CAVE CITY MIDDLE SCHOOL CAREER AND COLLEGIATE PREPARATORY

As a cozy middle-grades school in CAVE CITY, Arkansas, CAVE CITY MIDDLE SCHOOL CAREER AND COLLEGIATE PREPARATORY works with 259 students from grades 6 through 8, run under CAVE CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT. That puts it 44% leaner than the typical public school in Arkansas, which averages around 464 students.

CAVE CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT runs 3 schools in total, collectively educating 1,239 students. CAVE CITY MIDDLE SCHOOL CAREER AND COLLEGIATE PREPARATORY is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, CAVE CITY MIDDLE SCHOOL CAREER AND COLLEGIATE PREPARATORY shows that the student body is overwhelmingly White (89%). Beyond that, the school records 6% Hispanic, 2% Black. That composition is broadly in line with Sharp County as a whole.

Looking at the economic backdrop, CAVE CITY MIDDLE SCHOOL CAREER AND COLLEGIATE PREPARATORY logs 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 10.7:1. The state averages around 13.9:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 79% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, CAVE CITY MIDDLE SCHOOL CAREER AND COLLEGIATE PREPARATORY ranks in the top 10% of Arkansas public schools. The BeatsExpectations model, a per-state regression of composite proficiency on FRL share, predicts schools with this student profile to land around 29.9%; CAVE CITY MIDDLE SCHOOL CAREER AND COLLEGIATE PREPARATORY posts 45.6%, +15.8 points above that line.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for Sharp County put median household income runs about $44,637, about 14% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 12% of residents live below the federal poverty line. CAVE CITY MIDDLE SCHOOL CAREER AND COLLEGIATE PREPARATORY is one of 6 public schools in Sharp County (combined enrollment of about 2,738 students).

The closest other public school is CAVE CITY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, roughly 0.1 miles away. 2 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), CAVE CITY MIDDLE SCHOOL CAREER AND COLLEGIATE PREPARATORY ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 34.8%.

Geographically, the school is in an outlying area. As a public charter, CAVE CITY MIDDLE SCHOOL CAREER AND COLLEGIATE PREPARATORY runs on public funding but with greater curricular and operational autonomy than a typical district school.

Five-year trend. CAVE CITY MIDDLE SCHOOL CAREER AND COLLEGIATE PREPARATORY's enrollment has edged down 10% since 2018, when it stood at 287 (now 259). White enrollment moved from 95% to 89% across the same window.

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