Two Rivers High School, Ola AR - Test Scores & Data

Original Research by School Decision on Two Rivers High School

Two Rivers High School serves grades five through twelve as the secondary campus of the Two Rivers School District, a consolidated district that formed when Ola, Fourche Valley, Plainview, and Perry Casa merged their schools. The building that houses this school is the successor to the former Ola High School, which closed when the district consolidated. Available sources do not specify whether the new campus sits within Ola or elsewhere in the district. The town of Ola itself is a small rural city whose population has declined measurably over the past few decades. Its economic base rests on timber production, poultry processing, and limited agriculture; Deltic Timber is the largest local employer, but many residents commute to jobs in Danville, Dardanelle, and Russellville. Ola’s Hispanic population, tied to poultry and agricultural work, makes up a notable share of the community.

The school enrolls a moderate number of students for a combined middle and high school, with roughly similar class sizes across grades five through twelve. The student body is predominantly white, with a substantial Hispanic minority and small numbers of Asian, multiracial, and American Indian students. Every enrolled student qualifies for free or reduced-price lunch, a strong indicator that the school serves a low-income population. Data on students with disabilities and English learners were not available in the source material.

State assessment results are reported for grades five through eight in math, English language arts, and science. Across all three subjects and all four tested grade levels, the share of students scoring at proficient or above is low. Math proficiency, for instance, falls to a very modest level at one grade and rises only somewhat at others; English and science proficiency rates similarly cluster below what many families would expect. When compared with other districts in Yell County, Two Rivers High sits in the bottom quartile for overall proficiency. This academic picture is a soft spot, and a parent may want to discuss with the school what interventions, supports, or improvement efforts are in place. No state testing data for high school grades were provided, and no graduation rate was available—those gaps may reflect the district’s reporting choices rather than a flaw, but a family considering the high school years should ask directly about outcomes for older students.

The district brief turned up no parent-relevant changes—no new programs, facility updates, or policy shifts—in recent years. No information was available on course access, such as Advanced Placement or dual-credit offerings, nor on attendance, discipline, staffing ratios, or civil rights data. The school does not operate as a charter or magnet, and its Title I status was not reported.

Two Rivers High School is the only secondary option within its consolidated rural district, serving a community that has seen population loss and economic consolidation. The student population is uniformly low-income, and academic performance on state tests is low relative to county peers. Families who value strong test outcomes or broad program offerings will want to investigate further. For those whose priority is a small-town setting and a single campus spanning grade five through twelve, this school provides that straight-through structure, though the level of academic support and postsecondary preparation may require closer examination.

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Academic performance

State test results and graduation outcomes.

Graduation rate (ACGR)

80-89%Cohort of 54 students · Class of 2021

The federal source publishes a banded range instead of an exact rate when the graduating cohort is small enough that an exact number could risk identifying individual students.

How this school compares to all schools in this state

Each dot is one school’s SY 2020-21 graduation rate, binned by integer rate. Taller columns mean more schools at that rate. This school is highlighted.

292 schools plotted. 5 additional schools' rates are federally suppressed and not shown. Data: EDFacts SY 2020-21.

Math

Grade 533%

School 33% · District 33%

▲ 1 pts above state median

Grade 624%

School 24% · District 24%

▼ 13 pts below state median

Grade 732%

School 32% · District 32%

▼ 5 pts below state median

Grade 89%

School 9% · District 9%

▼ 19 pts below state median

English language arts

Grade 513%

School 13% · District 13%

▼ 20 pts below state median

Grade 622%

School 22% · District 22%

▼ 10 pts below state median

Grade 717%

School 17% · District 17%

▼ 12 pts below state median

Grade 824%

School 24% · District 24%

▼ 5 pts below state median

Science

Grade 516%

School 16% · District 16%

▼ 17 pts below state median

Grade 619%

School 19% · District 19%

▼ 15 pts below state median

Grade 727%

School 27% · District 27%

▼ 8 pts below state median

Grade 823%

School 23% · District 23%

▼ 11 pts below state median

This schoolTWO RIVERS SCHOOL DISTRICT, same grade

Graduation rate (ACGR) reflects the federally published Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate for the most recent year available. We refresh this data annually at the close of each academic year in June. The federal source publishes a banded rate (for example, "90-94%") instead of an exact number for cohorts small enough to risk identifying individual students. The state distribution chart, where shown, plots every school in the state with a published rate or band; schools whose rate is federally suppressed are excluded. Where the federal source publishes a band rather than an exact rate, the school is placed within its band using a stable, ID-derived offset, so its position is consistent across visits.