CARL STUART MIDDLE SCHOOL

CARL STUART MIDDLE SCHOOL, a big junior high in CONWAY, Arkansas, overseen by CONWAY SCHOOL DISTRICT, enrolls 752 students, covering grades 5 through 7. Enrollment runs roughly 62% above the state mean of about 464.

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

For racial and ethnic makeup, CARL STUART MIDDLE SCHOOL lists that the most-represented group is White (48%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. The remainder reads as 34% Black, 11% Hispanic, 6% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 79% White, putting the school's mix visibly less White than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, CARL STUART MIDDLE SCHOOL lists 49 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 15.4:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.9:1, putting CARL STUART MIDDLE SCHOOL higher than the state norm the norm. About 51% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

After controlling for student poverty, CARL STUART MIDDLE SCHOOL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 40.8%; this one delivers 47.4%.

In the broader community, census data for Faulkner County shows median household income runs about $67,289, roughly 35% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. CARL STUART MIDDLE SCHOOL is one of 37 public schools in Faulkner County (combined enrollment of about 18,977 students).

Nearest neighbor: MARGUERITE VANN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, around 0.1 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around CARL STUART MIDDLE SCHOOL. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), CARL STUART MIDDLE SCHOOL ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 41.1%.

The school occupies a metropolitan site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count shrank 5%: 794 students in 2018 compared to 752 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 60% to 48% across the same window. Class-load math has tightened: from 16.5:1 in 2018 to 15.4:1 in 2025.

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