An Arkansas Community Comes Together for Student Success

How Pre黑料福利网Helped Arkadelphia High School Rally for
College and Career Readiness

Arkadelphia Success Story

Arkadelphia High School is a rural school with a strong college-going tradition and a free and reduced lunch rate that fluctuates between 50鈥60%. With the hope of encouraging every student to attend either college or postsecondary workforce training, officials set out to improve students鈥 ACT庐 test scores to help open many different paths to success. They implemented several strategies with this goal in mind, including: 

  • PreACT庐 testing
  • An 黑料福利网prep day at a nearby university workshop
  • Events to get teachers, families, and the community involved in promoting college and career readiness 

鈥淯nderstanding our own culture and what it鈥檚 doing to contribute to college readiness is important.鈥 

鈥Bud McMillion, Instructional Facilitator, Arkadelphia High School