NCES CCD 2024-25 8 schools AR

Best-Resourced Schools in Batesville, AR

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8 public K-12 schools in Batesville from NCES Common Core of Data: enrollment, grade span, demographics, and Civil Rights Data Collection statistics for every active campus.

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8
Schools
5,373
Students
44.3/100
Avg Resource Index
14.5:1
Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

Middle-of-corpus city profile

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, Batesville has more public-school enrollment than 59% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. Batesville sits in the broad middle of the national city distribution rather than at a single obvious extreme. Its scale, average Resource Investment Index, and staffing position need to be read together: a middle placement on one measure does not cancel a stronger or weaker result on another. The percentile panel makes those dimensions explicit, and the school table shows where the city aggregate breaks into materially different campus profiles.

A full K–12 ladder sits inside the city boundary

Batesville's list includes 2 elementary, 1 middle, and 2 high-school campuses, plus 3 combined-grade records. The city average spans every major grade stage, so the ranked table is more informative when read within level than as one interchangeable queue.

Governance mix is central to a fair comparison

4 of 8 listed Batesville campuses are reported as charters, so district-run and charter records occupy substantial shares of the same city view. They may follow different governance, enrollment, and program structures even when their mailing city matches. The 30-point gap between Batesville Junior High School Charter and Southside Elementary School should be read within that context, not as a single-system league table. Check charter status and district affiliation before comparing two nearby schools, and verify current admissions rules with the operator.

City enrollment
Top 41%
School count
Top 54%
Resource Index average
67th percentile
Teacher staffing
61st percentile

Batesville High School accounts for 18.4% of all Batesville public-school enrollment

That concentration means Batesville-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade level: High. The share measures enrollment concentration only; it does not establish how districts allocate programs, capital, or staff. Enrollment-weighted aggregates give this entity more weight than any smaller peer, while an unweighted entity average treats every record equally.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data NCES Common Core of Data

Batesville school enrollment varies 2.3× across entities

Batesville school enrollment ranges from 427 students (lowest) to 986 students (highest), a spread of 559 students. That relatively narrow ratio reflects an unusually homogeneous school portfolio for a city this size. Per-school staffing and program breadth can differ sharply at opposite ends of that enrollment range, so the city average should not be treated as a typical campus.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data NCES Common Core of Data

Batesville student-teacher ratio is 14.5:1 — near the typical range (US average ~15.7) — citywide staffing is neither unusually lean nor unusually crowded by this measure

student-teacher ratio is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: the ratio counts FTE classroom teachers against total enrollment, push-in specialists, English-language aides, special-education co-teachers, and counselors are not included in most reporting Variation between sub-units within Batesville is typically wider than the Batesville-aggregate figure suggests.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data, Public School Universe NCES Common Core of Data, Public School Universe

4 of Batesville's 8 listed schools are charters

50% of the city's listed public-school campuses are reported as charter schools in NCES CCD. Charter status identifies a different governance arrangement; it does not establish admissions availability, academic quality, or the share of city students enrolled in those campuses. Open each school record to compare enrollment and staffing directly.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data NCES Common Core of Data

# School Score
1. Batesville Junior High School Charter 58
2. Southside Charter High School 58
3. Batesville High School 56
4. Southside Junior High School 49
5. Eagle Mountain Magnet School 37
6. West Magnet School 34
7. Southside Middle School 34
8. Southside Elementary School 28

Most racially and ethnically mixed schools in Batesville

Ranked by the Simpson student-body diversity index (0-100) from NCES race and ethnicity data, where higher means a more evenly mixed student body. It measures mix, not quality.

  1. 1 West Magnet School 60.7/100
  2. 2 Batesville Junior High School Charter 58.8/100
  3. 3 Eagle Mountain Magnet School 58.2/100
  4. 4 Batesville High School 56.8/100
  5. 5 Southside Charter High School 24.0/100

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Which Batesville school has the highest Resource Investment Index? ▼

Batesville Junior High School Charter has the highest Resource Investment Index among the Batesville schools in this federal-data comparison at 58/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.

How many schools are in Batesville, AR? ▼

Batesville has 8 public schools with a total enrollment of 5,373 students. 4 are charter schools. Average student-teacher ratio: 14.5:1.

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Data from NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 and Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC) 2021-22. The Resource Investment Index uses reported student-teacher ratio, counselor access, gifted programs, and attendance; it is not an academic rating. Cities must include at least five schools to be listed. This public-data comparison is for informational purposes: verify current enrollment, attendance boundaries, and programs with the school district before acting. See the guide to understanding NCES data.