Concord High School, Concord AR - Test Scores & Data

Original Research by School Decision on Concord High School

Concord High School is a small school serving grades seven through twelve in the rural town of Concord, Arkansas, in the northeastern corner of Cleburne County. The school is the single secondary campus for the Concord School District, and a large majority of its students are white. About half of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price lunch.

The community Concord sits in is a very small, quiet town. Historically a subsistence-farming community, it later grew around poultry farming and processing, which remains a central part of the local economy. There are no large employers within the town itself, and the school district is one of the few institutional employers. Population has declined over recent decades, and the built environment consists of scattered rural residences and a handful of former commercial buildings along the Arkansas Highway 25 corridor. There is no traditional walkable downtown. The nearest cities are Heber Springs, about a twenty-minute drive to the southwest, and Batesville, about a twenty-minute drive northeast. Civic life has historically centered on the church, cemetery, and school.

State testing data from the most recent school year shows that academic proficiency in seventh and eighth grade, the only grades tested, falls below the midpoint among the four school districts in Cleburne County. In seventh grade, just over half of students scored proficient or above in math, and about a third did so in English language arts. In eighth grade, those numbers were lower in both subjects, with a bit more than a quarter of students proficient in math and English. Science results followed a similar pattern, with seventh grade at roughly a quarter proficient and eighth grade at about a fifth. A parent considering this school will want to understand whether these proficiency levels meet their expectations for academic preparation.

The school is the only high school in the district and serves a small total enrollment of just under two hundred students across grades seven through twelve. That small scale means students likely receive more individualized attention than they would in a larger setting. The school mascot is the Pirate. Information on the district’s strategic priorities, recent curriculum changes, or facility investments was not available from public sources, so those topics are not covered here. Web research also did not identify any recent bond referendums, property tax changes, or other district-level developments that would have a direct impact on families.

For a family looking at this school, the context is clear. Concord High School operates in a rural, economically modest, and slowly depopulating community. The academic results from state testing for the tested grades are not strong compared to other districts in the county. The school’s size is a plain characteristic that some families will see as a benefit and others as a limitation. A parent exploring this option should look closely at the academic trajectory students experience from middle school through high school, especially since the school does not report a graduation rate in the available data, which is a gap a family would want to raise directly with the school to understand.

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Academic performance

State test results and graduation outcomes.

Graduation rate (ACGR)

>=90%Cohort of 33 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 756%

School 56% · District 56%

▲ 20 pts above state median

Grade 829%

School 29% · District 29%

▲ 1 pts above state median

English language arts

Grade 732%

School 32% · District 32%

▲ 3 pts above state median

Grade 829%

School 29% · District 29%

even with state median

Science

Grade 728%

School 28% · District 28%

▼ 7 pts below state median

Grade 819%

School 19% · District 19%

▼ 15 pts below state median

This schoolCONCORD 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.

Proficiency by household income

English language arts

Grade 8Lower-income39%Higher-income44%6 pp gap

Mathematics

Grade 8Lower-income33%Higher-income50%17 pp gap