The top reported proficiency rate is 80% in Math. The lowest is 47% in Science.
Original Research by School Decision on Tuckerman High School
Tuckerman High School is the public secondary school for a small, predominantly rural town in Jackson County, Arkansas. The school serves grades eight through twelve and is part of the Jackson County School District, which formed from the merger of the Tuckerman and Grubbs school districts. The town itself is a quiet, slow-paced place with a population that has declined gradually over the past couple of decades. Its economy is tied to agriculture, a lumber company, a fish farm, and the school district itself. The old Highway 67 corridor, bypassed by a four-lane highway years ago, still has well-preserved older houses and small businesses. Walking is limited to the small town footprint, and community life centers on annual events like the Hometown Days festival. The nearest civic and recreational anchors include the restored Tuckerman Depot, the Cache River National Wildlife Refuge, and a local wrestling arena.
Enrollment at Tuckerman High School is moderate for a school of its grade band. The student body is predominantly white, with smaller shares of Black, Hispanic, and multiracial students. A substantial share of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a marker that the student population includes many families with limited income.
State testing results are available for eighth grade, which is the only tested grade level the school serves. In math, a strong majority of eighth graders scored at proficient or above on the Arkansas ATLAS assessment. In English language arts, a similar share of students met that threshold. In science, just under half of eighth graders reached the proficient level. These eighth-grade results place the school’s overall proficiency index in the top quartile relative to other districts in Jackson County, a cohort that includes a small number of other districts. Because the school does not serve tested grades beyond eighth, these results represent only a single grade cohort and do not capture performance across the full high school span.
Information on several other measures is absent from the data. The school’s graduation rate was not available, which means no picture of how many students finish in four years can be drawn here. Data on chronic absenteeism, discipline, course access, and staffing were also missing. A parent looking for this school’s track record on completion or school climate may want to ask the district or school directly about those areas.
The housing market in Tuckerman is notably affordable relative to state and national benchmarks. Home values are well below the Arkansas median, and the price-to-income ratio suggests a family earning a typical local income would face a manageable housing cost. The area has seen a modest decline in home values over the past year, consistent with the gradual population loss the town is experiencing. No major new housing developments or growth projects were identified in the available information.
Tuckerman High School operates within a district that does not appear to have undergone any recent structural or programmatic changes that would affect parents in the near term. The school itself is a conventional public high school, not a charter or magnet, and it serves a community where the pace of life is slow, the setting is rural, and the housing is inexpensive. For a family that values a small-town school with strong eighth-grade math and reading proficiency and a manageable size, this school may be a fit. For those who want data on graduation rates, disciplinary patterns, or advanced course offerings, the available information leaves those questions unanswered.
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