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THE ACADEMIES AT NEWPORT HIGH SCHOOL

NEWPORT · AR · NEWPORT SCHOOL DISTRICT · Public charter · K-12 combined

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📋 At a glance

Programs & features
  • 📚 6 AP courses offered — Strong
  • ✅ Dual-enrollment program (college credit while in HS)
  • ✅ Gifted & talented program
Academic signals
  • 🎓 AP rigor: 58th percentile nationally
  • 📝 SAT/ACT participation: 77th percentile by test-taker volume
  • 🎓 4-yr grad rate: 77% (Bottom 25% of US high schools by 4-yr grad rate)

Composed from federal CRDC offerings, EDFacts ACGR, and other public data. Full breakdowns below.

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How THE ACADEMIES AT NEWPORT HIGH SCHOOL compares for families

Solid mid-tier academic profile.

  • StatewideAP rigor at the 58th percentile nationally with 6 AP courses.
  • LocallyAR trails the US average on NAEP 8th-grade math (−5 points). Stronger local schools matter even more.
  • vs Similar SchoolsThe closest comparables nearby: ASU NEWPORT SEC CAREER CENTER (IGNITE), TUCKERMAN HIGH SCHOOL, CEDAR RIDGE HIGH SCHOOL and 5 more. See the sidebar to compare side-by-side.
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🎓 Academic rigor

AP + advanced-course offerings

Strong — solid AP program + advanced courses

58th percentile nationally

50th 90th ↑ this school
Less rigorMore rigorMost rigor
AP courses offered
6
Science ✓
Advanced math classes
1
0 calculus · 1 advanced
Lab science classes
3
0 physics · 3 chemistry
Other rigor signals
✅ Dual-enrollment program
✅ Gifted/talented program

Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2020-21). CRDC reports what's offered + enrolled — it doesn't collect AP exam pass rates (College Board owns that data and doesn't release it school-level).

SAT / ACT participation

CRDC federal data · 2020-21

77th percentile by test-taker volume

50th 90th
SAT/ACT test-takers
209
11th-12th graders who took 1+ college admissions test
Test-taking intensity
63.1
takers per 100 students in grades 9-12
Compared against
18,426
US high schools reporting SAT/ACT participation

Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2020-21). Volume — not score — is what's reported here. A higher count means more students at this school are entering the college admissions pipeline. Note: 2020-21 was COVID-disrupted; some districts (especially those that stayed remote longer) report unusually low or zero takers.

🎓 4-year graduation rate · federal EDFacts

What % of students graduate on time?

Bottom 25% of US high schools by 4-yr grad rate

50th 90th
4-year graduation rate
77%
Range: 75–79%
4-year cohort size
93
Students in the 9th-grade entry class tracked over 4 years
Compared against
17,988
US high schools reporting 4-year ACGR

Source: federal EDFacts ACGR (Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate), 2019 vintage via Urban Institute. EDFacts publishes a range (low-high) to preserve privacy on small cohorts; we display the midpoint.

👩‍🏫 Teacher workforce · federal CRDC

Teacher experience & reliability

% inexperienced teachers (1st-2nd yr)
9.0%
Strong: experienced corps. New teachers rotate through but most have ≥3 years in.
% chronic teacher absence (≥10 days/yr)
19.1%
Elevated. Teacher absence directly affects classroom continuity and student outcomes.

Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2017-18 — the most recent vintage that publishes per-school teacher quality fields; the 2020-21 sweep had them suppressed). "Inexperienced" = teachers in their first or second year. "Chronic absence" = teachers absent 10+ days/year.

Chronic absenteeism

Share of students absent 15+ days
17.6%
Roughly average. The national post-COVID rate climbed to ~16% nationwide; this school is in the middle of the pack.
Students absent 15+ days
99
Federal definition: absent (excused or unexcused) for at least 15 of ~180 school days — about 10% of the school year.

Why this matters to enrollment: Chronic absence is the strongest early indicator of dropout, transfer-out, and family disengagement. A school's absenteeism trend forecasts its enrollment trend 1-3 years out. For school leaders: an Enrollment Trend Audit traces this dynamic forward →

Source: U.S. Department of Education, Civil Rights Data Collection 2020–2021. Rate = students chronically absent ÷ 2023 total enrollment.

Counselor capacity

Student : Counselor
564:1
Well above the US median — a real constraint on individualized college and course planning.
Counselor FTE
1.0
Full-time-equivalent school counselors on staff.
Teacher FTE
62
Full-time-equivalent classroom teachers.

Source: U.S. Department of Education, Civil Rights Data Collection 2020-2021. Counselor ratio = the school's most recent total enrollment ÷ counselor FTE. The American School Counselor Association (ASCA) recommends a 250:1 maximum; the US national median across schools with on-staff counselors is roughly 430:1.

Enrollment trend & projection

Grade 12 went from 57 in 2021 to 72 in 2023 — over 2 years.
+26.3%

Total enrollment + grade 12, NCES Common Core of Data (2021–2024).

If the recent trend holds…

At its recent rate of -2.6%/year, projecting from 2023's 564 students:

2024
550
2026
522
2028
495

≈ 69 fewer students by 2028 — a real revenue/relevance risk worth getting ahead of.

An extrapolation of the recent trajectory, not a forecast of the school's plans; ignores one-off shocks.

Revenue at risk

At $15,364 per student in district revenue, the 69 students projected to be lost by 2028 represent ≈ $1,060,116/year in funding at risk.

District total revenue ÷ enrollment, NCES F-33. Public funding largely follows enrollment, so a shrinking class is a recurring budget hit.

Nearby high schools — the local competition

The closest high schools families here also consider, and where their enrollment is heading.

SchoolTypeMilesHS enrollmentTrend
ASU NEWPORT SEC CAREER CENTER (IGNITE)
NEWPORT
Public 5.4
TUCKERMAN HIGH SCHOOL
TUCKERMAN
Public 10.2 225 -3.8%
CEDAR RIDGE HIGH SCHOOL
NEWARK
Public 12.7 214 +8.6%
BRADFORD HIGH SCHOOL
BRADFORD
Public 16.0 123 -7.5%
Trinity Christian School
Bradford
Private 16.6 21
MIDLAND HIGH SCHOOL
PLEASANT PLAINS
Public 20.1 148 -0.7%
SOUTHSIDE CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL
SOUTHSIDE
Public · charter 21.0 464 +12.1%
BATESVILLE HIGH SCHOOL CHARTER
BATESVILLE
Public · charter 22.4 986 +1.1%

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