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Barton High School

P O Box 97

Tel: (870)572-6867

Barton High School serves 390 students in grades 7-12.
The student:teacher ratio of 12:1 is lower than the AR average of 14:1.
Minority enrollment is 47% of the student body (majority Black), which is more than the state average of 39%.
Barton High School operates within the Barton-lexa School District.
Barton-lexa School District's 67% graduation rate is lower than the AR state average of 78%.

The student population of 390 students has stayed relatively flat over five years.
The teacher population of 33 teachers has grown by 26% over five years.

The student:teacher ratio of 12:1 has decreased from 15:1 over five years.
The school's diversity score of 0.53 is more than the state average of 0.32. The school's diversity has stayed relatively flat over five years.

	This School	(AR) School Average
Student : Teacher Ratio	12:1	14:1

Asian	n/a	2%

Hispanic	3%	12%

Black	44%	21%

White	53%	61%

Hawaiian	n/a	1%

All Ethnic Groups
Diversity Score The chance that two students selected at random would be members of a different ethnic group. Scored from 0 to 1, a diversity score closer to 1 indicates a more diverse student body.	0.53	0.32

Eligible for Free Lunch Families meeting income eligibility guidelines may qualify for free and reduced price meals or free milk. These guidelines are used by schools, institutions, and facilities participating in the National School Lunch Program (and Commodity School Program), School Breakfast Program, Special Milk Program for Children, Child and Adult Care Food Program and Summer Food Service Program.	64%	53%

Eligible for Reduced Lunch Families meeting income eligibility guidelines may qualify for free and reduced price meals or free milk. These guidelines are used by schools, institutions, and facilities participating in the National School Lunch Program (and Commodity School Program), School Breakfast Program, Special Milk Program for Children, Child and Adult Care Food Program and Summer Food Service Program.	13%	9%

Barton-lexa School District's student population of 837 students has stayed relatively flat over five years.
The district's graduation rate of 67% has decreased from 94% over five years.
The revenue/student of $9,132 in this district is less than the state average of $10,835. The district revenue/student has stayed relatively flat over four years.
The district's spending/student of $8,697 is less than the state average of $10,302. The district spending/student has declined by 11% over four years.

School District Name	Barton-lexa School District
Number of Schools Managed	2	3
Number of Students Managed	837	913

Graduation Rate	67%	78%

District Total Revenue	$8 MM	$10 MM

District Spending	$7 MM	$9 MM

District Revenue / Student	$9,132	$10,835

District Spending / Student	$8,697	$10,302

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