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Parents: what's one thing you'd want the BAUXITE MIDDLE SCHOOL administration to hear?
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Enrollment
413
Middle
DISTRICT 572 · STATE 464
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BAUXITE SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 050279001536
BAUXITE MIDDLE SCHOOL
6725 BENTON STREET, BAUXITE, AR 72011 · (501) 557-5491 · Saline County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL413 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 52% of Arkansas public middle schools
- B+Test 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
18.6:1
22 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.4:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
40%
165 students
DISTRICT 39% · STATE 70%
Community
5
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 | 143 | 35% |
| Grade 7 | 144 | 35% |
| Grade 8 | 126 | 31% |
Student demographics
23%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 23% · 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
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within BAUXITE SCHOOL DISTRICT. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
ATLAS 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3+4)English Language Arts
36.9%
AR avg 34.9% . +2.4pp since 2023
Math
50.7%
AR avg 38.9% . +4.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the ATLAS, Arkansas's statewide test, about 37 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 51 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Arkansas schools, those numbers are about 35 and 39. Reading and writing scores are up about 2 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 4 points.
ATLAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 36.9% | 50.7% |
| 2023-24 | 34.5% | 46.3% |
% 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
43.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
45.0%
based on AR schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-1.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 44% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 45% 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 BAUXITE MIDDLE SCHOOL
BAUXITE MIDDLE SCHOOL's state test result (43.5% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| BAUXITE MIDDLE SCHOOL this school | 413 | 40.0% | 43.5% |
| POTTSVILLE JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL POTTSVILLE | 412 | 42.5% | 48.3% |
| VILONIA MIDDLE SCHOOL VILONIA | 451 | 43.0% | 57.2% |
| POTTSVILLE MIDDLE GRADE POTTSVILLE | 417 | 44.4% | 51.2% |
| GREENE CTY TECH JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL PARAGOULD | 521 | 44.1% | 40.5% |
| PINKSTON MIDDLE SCHOOL MOUNTAIN HOME | 546 | 39.6% | 45.9% |
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 BAUXITE MIDDLE SCHOOL ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Arkansas | In Saline County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 43.5% | #70 of 207 | #3 of 7 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 50.7% | #46 of 208 ▲ 5 | #2 of 7 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 36.9% | #81 of 208 ▲ 12 | #6 of 7 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 413 | #119 of 217 | #5 of 7 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.6:1 | #178 of 188 | #7 of 7 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 23.1% | #152 of 188 | #7 of 7 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 40.0% | #182 of 210 | #5 of 7 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +11.3% | #22 of 61 | N/A |
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
413
+11 (+3%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
18.6:1
was 20.1:1
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 | 413 | 22.2 | 18.6:1 | 40% (165) |
| 2023-24 | 381 | 25 | 15.3:1 | 43% (162) |
| 2022-23 | 369 | 22.2 | 16.6:1 | 39% (143) |
| 2020-21 | 402 | 20 | 20.1:1 | 39% (156) |
| 2017-18 | 371 | 19.5 | 19.1:1 | 24% (88) |
| 2015-16 | 390 | 21 | 18.6:1 | 43% (169) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for BAUXITE MIDDLE SCHOOL.
About BAUXITE MIDDLE SCHOOL
BAUXITE MIDDLE SCHOOL is a medium-sized middle school with its address in BAUXITE, Arkansas. A total of 413 students attend the school, which covers grades 6 through 8.
BAUXITE MIDDLE SCHOOL is among 3 schools run by BAUXITE SCHOOL DISTRICT, which serves 1,717 students.
BAUXITE MIDDLE SCHOOL's enrollment is 87% White. Next come 6% Hispanic, 3% multiracial, and 2% Black. Pick two students at random and there is a 23% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
BAUXITE MIDDLE SCHOOL's 22.2 full-time-equivalent teachers put its ratio at 18.6:1. That is higher than the 13.9:1 average for middle schools in Arkansas. Eligibility for subsidized school meals is 40%.
allk12 grades BAUXITE MIDDLE SCHOOL a B-. The grade compares the school only with Arkansas public middle schools, because each state gives its own test.
After adjusting for student poverty, BAUXITE MIDDLE SCHOOL lands between the top and bottom 10% of Arkansas schools. Its average proficiency rate on state tests is 43.5%; the prediction is 45.0%.
In Saline County (population about 127,479), the median household income is $79,046, roughly 29% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 6%. There are 33 public schools in Saline County, enrolling about 20,022 students in all.
Nearby, BAUXITE HIGH SCHOOL is less than a tenth of a mile away. Within five miles of BAUXITE MIDDLE SCHOOL, there are at least 8 other public schools. Compared with its nearest neighbors, BAUXITE MIDDLE SCHOOL ranks 2nd of 9 on average proficiency.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is Suburb: Large.
Federal data show a 3% enrollment increase, from 402 in 2020-21 to 413 in 2024-25. The student-to-teacher ratio went down from 20.1:1 to 18.6:1.
Families, students, and staff can use this page to discuss enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news at BAUXITE MIDDLE SCHOOL. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
Saline County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
127,479
Census ACS
Median income
$79,046
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
29%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
33
20,022 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in BAUXITE SCHOOL DISTRICT
- PINE HAVEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 753 students
- BAUXITE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 551 students
- MINER ACADEMYHigh
Other schools in BAUXITE
- PINE HAVEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 753 students
- BAUXITE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 551 students
- MINER ACADEMYHigh
Nearby schools
- BAUXITE HIGH SCHOOL0.1 mi · 551
- PINE HAVEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.8 mi · 753
- BRYANT JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL2.0 mi · 1,545
- HILL FARM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.2 mi · 562
- HURRICANE CREEK ELEMENTARY2.7 mi · 435
- BRYANT HIGH SCHOOL3.4 mi · 2,369
Frequently asked questions
About BAUXITE MIDDLE SCHOOLHow many students attend BAUXITE MIDDLE SCHOOL?
BAUXITE MIDDLE SCHOOL enrolls approximately 413 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does BAUXITE MIDDLE SCHOOL serve?
BAUXITE MIDDLE SCHOOL serves grades 06-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at BAUXITE MIDDLE SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at BAUXITE MIDDLE SCHOOL is approximately 18.6:1 (22 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at BAUXITE MIDDLE SCHOOL?
Student demographics at BAUXITE MIDDLE SCHOOL are roughly 87% White, 6% Hispanic, 2% Black, 1% Asian, 3% Two or more.
What district is BAUXITE MIDDLE SCHOOL in?
BAUXITE MIDDLE SCHOOL is part of BAUXITE SCHOOL DISTRICT.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.