Enrollment
331
Middle
DISTRICT 367 · STATE 464
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BERGMAN SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 050309001089
BERGMAN MIDDLE SCHOOL
8949 HIGHWAY 7 N, HARRISON, AR 72601 · (870) 741-8557 · Boone County
GRADES 05–08MIDDLE42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL331 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 79% of Arkansas public middle schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-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
12.6:1
26 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.4:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
59%
196 students
DISTRICT 57% · 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 5 | 87 | 26% |
| Grade 6 | 75 | 23% |
| Grade 7 | 82 | 25% |
| Grade 8 | 87 | 26% |
Student demographics
14%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 14% · 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
BERGMAN MIDDLE SCHOOL→BERGMAN HIGH SCHOOL
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within BERGMAN SCHOOL DISTRICT. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
ATLAS 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3+4)English Language Arts
50.2%
AR avg 34.9% . +5.5pp since 2023
Math
43.7%
AR avg 38.9% . -0.5pp since 2023
What this means: On the ATLAS, Arkansas's statewide test, about 50 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 44 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 6 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
ATLAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 50.2% | 43.7% |
| 2023-24 | 44.7% | 44.2% |
% 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
47.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
37.8%
based on AR schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+9.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 47% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 38% 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 BERGMAN MIDDLE SCHOOL
BERGMAN MIDDLE SCHOOL's state test result (47.4% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| BERGMAN MIDDLE SCHOOL this school | 331 | 59.2% | 47.4% |
| WESTSIDE MIDDLE SCHOOL JONESBORO | 414 | 59.7% | 37.2% |
| DOVER MIDDLE SCHOOL DOVER | 375 | 64.3% | 45.1% |
| OZARK MIDDLE SCHOOL ALTUS | 266 | 55.6% | 30.5% |
| SOUTHSIDE JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL SOUTHSIDE | 427 | 55.0% | 34.8% |
| SOUTHSIDE MIDDLE SCHOOL SOUTHSIDE | 450 | 55.6% | 42.5% |
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 BERGMAN MIDDLE SCHOOL ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Arkansas |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 47.4% | #47 of 207 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 43.7% | #74 of 208 ▼ 18 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 50.2% | #21 of 208 ▲ 9 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 331 | #144 of 217 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.6:1 | #51 of 188 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 14.4% | #176 of 188 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 59.2% | #122 of 210 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -0.6% | #112 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
331
+12 (+4%) vs 2020
-6% since 2010-11, when it was 351
Student : Teacher
12.6:1
was 12.8:1
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 | 331 | 26.3 | 12.6:1 | 59% (196) |
| 2023-24 | 325 | 26.6 | 12.2:1 | 60% (195) |
| 2022-23 | 341 | 28 | 12.2:1 | 62% (210) |
| 2020-21 | 319 | 25 | 12.8:1 | 65% (207) |
| 2017-18 | 333 | 25.9 | 12.9:1 | 30% (99) |
| 2015-16 | 335 | 27 | 12.4:1 | 58% (195) |
| 2010-11 | 351 | 26 | 13.5:1 | 42% (148) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for BERGMAN MIDDLE SCHOOL.
About BERGMAN MIDDLE SCHOOL
Federal records list BERGMAN MIDDLE SCHOOL as a middle school in HARRISON, Arkansas. The school teaches grades 5 through 8 and enrolls 331 students. That is 29% below the average of about 464 students for middle schools in Arkansas.
BERGMAN SCHOOL DISTRICT runs 3 schools with a combined 1,102 students. BERGMAN MIDDLE SCHOOL is one of them.
At BERGMAN MIDDLE SCHOOL, 92% of students are White. Other students are 3% Hispanic. Census estimates put Boone County at about 94% White, close to the school's figure. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 14%.
BERGMAN MIDDLE SCHOOL reports a ratio of 12.6 students per teacher, from 26.3 full-time-equivalent teachers. The gap from the 13.9:1 average for middle schools in Arkansas is 1.3 students per teacher. Student poverty is often measured by lunch eligibility; at BERGMAN MIDDLE SCHOOL, 59% qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. The figure for public schools in Boone County is close, at 62%.
BERGMAN MIDDLE SCHOOL holds an A- allk12 Grade, placing it above 79% of Arkansas public middle schools.
Schools in Arkansas with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to score about 37.8%. BERGMAN MIDDLE SCHOOL scores 47.4%.
In Boone County, where the school is located, median household income comes to about $55,143, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 17%, and about 8% of people live in poverty. There are 18 public schools in the county, enrolling about 5,818, BERGMAN MIDDLE SCHOOL among them.
The closest school to BERGMAN MIDDLE SCHOOL is BERGMAN HIGH SCHOOL, located about 0.2 miles away. BERGMAN MIDDLE SCHOOL is one of several public schools in the area, with 2 others within five miles. Local comparison: BERGMAN MIDDLE SCHOOL ranks 4th of 8 nearby schools, at 47.4% versus a 47.1% average.
Its location is classified as Rural: Distant by the National Center for Education Statistics.
Since 2020-21, enrollment has grown 4%, from 319 to 331.
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Boone County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
38,138
Census ACS
Median income
$55,143
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
17%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
18
5,818 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in BERGMAN SCHOOL DISTRICT
- BERGMAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 474 students
- BERGMAN HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 297 students
Other schools in HARRISON
- HARRISON MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 865 students
- HARRISON HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 843 students
- SKYLINE HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 479 students
- BERGMAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 474 students
- FOREST HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 375 students
- BERGMAN HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 297 students
Nearby schools
- BERGMAN HIGH SCHOOL0.2 mi · 297
- BERGMAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.3 mi · 474
- HARRISON KINDERGARTEN7.0 mi · 177
- SKYLINE HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL7.6 mi · 479
- HARRISON MIDDLE SCHOOL8.0 mi · 865
- HARRISON HIGH SCHOOL8.1 mi · 843
Frequently asked questions
About BERGMAN MIDDLE SCHOOLHow large is BERGMAN MIDDLE SCHOOL?
BERGMAN MIDDLE SCHOOL enrolls approximately 331 students in grades 05-08.
What age range does BERGMAN MIDDLE SCHOOL serve?
BERGMAN MIDDLE SCHOOL serves students from grade 05 through grade 08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at BERGMAN MIDDLE SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at BERGMAN MIDDLE SCHOOL is approximately 12.6:1 (26 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at BERGMAN MIDDLE SCHOOL?
At BERGMAN MIDDLE SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 92% White, 3% Hispanic, 1% Black, 0% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Is BERGMAN MIDDLE SCHOOL public or private?
BERGMAN MIDDLE SCHOOL is a public K-12 school, overseen by BERGMAN SCHOOL DISTRICT.
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