Enrollment
172
Middle
DISTRICT 138 · STATE 464
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BLYTHEVILLE SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 050332000099
BLYTHEVILLE MIDDLE SCHOOL
700 W CHICKASAWBA, BLYTHEVILLE, AR 72315 · (870) 762-2983 · Mississippi County
GRADES 07–08MIDDLE33-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL172 STUDENTS
D
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 6% of Arkansas public middle schools
- FTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats 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
11.3:1
15 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.7:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
172 students
DISTRICT 100% · 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 7 | 93 | 54% |
| Grade 8 | 79 | 46% |
Student demographics
36%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 32% · 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
BLYTHEVILLE MIDDLE SCHOOL→BLYTHEVILLE HIGH SCHOOL
Based on grade levels within BLYTHEVILLE SCHOOL DISTRICT. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
ATLAS 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3+4)English Language Arts
15.2%
AR avg 34.9% . +6.7pp since 2023
Math
10.7%
AR avg 38.9% . +3.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the ATLAS, Arkansas's statewide test, about 15 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 11 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 7 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 3 points.
ATLAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 15.2% | 10.7% |
| 2023-24 | 8.5% | 7.4% |
% 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
11.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
22.7%
based on AR schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-11.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 12% 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 BLYTHEVILLE MIDDLE SCHOOL
BLYTHEVILLE MIDDLE SCHOOL's state test result (11.5% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| BLYTHEVILLE MIDDLE SCHOOL this school | 172 | 100.0% | 11.5% |
| DUMAS MIDDLE SCHOOL DUMAS | 184 | 100.0% | 14.5% |
| OSCEOLA MIDDLE SCHOOL OSCEOLA | 221 | 98.6% | 10.7% |
| KIPP:DELTA COLLEGE PREP SCHOOL HELENA | 163 | 100.0% | 26.7% |
| LINCOLN ACADEMY FORREST CITY | 132 | 100.0% | 15.6% |
| BLYTHEVILLE CHICKASAW PREPARATORY ACADEMY (BCPA) BLYTHEVILLE | 104 | 100.0% | 13.0% |
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 BLYTHEVILLE MIDDLE SCHOOL ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Arkansas |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 11.5% | #198 of 207 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 10.7% | #196 of 208 ▲ 5 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 15.2% | #192 of 208 ▲ 11 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 172 | #199 of 217 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 100% | #7 of 210 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -55.7% | #2 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
172
-239 (-58%) vs 2020
-72% since 1990-91, when it was 624
Student : Teacher
11.3:1
was 12.4:1
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 | 172 | 15.3 | 11.3:1 | 100% (172) |
| 2023-24 | 191 | 16.3 | 11.7:1 | 100% (191) |
| 2022-23 | 324 | 28 | 11.6:1 | 100% (324) |
| 2020-21 | 411 | 33 | 12.4:1 | 100% (411) |
| 2017-18 | 388 | 42.4 | 9.2:1 | 41% (160) |
| 2015-16 | 420 | 44 | 9.6:1 | 99% (417) |
| 2010-11 | 426 | 35 | 12.2:1 | 99% (423) |
| 2000-01 | 487 | 38 | 12.8:1 | 58% (283) |
| 1990-91 | 624 | 39 | 16.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for BLYTHEVILLE MIDDLE SCHOOL.
About BLYTHEVILLE MIDDLE SCHOOL
BLYTHEVILLE MIDDLE SCHOOL runs as a very small middle-grades school in BLYTHEVILLE, Arkansas. The school offers grades 7 through 8 and enrolls 172 students. The school is 63% below the average for middle schools in Arkansas.
The district for BLYTHEVILLE MIDDLE SCHOOL is BLYTHEVILLE SCHOOL DISTRICT, with 5 schools and 1,295 students.
The largest group at BLYTHEVILLE MIDDLE SCHOOL is Black students, at 79%. Smaller groups are 13% White, 5% Hispanic, and 2% multiracial. County-wide, 34% of Mississippi County residents are Black. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 36%.
There are about 11.3 students for every full-time-equivalent teacher at BLYTHEVILLE MIDDLE SCHOOL, which has 15.3. The gap from the 13.9:1 average for middle schools in Arkansas is 2.6 students per teacher. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch stands at 100%. That is 16 points above the 84% average for public schools in Mississippi County.
BLYTHEVILLE MIDDLE SCHOOL earns a D on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 6% of Arkansas public middle schools.
In Arkansas, BLYTHEVILLE MIDDLE SCHOOL is in the middle band of BeatsExpectations: 11.5% actual against a predicted 22.7%.
Census data for Mississippi County show median household income comes to about $52,548, 14% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 17% of people live in poverty. Public schools in Mississippi County number 22, with about 6,930 students.
Among nearby public schools, BLYTHEVILLE CHICKASAW PREPARATORY ACADEMY (BCPA) is closest at less than a tenth of a mile. BLYTHEVILLE MIDDLE SCHOOL is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. Among 8 nearby schools that report test results, BLYTHEVILLE MIDDLE SCHOOL ranks 6th on proficiency.
NCES describes the area around BLYTHEVILLE MIDDLE SCHOOL as Town: Remote, meaning in a town far from an urbanized area.
The 2020-21 count was 411 students and the 2024-25 count was 172. A difference that large may reflect a change in which grades the school serves. The student-to-teacher ratio dropped from 12.4:1 in 2020-21 to 11.3:1 in 2024-25.
The discussion board for BLYTHEVILLE MIDDLE SCHOOL is open to topics like pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
Mississippi County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
39,126
Census ACS
Median income
$52,548
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
14%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
17%
Below federal line
Schools in county
22
6,930 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in BLYTHEVILLE SCHOOL DISTRICT
- BLYTHEVILLE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 369 students
- BLYTHEVILLE PRIMARY SCHOOLElementary · 343 students
- BLYTHEVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 307 students
- BLYTHEVILLE CHICKASAW PREPARATORY ACADEMY (BCPA)Middle · 104 students
Other schools in BLYTHEVILLE
- BLYTHEVILLE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 369 students
- BLYTHEVILLE PRIMARY SCHOOLElementary · 343 students
- BLYTHEVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 307 students
- KIPP: BLYTHEVILLE COLLEGE PREPARATORYElementary · 292 students
- ARMOREL ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 234 students
- ARMOREL HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 204 students
Nearby schools
- BLYTHEVILLE CHICKASAW PREPARATORY ACADEMY (BCPA)0.0 mi · 104
- BLYTHEVILLE HIGH SCHOOL0.3 mi · 369
- KIPP: BLYTHEVILLE COLLEGE PREPARATORY0.6 mi · 292
- BLYTHEVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.8 mi · 307
- KIPP BLYTHEVILLE COLLEGIATE HIGH SCHOOL1.6 mi · 132
- BLYTHEVILLE PRIMARY SCHOOL1.6 mi · 343
Frequently asked questions
About BLYTHEVILLE MIDDLE SCHOOLHow large is BLYTHEVILLE MIDDLE SCHOOL?
BLYTHEVILLE MIDDLE SCHOOL enrolls approximately 172 students in grades 07-08.
What age range does BLYTHEVILLE MIDDLE SCHOOL serve?
BLYTHEVILLE MIDDLE SCHOOL serves students from grade 07 through grade 08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at BLYTHEVILLE MIDDLE SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at BLYTHEVILLE MIDDLE SCHOOL is approximately 11.3:1 (15 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at BLYTHEVILLE MIDDLE SCHOOL?
At BLYTHEVILLE MIDDLE SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 13% White, 5% Hispanic, 79% Black, 1% Asian, 2% Two or more.
What district is BLYTHEVILLE MIDDLE SCHOOL in?
BLYTHEVILLE MIDDLE SCHOOL is part of BLYTHEVILLE SCHOOL DISTRICT.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.