7%
Total Support $3,863 $1,891,966,093 32.1%
Non-instructional Expenditures $2,444 $1,197,134,852 20.3%
Total Expenditures $12,034 $5,893,783,948 100.0%
For the Nation Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $7,794 $384,567,026,223 49.5%
Support Expenditures
Student $841 $41,500,431,613 5.3%
Staff $665 $32,787,987,253 4.2%
General Administration $269 $13,273,339,703 1.7%
School Administration $756 $37,281,585,830 4.8%
Operation $1,191 $58,747,506,944 7.6%
Transportation $504 $24,858,475,672 3.2%
Other $491 $24,247,526,162 3.1%
Total Support $4,716 $232,696,768,378 29.9%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,247 $160,183,697,619 20.6%
Total Expenditures $15,757 $777,446,989,564 100.0%

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