📍 3025 Massard Rd, Fort Smith, Sebastian County, 72903
L. A. Chaffin Jr. High School is a State/Public serving middle age pupils, located in Fort Smith, Sebastian County. The school has 725 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Fort Smith School District school district. It serves grades 6–8 in an urban setting. The school employs 52.3 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 13.9:1.
L. A. Chaffin Jr. High School enrolls 725 students across grades 6–8. The student body is 50% male and 50% female. A teaching staff of 52.3 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 13.9:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 53% White, 19% Hispanic or Latino and 14% Two or more races.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 387 | 53% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 138 | 19% |
| Two or more races | 101 | 14% |
| Asian | 59 | 8.1% |
| Black or African American | 26 | 3.6% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 12 | 1.7% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 2 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
389 of the school's 725 students (54%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
L. A. Chaffin Jr. High School is located in an urban setting (NCES locale: City, Small). Virtual instruction: Supplemental Virtual. The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district VT-30.
L. A. Chaffin Jr. High School is one of 27 schools in FORT SMITH SCHOOL DISTRICT, based in FORT SMITH, Arkansas. The district serves 14,045 students district-wide and employs 1,002 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 725 students, L. A. Chaffin Jr. High School is larger than the district average of about 520 students per school.
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