📍 400 e 9th St, Hope, Hempstead County, 71801
Yerger Junior High School is a State/Public serving middle age pupils, located in Hope, Hempstead County. The school has 211 pupils enrolled. The Principal is R. Marks. It is part of the Hope School District school district. It serves grades 7–8 in a small-town setting. The school employs 17.3 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 12.2:1.
Yerger Junior High School enrolls 211 students across grades 7–8. The student body is 52% male and 48% female. A teaching staff of 17.3 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 12.2:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 50% Black or African American, 31% Hispanic or Latino and 17% White.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Black or African American | 105 | 50% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 66 | 31% |
| White | 36 | 17% |
| Two or more races | 4 | 1.9% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
211 of the school's 211 students (100%) 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.
Yerger Junior High School is located in a small-town setting (NCES locale: Town, Distant). 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-40.
Yerger Junior High School is one of 6 schools in HOPE SCHOOL DISTRICT, based in HOPE, Arkansas. The district serves 2,212 students district-wide and employs 225 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 211 students, Yerger Junior High School is smaller than the district average of about 369 students per school.
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