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Alumni: what's one memory from ARKANSAS MIDDLE SCHOOL that still sticks with you?
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Enrollment
842
Middle
DISTRICT 479 · STATE 464
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·TEXARKANA SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 051311001734
ARKANSAS MIDDLE SCHOOL
5443 JEFFERSON AVE, TEXARKANA, AR 71854 · (870) 621-3990 · Miller County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE23-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL842 STUDENTS
C-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 16% of Arkansas public middle schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Arkansas public middle schools
Student : Teacher
12.0:1
70 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.2:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
842 students
DISTRICT 100% · STATE 70%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 280 | 33% |
| Grade 7 | 274 | 33% |
| Grade 8 | 288 | 34% |
Student demographics
56%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 56% · STATE 61% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
ARKANSAS MIDDLE SCHOOL→ARKANSAS HIGH SCHOOL
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within TEXARKANA SCHOOL DISTRICT. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
ATLAS 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3+4)English Language Arts
19.4%
AR avg 34.9% . -1.1pp since 2023
Math
15.3%
AR avg 38.9% . -1.2pp since 2023
What this means: On the ATLAS, Arkansas's statewide test, about 19 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 15 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Arkansas schools, those numbers are about 35 and 39. Reading and writing scores are down about 1 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 1 points.
ATLAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 19.4% | 15.3% |
| 2023-24 | 20.5% | 16.5% |
% Proficient (Level 3+4), all students and all tested grades.
Source: ATLAS. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
20.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
22.7%
based on AR schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-2.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 21% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 23% typical for Arkansas schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Arkansas's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like ARKANSAS MIDDLE SCHOOL
ARKANSAS MIDDLE SCHOOL's state test result (20.6% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| ARKANSAS MIDDLE SCHOOL this school | 842 | 100.0% | 20.6% |
| CENTRAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL MAGNOLIA | 527 | 99.2% | 29.8% |
| ANNIE CAMP JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL JONESBORO | 701 | 100.0% | 25.6% |
| NORTH LITTLE ROCK MIDDLE SCHOOL NORTH LITTLE ROCK | 1,036 | 100.0% | 19.9% |
| MAGNOLIA MIDDLE SCHOOL MAGNOLIA | 492 | 98.4% | 28.8% |
| DOUGLAS MACARTHUR JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL JONESBORO | 765 | 100.0% | 26.9% |
Matched among Arkansas middle schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where ARKANSAS MIDDLE SCHOOL ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Arkansas |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 20.6% | #179 of 207 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 15.3% | #189 of 208 ▼ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 19.4% | #178 of 208 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 842 | #11 of 217 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.0:1 | #36 of 188 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 56.4% | #58 of 188 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 100% | #32 of 210 |
Ranked against other public middle schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 842 | 70.2 | 12.0:1 | 100% (842) |
| 2023-24 | 876 | 70.2 | 12.5:1 | 100% (876) |
| 2022-23 | 906 | 71.9 | 12.6:1 | 100% (906) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for ARKANSAS MIDDLE SCHOOL.
About ARKANSAS MIDDLE SCHOOL
ARKANSAS MIDDLE SCHOOL, a high-enrollment middle school, is located in TEXARKANA, Arkansas. The school runs grades 6 through 8 and enrolls 842 students. By comparison, middle schools in Arkansas enroll about 464 students on average.
A total of 8 schools make up TEXARKANA SCHOOL DISTRICT, with 3,830 students enrolled.
Black students are 57% of those enrolled at ARKANSAS MIDDLE SCHOOL. Other reported shares: 32% White, 6% Hispanic, and 4% multiracial. That compares with about 26% Black among all Miller County residents. A diversity index of 56% means there is a 56% chance two randomly chosen students at ARKANSAS MIDDLE SCHOOL are from different groups.
With 70.2 full-time-equivalent teachers, the student-to-teacher ratio is about 12.0:1. Statewide, middle schools in Arkansas average 13.9:1. Roughly 100% of students come from households that qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Public schools in Miller County average 80%.
On the allk12 Grade, ARKANSAS MIDDLE SCHOOL lands at C-, ahead of 16% of Arkansas public middle schools.
Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the BeatsExpectations model predicts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 22.7% for ARKANSAS MIDDLE SCHOOL. The school posts 20.6%, 2.1 points below the prediction.
The school's county is Miller County. According to Census Bureau estimates, the median household earns about $48,836 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 15% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 19%. ARKANSAS MIDDLE SCHOOL shares Miller County with 15 other public schools.
ARKANSAS MIDDLE SCHOOL's nearest public school is EDWARD D. TRICE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (about 0.9 miles). The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. Compared with its nearest neighbors, ARKANSAS MIDDLE SCHOOL ranks 5th of 7 on average proficiency.
NCES describes the area around ARKANSAS MIDDLE SCHOOL as Suburb: Small, meaning in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population under 100,000.
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Miller County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
42,360
Census ACS
Median income
$48,836
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
15%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
19%
Below federal line
Schools in county
16
6,217 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in TEXARKANA SCHOOL DISTRICT
- ARKANSAS HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,092 students
- EDWARD D. TRICE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 473 students
- COLLEGE HILL HARMONY LEADERSHIP ACADEMYElementary · 391 students
- VERA KILPATRICK ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 373 students
- FAIRVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 246 students
- NORTH HEIGHTS COMMUNITY SCHOOLElementary · 243 students
Other schools in TEXARKANA
- ARKANSAS HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,092 students
- EDWARD D. TRICE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 473 students
- COLLEGE HILL HARMONY LEADERSHIP ACADEMYElementary · 391 students
- VERA KILPATRICK ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 373 students
- GENOA CENTRAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 365 students
- GARY E. COBB MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 303 students
Nearby schools
- EDWARD D. TRICE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.9 mi · 473
- VERA KILPATRICK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.4 mi · 373
- NORTH HEIGHTS COMMUNITY SCHOOL1.6 mi · 243
- Spring Lake Park Elementary School1.6 mi · 334
- PREMIER HIGH SCHOOL OF TEXARKANA1.6 mi · 67
- Digital Academy of Texas2.4 mi · 471
Frequently asked questions
About ARKANSAS MIDDLE SCHOOLWhat is the total enrollment at ARKANSAS MIDDLE SCHOOL?
ARKANSAS MIDDLE SCHOOL enrolls approximately 842 students in grades 06-08.
Is ARKANSAS MIDDLE SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
ARKANSAS MIDDLE SCHOOL is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
How many teachers does ARKANSAS MIDDLE SCHOOL have?
ARKANSAS MIDDLE SCHOOL employs 70 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.0:1.
What is the student diversity at ARKANSAS MIDDLE SCHOOL?
Student demographics at ARKANSAS MIDDLE SCHOOL are roughly 32% White, 6% Hispanic, 57% Black, 1% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Who oversees ARKANSAS MIDDLE SCHOOL?
ARKANSAS MIDDLE SCHOOL is overseen by TEXARKANA SCHOOL DISTRICT in Miller County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.