Enrollment
278
Middle
DISTRICT 427 · STATE 464
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ASHDOWN SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 050258000031
ASHDOWN JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL
600 SOUTH ELLEN STREET, ASHDOWN, AR 71822 · (870) 898-5138 · Little River County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL278 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 20% of Arkansas public middle schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-Beats 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
9.7:1
29 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.7:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
71%
197 students
DISTRICT 71% · STATE 70%
Community
0
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 | 96 | 35% |
| Grade 7 | 92 | 33% |
| Grade 8 | 90 | 32% |
Student demographics
53%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
ASHDOWN JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL→ASHDOWN HIGH SCHOOL
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within ASHDOWN SCHOOL DISTRICT. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
ATLAS 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3+4)English Language Arts
27.1%
AR avg 34.9% . -0.5pp since 2023
Math
30.5%
AR avg 38.9% . +9.9pp since 2023
What this means: On the ATLAS, Arkansas's statewide test, about 27 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 31 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Arkansas schools, those numbers are about 35 and 39. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2023, while math scores are up about 10 points.
ATLAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 27.1% | 30.5% |
| 2023-24 | 27.6% | 20.6% |
% 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
28.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
33.5%
based on AR schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-5.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 28% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 33% 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 ASHDOWN JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL
ASHDOWN JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL's state test result (28.0% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| ASHDOWN JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL this school | 278 | 70.9% | 28.0% |
| LONOKE MIDDLE SCHOOL LONOKE | 370 | 64.6% | 37.3% |
| MORRILTON JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL MORRILTON | 362 | 64.6% | 48.0% |
| MAYFLOWER MIDDLE SCHOOL MAYFLOWER | 304 | 63.8% | 30.0% |
| WILSON INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL MALVERN | 272 | 78.3% | 22.8% |
| DEWITT MIDDLE SCHOOL DEWITT | 271 | 61.3% | 36.8% |
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 ASHDOWN JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Arkansas |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 28.0% | #154 of 207 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 30.5% | #135 of 208 ▲ 34 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 27.1% | #144 of 208 ▼ 6 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 278 | #161 of 217 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 9.7:1 | #2 of 188 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 53.3% | #78 of 188 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 70.9% | #81 of 210 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -14.7% | #48 of 114 |
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.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
278
-51 (-16%) vs 2020
-48% since 1990-91, when it was 531
Student : Teacher
9.7:1
was 12.7:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 278 | 28.7 | 9.7:1 | 71% (197) |
| 2023-24 | 281 | 24.2 | 11.6:1 | 72% (202) |
| 2022-23 | 283 | 24.1 | 11.8:1 | 71% (202) |
| 2020-21 | 329 | 26 | 12.7:1 | 71% (233) |
| 2017-18 | 326 | 29 | 11.3:1 | 40% (130) |
| 2015-16 | 324 | 30 | 10.8:1 | 69% (222) |
| 2010-11 | 370 | 32 | 11.6:1 | 61% (224) |
| 2000-01 | 399 | 31 | 12.9:1 | 40% (160) |
| 1990-91 | 531 | 27 | 19.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for ASHDOWN JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL.
About ASHDOWN JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL
ASHDOWN JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL is a low-enrollment middle school in ASHDOWN, Arkansas, (ZIP code 71822). The school's 278 students are in grades 6 through 8. Statewide, middle schools in Arkansas average about 464 students each.
Enrollment across the 3 schools in ASHDOWN SCHOOL DISTRICT totals 1,281 students.
White students make up a majority at ASHDOWN JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL, at 63%. The next largest groups are 24% Black, 7% Hispanic, and 5% multiracial. In Little River County overall, about 72% of residents are White. The school's diversity index is 53%, meaning two students picked at random have a 53% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
The school reported 28.7 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25 and a ratio of 9.7:1. That is 4.2 students per teacher below the 13.9:1 average for middle schools in Arkansas. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 71%. That tracks the 72% average for public schools in Little River County.
Measured against Arkansas public middle schools, ASHDOWN JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL receives a C-. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, ASHDOWN JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL would score about 33.5%. It scores 28.0%, 5.5 points below that figure.
In Little River County (population about 11,821), the median household income is $53,344, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 17%, and roughly 11% of residents are in poverty. ASHDOWN JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL is one of 5 public schools in the county.
The shortest distance from ASHDOWN JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL to another public school is about 0.5 miles, to ASHDOWN HIGH SCHOOL. Counting only straight-line distance, 2 other public schools are within five miles. By average proficiency, ASHDOWN JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL is 6th among 8 schools close by.
ASHDOWN JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL is coded as Rural: Distant in federal locale data.
2024-25 enrollment was 278, a 16% decrease from 329 in 2020-21. By 2024-25, the school had 9.7 students per teacher, compared with 12.7 in 2020-21.
Parents and students can post about sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater at ASHDOWN JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Little River County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
11,821
Census ACS
Median income
$53,344
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
17%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
5
1,768 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in ASHDOWN SCHOOL DISTRICT
- ASHDOWN ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 621 students
- ASHDOWN HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 382 students
Other schools in ASHDOWN
- ASHDOWN ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 621 students
- ASHDOWN HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 382 students
Nearby schools
- ASHDOWN HIGH SCHOOL0.5 mi · 382
- ASHDOWN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.9 mi · 621
- Pleasant Grove Intermediate School12.8 mi · 514
- Pleasant Grove Middle School13.4 mi · 537
- Margaret Fischer Davis Elementary School13.7 mi · 494
- Pleasant Grove High School13.8 mi · 821
Frequently asked questions
About ASHDOWN JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOLHow many students attend ASHDOWN JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL?
ASHDOWN JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL enrolls approximately 278 students in grades 06-08.
Is ASHDOWN JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
ASHDOWN JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
How many teachers does ASHDOWN JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL have?
ASHDOWN JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL employs 29 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 9.7:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at ASHDOWN JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL?
At ASHDOWN JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 63% White, 7% Hispanic, 24% Black, 5% Two or more.
Is ASHDOWN JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL public or private?
ASHDOWN JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL is a public K-12 school, overseen by ASHDOWN SCHOOL DISTRICT.
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