CREEKSIDE MIDDLE SCHOOL

Set in BENTONVILLE, Arkansas, CREEKSIDE MIDDLE SCHOOL is a reasonably sized intermediate school, one of the schools within BENTONVILLE SCHOOL DISTRICT. It educates 635 students across grades 5 through 6. By comparison, Arkansas's public schools average about 464 students each, so CREEKSIDE MIDDLE SCHOOL sits 37% above that benchmark.

CREEKSIDE MIDDLE SCHOOL is one of 24 schools operated by BENTONVILLE SCHOOL DISTRICT, a district that serves 19,575 students overall.

On the student-mix side, CREEKSIDE MIDDLE SCHOOL records that 60% of the student body identifies as White; the rest is composed of 14% Hispanic, 14% Asian, 5% multiracial, 5% Black. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

On the resource side, On paper, CREEKSIDE MIDDLE SCHOOL has 36 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 17.5:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.9:1, putting CREEKSIDE MIDDLE SCHOOL higher than the state norm the norm. Around 28% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Benton County runs at roughly 37%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully below the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, CREEKSIDE MIDDLE SCHOOL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 48.5%; this one delivers 54.7%.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Benton County indicate median household earnings sit near $93,506, roughly 38% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. In all, Benton County runs 88 public schools (combined enrollment of about 57,071 students), of which CREEKSIDE MIDDLE SCHOOL is one.

OSAGE CREEK 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 CREEKSIDE MIDDLE SCHOOL. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), CREEKSIDE MIDDLE SCHOOL ranks 6th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 63.5%.

The campus sits in a downtown setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count increased 39%: 457 students in 2018 compared to 635 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 68% to 60% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio widened from 13.8:1 in 2018 to 17.5:1 today.

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