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Schools in Higginson

Higginson’s public schools

Searcy School District has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Higginson. Each school below is shown with its own results.

—Not gradedK–12Where will my kid go?5/5schools above Arkansas’s middle

Tests spring 2022, when 100% of students in Arkansas’s tested grades sat them, and the class of 2023’s graduation rate (U.S. Department of Education). How TownRatings grades schools

Reading proficiency
47%
2021–22
Math proficiency
51%
2021–22
Graduate on time
85%
class of 2023
Spent per student
$11.8K
▼ 13% vs AR $13.6K
FY2024
Students per teacher
14.9
AR 12.4 · larger classes
Schools in town
0
3,060 students on the public path
In brief

Higginson’s schools, in brief

School by school

5 of Higginson’s 5 district schools with test results score above the middle of Arkansas’s 944 public schools. Westside Elementary School places highest (better than 86%); Searcy High School lowest (52%). See the path ↓

Which school depends on your street

Three elementary schools serve Higginson, graded from B+ to A, so it’s worth checking the specific school. Then one middle school and one high school: Searcy High School. See the path ↓

Written from the figures on this page. Tests are from 2021–22, graduation from the class of 2023; each school’s own letter uses 2020–21 results.

Where will my kid go?

Pick a grade. These are the public schools in Higginson, with each school’s own grade.

The path, start to finish
PK–33 elementary schoolsDepends on your addressB+ to A
7–8Ahlf Junior High Schoolin SearcyA
9–12Searcy High Schoolin SearcyB−

Which school depends on your address. To confirm it, ask the Searcy School District.

The district

Spending and class size are shown but don’t count toward the grade. Each district’s own page has every school.

Searcy School DistrictGrades PK–12 · 6 schools · 3,973 students · 14.9 per teacher (AR 12.4)
$11,818AR $13,585 · FY2024
B+
Test scores · 2021–22

Well above the state in reading

Reading47%
State average 39.9% · 2497 students tested
Math51%
State average 38.3% · 2497 students tested

Higginson vs. its neighbors

Schools grades for the Arkansas towns that share Higginson’s borders.

Schools next door
TownSchoolsMain districts
Higginson—Searcy
SearcyB+Searcy

Every school in Higginson

5 schools. Each public school’s letter compares its own 2020–21 reading and math results with Arkansas’s other public schools (the newest school-level results we have).

Also serving Higginsonin other towns
McRae Elementary School
Elementary · Grades PK–3 · Searcy
B+
445 students19:1Rate it →
Sidney Deener Elementary School
Elementary · Grades PK–3 · Searcy
B+
421 students20:1Rate it →
Westside Elementary School
Elementary · Grades PK–3 · Searcy
A
398 students19:1Rate it →
Ahlf Junior High School
Middle · Grades 7–8 · Searcy
A
576 students16:1Rate it →
Searcy High School
High · Grades 9–12 · Searcy
B−
1,220 students10:1Rate it →

Questions about Higginson’s schools

Are Higginson’s schools good?

There’s no Schools grade for Higginson. Searcy School District has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Higginson. Each school below is shown with its own results. School by school, 5 of its 5 district schools with test results score above the middle of Arkansas’s public schools on their 2020–21 results.

What school district is Higginson in?

Searcy School District.

Where do Higginson kids go to high school?

Searcy High School.

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School data: state test results (2021–22, with participation) and four-year graduation rates (class of 2023) reported to the U.S. Department of Education (EDFacts via ED Data Express); each school’s own letter uses its 2020–21 results (EDFacts via the Urban Institute); schools and enrollment from NCES (2024–25; private schools 2023–24); spending from the Census Bureau’s school finance survey (FY2024). Stars are from neighbors.