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Schools in Oil Trough

Oil Trough’s public schools

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

—Not gradedK–12Where will my kid go?1/2schools 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
35%
2021–22
Math proficiency
36%
2021–22
Graduate on time
95%
class of 2023
Spent per student
$17.9K
▲ 32% vs AR $13.6K
FY2024
Students per teacher
6.6
AR 12.4 · smaller classes
Schools in town
0
636 students on the public path
In brief

Oil Trough’s schools, in brief

School by school

1 of Oil Trough’s 2 district schools with test results score above the middle of Arkansas’s 944 public schools. Cedar Ridge Elementary School places highest (better than 53%); Cedar Ridge High School lowest (15%). 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 Oil Trough, with each school’s own grade.

The path, start to finish
K–5Cedar Ridge Elementary Schoolin NewarkB−
6–12Cedar Ridge High Schoolin NewarkC−

Which school depends on your address. To confirm it, ask the Cedar Ridge 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.

Cedar Ridge School DistrictGrades K–12 · 2 schools · 636 students, down 7% since 2020–21 · 6.6 per teacher (AR 12.4)
$17,920AR $13,585 · FY2024
B−
Test scores · 2021–22

Below the state in reading

Reading35%
State average 39.9% · 407 students tested
Math36%
State average 38.3% · 407 students tested

Oil Trough vs. its neighbors

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

Schools next door
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Oil Trough—Cedar Ridge

Every school in Oil Trough

2 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 Oil Troughin other towns
Cedar Ridge Elementary School
Elementary · Grades K–5 · Newark
B−
263 students12:1Rate it →
Cedar Ridge High School
High · Grades 6–12 · Newark
C−
373 students5:1Rate it →

Questions about Oil Trough’s schools

Are Oil Trough’s schools good?

There’s no Schools grade for Oil Trough. Cedar Ridge School District has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Oil Trough. Each school below is shown with its own results. School by school, 1 of its 2 district schools with test results score above the middle of Arkansas’s public schools on their 2020–21 results.

What school district is Oil Trough in?

Cedar Ridge School District.

Where do Oil Trough kids go to high school?

Cedar Ridge 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.