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Which teacher or staff member at BROOKLAND MIDDLE SCHOOL deserves more recognition?
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Enrollment
755
Middle
DISTRICT 728 · STATE 464
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BROOKLAND SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 050364001458
BROOKLAND MIDDLE SCHOOL
100 W. SCHOOL ST., BROOKLAND, AR 72417 · (870) 932-2080 · Craighead County
GRADES 04–06MIDDLE41-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL755 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 55% 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
41 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.8:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
36%
270 students
DISTRICT 33% · STATE 70%
Community
6
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 4 | 265 | 35% |
| Grade 5 | 236 | 31% |
| Grade 6 | 254 | 34% |
Student demographics
23%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 24% · 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
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within BROOKLAND SCHOOL DISTRICT. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
ATLAS 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3+4)English Language Arts
43.3%
AR avg 34.9% . +1.5pp since 2023
Math
49.9%
AR avg 38.9% . +5.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the ATLAS, Arkansas's statewide test, about 43 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 50 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 5 points.
ATLAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 43.3% | 49.9% |
| 2023-24 | 41.8% | 44.9% |
% 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
45.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
46.5%
based on AR schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-1.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 45% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 47% 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 BROOKLAND MIDDLE SCHOOL
BROOKLAND MIDDLE SCHOOL's state test result (45.2% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| BROOKLAND MIDDLE SCHOOL this school | 755 | 35.8% | 45.2% |
| RANDALL G LYNCH MIDDLE SCHOOL FARMINGTON | 638 | 32.3% | 48.4% |
| PEA RIDGE JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL PEA RIDGE | 643 | 30.5% | 37.0% |
| BROOKLAND JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL BROOKLAND | 701 | 27.8% | 32.7% |
| SHERIDAN MIDDLE SCHOOL SHERIDAN | 564 | 41.7% | 43.4% |
| GREENWOOD JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL GREENWOOD | 605 | 30.9% | 57.1% |
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 BROOKLAND MIDDLE SCHOOL ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Arkansas | In Craighead County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 45.2% | #62 of 207 | #2 of 7 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 49.9% | #50 of 208 ▲ 4 | #2 of 7 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 43.3% | #50 of 208 ▼ 2 | #2 of 7 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 755 | #24 of 217 | #2 of 7 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.6:1 | #177 of 188 | #7 of 7 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 23.0% | #153 of 188 | #6 of 7 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 35.8% | #187 of 210 | #5 of 7 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -5.5% | #93 of 114 | 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
755
-111 (-13%) vs 2020
+96% since 2010-11, when it was 386
Student : Teacher
18.6:1
was 18.4:1
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 | 755 | 40.6 | 18.6:1 | 36% (270) |
| 2023-24 | 698 | 35.9 | 19.5:1 | 34% (235) |
| 2022-23 | 878 | 47.3 | 18.6:1 | 31% (270) |
| 2020-21 | 866 | 47 | 18.4:1 | 37% (319) |
| 2017-18 | 799 | 42 | 19.0:1 | 20% (163) |
| 2015-16 | 520 | 32 | 16.3:1 | 39% (205) |
| 2010-11 | 386 | 28 | 13.8:1 | 37% (144) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for BROOKLAND MIDDLE SCHOOL.
About BROOKLAND MIDDLE SCHOOL
BROOKLAND MIDDLE SCHOOL is a large middle-grades school in BROOKLAND, Arkansas. Students in grades 4 through 6 make up the school's enrollment of 755 students. By comparison, middle schools in Arkansas enroll about 464 students on average.
BROOKLAND SCHOOL DISTRICT runs 5 schools with a combined 3,213 students. BROOKLAND MIDDLE SCHOOL is one of them.
White students are 87% of those enrolled at BROOKLAND MIDDLE SCHOOL. The rest of enrollment is 6% Hispanic, 4% Black, and 3% multiracial. Census estimates put the White share of Craighead County's population at about 72%. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 23, compared with 70 nationally.
The school had 40.6 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25. Its student-to-teacher ratio is 18.6:1. By comparison, the average for middle schools in Arkansas is 13.9:1. The school reported 36% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25. The rate at public schools in Craighead County averages 67%, higher than here.
BROOKLAND MIDDLE SCHOOL earns a B on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 55% of Arkansas public middle schools.
BROOKLAND MIDDLE SCHOOL is 1.4 points below its predicted average proficiency rate across its state test results (45.2% versus 46.5%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in Arkansas.
The county, Craighead County, is where the school is located. Median household income comes to about $59,548, about 30% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 15%. The county's public schools total 37, with about 20,332 students.
BROOKLAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is about 0.2 miles away, making it the nearest public school. BROOKLAND MIDDLE SCHOOL is one of several public schools in the area, with 4 others within five miles. Nearby schools average 27.0% on proficiency, and BROOKLAND MIDDLE SCHOOL is above that at 45.2%.
By NCES locale, the school is Rural: Fringe, or in rural territory close to an urban area.
The school shrank from 866 students in 2020-21 to 755 in 2024-25.
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Craighead County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
113,249
Census ACS
Median income
$59,548
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
30%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
15%
Below federal line
Schools in county
37
20,332 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in BROOKLAND SCHOOL DISTRICT
- BROOKLAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 728 students
- BROOKLAND JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOLMiddle · 701 students
- BROOKLAND HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 645 students
- BROOKLAND PRIMARY SCHOOLElementary · 384 students
Other schools in BROOKLAND
- BROOKLAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 728 students
- BROOKLAND JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOLMiddle · 701 students
- BROOKLAND HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 645 students
- BROOKLAND PRIMARY SCHOOLElementary · 384 students
Other Brookland Middle schools
2 other US public schools in 3 states are named Brookland Middle. BROOKLAND MIDDLE SCHOOL is the 2nd largest of the 3.
- Brookland MiddleRichmond, VA · 1,034 students
- Brookland Middle SchoolWashington, DC · 381 students
Nearby schools
- BROOKLAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.2 mi · 728
- BROOKLAND PRIMARY SCHOOL0.3 mi · 384
- BROOKLAND JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL0.5 mi · 701
- BROOKLAND HIGH SCHOOL0.5 mi · 645
- UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL6.1 mi · 446
- UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS SCHOOL OF MEDICAL ARTS6.2 mi · 491
Frequently asked questions
About BROOKLAND MIDDLE SCHOOLHow many students attend BROOKLAND MIDDLE SCHOOL?
BROOKLAND MIDDLE SCHOOL enrolls approximately 755 students in grades 04-06.
Is BROOKLAND MIDDLE SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
BROOKLAND MIDDLE SCHOOL is a middle school covering grades 04-06.
How many teachers does BROOKLAND MIDDLE SCHOOL have?
BROOKLAND MIDDLE SCHOOL employs 41 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 18.6:1.
How diverse is BROOKLAND MIDDLE SCHOOL?
BROOKLAND MIDDLE SCHOOL reports a student body of 87% White, 6% Hispanic, 4% Black, 0% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Who oversees BROOKLAND MIDDLE SCHOOL?
BROOKLAND MIDDLE SCHOOL is overseen by BROOKLAND SCHOOL DISTRICT in Craighead County.
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