Hermitage School District

The Hermitage School District in Arkansas serves two schools - Hermitage Elementary School and Hermitage High School. Both schools are underperforming the state average in academic proficiency across multiple subjects, with Hermitage High School performing significantly worse than the elementary school. Despite spending more per student than the state average, the schools are not achieving better outcomes.

Hermitage Elementary School is ranked 272 out of 497 Arkansas elementary schools and has a 2-star rating from SchoolDigger. The school's proficiency rates in English Language Arts, Reading, Mathematics, and Science are consistently below the state averages, ranging from 30-35% proficient or better. Hermitage High School is ranked 248 out of 305 Arkansas high schools and has a 1-star rating, with significantly lower proficiency rates than the state average across all tested subjects.

Both schools have a 100% free/reduced lunch rate, indicating a high-poverty student population. While Hermitage Elementary School has a slightly higher student-teacher ratio of 14.9 compared to the state average, Hermitage High School has a lower ratio of 8.9. The consistently low academic performance, high-poverty student population, and lack of correlation between spending and outcomes suggest the need for targeted interventions to improve student learning and achievement in the Hermitage School District.