BOB COURTWAY MIDDLE SCHOOL

Set in CONWAY, Arkansas, BOB COURTWAY MIDDLE SCHOOL is a moderately sized middle-grades school, part of CONWAY SCHOOL DISTRICT. It works with 498 students across grades 5 through 7.

Across the 16 schools in CONWAY SCHOOL DISTRICT (10,212 students total), BOB COURTWAY MIDDLE SCHOOL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On the student-mix side, BOB COURTWAY MIDDLE SCHOOL shows that the largest single group is White at 34%, but no single group is in the majority. The remainder reads as 32% Black, 28% Hispanic, 6% multiracial. That is noticeably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 79%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, BOB COURTWAY MIDDLE SCHOOL has 35 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 14.3:1. The state averages about 13.9:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Around 72% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is north of Faulkner County's rate of about 52%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), BOB COURTWAY MIDDLE SCHOOL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 32.4%, the actual is 30.0%, a residual of -2.4 points.

Zooming out to the county, Faulkner County reports that the typical household earns roughly $67,289 per year, 35% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. In all, Faulkner County runs 37 public schools (combined enrollment of about 18,977 students), of which BOB COURTWAY MIDDLE SCHOOL is one.

Nearest neighbor: RAY PHYLLIS SIMON MIDDLE SCHOOL, around 0.4 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts BOB COURTWAY MIDDLE SCHOOL at 8th of 8; the average score across the group is 39.6%.

The campus sits in a city-core setting.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at BOB COURTWAY MIDDLE SCHOOL has held roughly steady, going from 488 students in 2018 to 498 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share fell from 45% to 34%. Class-load math has grew: from 13.1:1 in 2018 to 14.3:1 in 2025.

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