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Westside High School

Serves grades 8 - 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
1630 Hwy 91 W
Jonesboro, AR 72404
Phone
(870) 935-7501
District
WESTSIDE CONS. SCH DIST(CRAIGH
County
CRAIGHEAD COUNTY
Type of School
Regular elementary or secondary
Magnet School
No
Charter School
No
Students Enrolled
662
Classroom Teachers
56

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to Arkansas

3

(10 is best)

Better than 29.4% of all AR schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S.

3

(10 is best)

Westside High School Test Scores (No Child Left Behind Tests)

Grade 8

60 50 40 30 20 10 0
35%
44%
40%
51%
30%
37%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Grade 9

50 40 30 20 10 0
31%
32%
38%
36%
23%
28%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Grade 10

40 30 20 10 0
15%
27%
19%
31%
10%
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
12
13
13
16
    AVG FOR THIS SCHOOL
    AVG FOR DISTRICT
    AVG FOR STATE
    AVG FOR NATION
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT BY GRADE NUMBER OF STUDENTS PERCENTAGE
Grade 8 145 21.9%
Grade 9 149 22.5%
Grade 10 145 21.9%
Grade 11 102 15.4%
Grade 12 121 18.3%
Total 662 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/Racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 94.5% 94.8% 61.8%
Black 2.3% 1.9% 20.3%
Hispanic 3.2% 3.0% 14.5%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 0.0% 0.1% 1.8%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 0.0% 0.2% 1.6%
Economic Groups This School This District This State
Economically disadvantaged 45.5% 51.5% 65.1%
Free lunch eligible 34.7% 40.7% 57.6%
Reduced lunch eligible 10.7% 10.8% 7.5%
POPULATION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
POPULATION 8,490 3,045,637
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 40.6 58
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 7.1% 6.0%
5-19 YEARS OLD 20.0% 19.9%
20-44 YEARS OLD 34.5% 32.2%
45-64 YEARS OLD 24.1% 24.7%
65 OR OLDER 14.3% 17.2%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households 3,208 1,171,694
Single Parent Households With Children 10.3% 9.1%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 86.8% 88.2%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 25.1% 24.7%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 6.7% 11.2%
$100,000 - $149,999 16.1% 13.7%
$75,000 - $99,999 13.4% 12.4%
$50,000 - $74,999 16.6% 17.6%
$30,000 - $49,999 25.4% 18.4%
$15,000 - $29,999 12.9% 15.3%
$15,000 or less 8.9% 11.4%

Education Expenditures

For this District Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $5,155 $9,351,170 56.6%
Support Expenditures
Student $418 $758,252 4.6%
Staff $415 $752,810 4.6%
General Administration $132 $239,448 1.5%
School Administration $413 $749,182 4.5%
Operation $906 $1,643,484 10.0%
Transportation $375 $680,250 4.1%
Other $249 $451,686 2.7%
Total Support $2,908 $5,275,112 32.0%
Non-instructional Expenditures $1,040 $1,886,560 11.4%
Total Expenditures $9,103 $16,512,842 100.0%
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%