BROOKLAND MIDDLE SCHOOL

BROOKLAND MIDDLE SCHOOL operates as a substantial 6-8 campus in BROOKLAND, Arkansas, one of the schools within BROOKLAND SCHOOL DISTRICT. Current enrollment sits at 755 students spanning grades 4 through 6. By comparison, Arkansas's public schools average about 464 students each, so BROOKLAND MIDDLE SCHOOL sits 63% above that benchmark.

BROOKLAND MIDDLE SCHOOL is one of 5 schools operated by BROOKLAND SCHOOL DISTRICT, a district that enrolls 3,213 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, BROOKLAND MIDDLE SCHOOL shows that the student body is overwhelmingly White (87%). Beyond that, the school records 6% Hispanic, 4% Black, 3% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 72% White, putting the school's mix noticeably more White than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 41 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 18.6:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 13.9:1 average. An estimated 36% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is lower than Craighead County's rate of about 67%.

With demographic context factored in, BROOKLAND MIDDLE SCHOOL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 45.6%, the actual is 43.3%, a residual of -2.2 points.

In the surrounding community, census data for Craighead County shows the typical household earns roughly $59,548 per year, 30% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 15%. In all, Craighead County runs 37 public schools (combined enrollment of about 20,332 students), of which BROOKLAND MIDDLE SCHOOL is one.

The closest other public school is BROOKLAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, roughly 0.2 miles away. 4 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), BROOKLAND MIDDLE SCHOOL ranks 1st on composite proficiency, above the local average of 26.1%.

Geographically, the school is in a rural area.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at BROOKLAND MIDDLE SCHOOL has ticked down 6%, going from 799 students in 2018 to 755 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share edged down from 93% to 87%.

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