BRIGHT FIELD MIDDLE SCHOOL

BRIGHT FIELD MIDDLE SCHOOL is one of the big 6-8 campuss in BENTONVILLE, Arkansas, operated by BENTONVILLE SCHOOL DISTRICT, with 697 students on its rolls from grades 5 through 6. By comparison, Arkansas's public schools average about 464 students each, so BRIGHT FIELD MIDDLE SCHOOL sits 50% above that benchmark.

Within BENTONVILLE SCHOOL DISTRICT, which oversees 24 schools and 19,575 students, BRIGHT FIELD MIDDLE SCHOOL is one campus in the system.

On demographics, BRIGHT FIELD MIDDLE SCHOOL shows that the largest single group is White, at 67% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school logs 19% Asian, 7% Hispanic, 4% multiracial, 3% Black.

Looking at school resources, BRIGHT FIELD MIDDLE SCHOOL reports 35 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 19.8:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 13.9:1 average. An estimated 5% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Benton County (around 37%), the school's rate is somewhat below typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, BRIGHT FIELD MIDDLE SCHOOL is in the OUTPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations model, which fits a per-state line through proficiency and FRL share. Schools with this campus's poverty mix typically land near 56.9%; this one delivers 73.8%, a residual of +16.9 points.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Benton County) logs that the typical household earns roughly $93,506 per year, roughly 38% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. In all, Benton County runs 88 public schools (combined enrollment of about 57,071 students), of which BRIGHT FIELD MIDDLE SCHOOL is one.

WILLOWBROOK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around BRIGHT FIELD MIDDLE SCHOOL. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts BRIGHT FIELD MIDDLE SCHOOL at 2nd of 9; the average score across the group is 60.8%.

The school occupies a metropolitan site.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count rose 41%: 495 students in 2018 compared to 697 in 2025. The White share of enrollment ticked down from 78% to 67% over that span. Class-load math has loosened: from 14.6:1 in 2018 to 19.8:1 in 2025.

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