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Does CREEKSIDE MIDDLE SCHOOL have enough mental health and stress support?
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Enrollment
635
Middle
DISTRICT 672 · STATE 464
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BENTONVILLE SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 050306001648
CREEKSIDE MIDDLE SCHOOL
5303 BRIGHT ROAD, BENTONVILLE, AR 72712 · (479) 286-9600 · Benton County
GRADES 05–06MIDDLE13-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL635 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 79% of Arkansas public middle schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats 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
17.5:1
36 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.0:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
28%
176 students
DISTRICT 20% · 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 5 | 302 | 48% |
| Grade 6 | 333 | 52% |
Student demographics
59%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 51% · 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
Test scores
ATLAS 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3+4)English Language Arts
51.1%
AR avg 34.9% . -0.1pp since 2023
Math
55.3%
AR avg 38.9% . -5.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the ATLAS, Arkansas's statewide test, about 51 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 55 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Arkansas schools, those numbers are about 35 and 39. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2023, while math scores are down about 5 points.
ATLAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 51.1% | 55.3% |
| 2023-24 | 51.2% | 60.6% |
% 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
53.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
49.5%
based on AR schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+4.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 54% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 50% 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 CREEKSIDE MIDDLE SCHOOL
CREEKSIDE MIDDLE SCHOOL's state test result (53.6% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| CREEKSIDE MIDDLE SCHOOL this school | 635 | 27.7% | 53.6% |
| J. WILLIAM FULBRIGHT JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL BENTONVILLE | 718 | 11.1% | 72.0% |
| GRIMSLEY JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL BENTONVILLE | 846 | 24.5% | 57.0% |
| LINCOLN JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL BENTONVILLE | 723 | 20.1% | 68.3% |
| RUTH BARKER MIDDLE SCHOOL BENTONVILLE | 530 | 29.8% | 58.0% |
| BRIGHT FIELD MIDDLE SCHOOL BENTONVILLE | 697 | 4.6% | 76.3% |
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 CREEKSIDE MIDDLE SCHOOL ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Arkansas | In Benton County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 53.6% | #20 of 207 | #10 of 20 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 55.3% | #26 of 208 ▼ 14 | #11 of 20 ▼ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 51.1% | #17 of 208 no change | #9 of 20 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 635 | #54 of 217 | #13 of 22 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.5:1 | #167 of 188 | #14 of 19 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 59.3% | #41 of 188 | #4 of 19 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 27.7% | #201 of 210 | #13 of 20 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +38.9% | #6 of 61 | #2 of 10 |
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
635
-12 (-2%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
17.5:1
was 15.8:1
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 | 635 | 36.4 | 17.5:1 | 28% (176) |
| 2023-24 | 757 | 37.2 | 20.4:1 | 24% (184) |
| 2022-23 | 674 | 41.9 | 16.1:1 | 27% (184) |
| 2020-21 | 647 | 41 | 15.8:1 | 26% (165) |
| 2017-18 | 457 | 33.1 | 13.8:1 | 19% (89) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for CREEKSIDE MIDDLE SCHOOL.
About CREEKSIDE MIDDLE SCHOOL
CREEKSIDE MIDDLE SCHOOL is one of the public schools in BENTONVILLE, Arkansas. It is a medium-sized middle school. Students in grades 5 through 6 attend, and enrollment is 635 students. The typical figure for middle schools in Arkansas is about 464 students.
BENTONVILLE SCHOOL DISTRICT is made up of 24 schools with 19,575 students in all.
White students are the majority at CREEKSIDE MIDDLE SCHOOL, with 60% of enrollment. Other groups make up 14% Hispanic, 14% Asian, 5% multiracial, and 5% Black. County-wide, about 60% of residents are White. The school's diversity index is 59%, meaning two students picked at random have a 59% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
With 36.4 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25, the ratio at CREEKSIDE MIDDLE SCHOOL was 17.5:1. This ratio sits 3.6 above the 13.9:1 average for middle schools in Arkansas. A measure often used for student poverty, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, stands at 28%. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Benton County is 37%.
CREEKSIDE MIDDLE SCHOOL is graded A- by allk12, scoring above 79% of Arkansas public middle schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
A school with CREEKSIDE MIDDLE SCHOOL's lunch-eligibility share in Arkansas is predicted to score 49.5%. CREEKSIDE MIDDLE SCHOOL scores 53.6%, 4.0 points above that line.
Across Benton County, the median household income is $93,506, roughly 38% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Benton County is home to 88 public schools and about 57,071 public school students.
Nearest public school: OSAGE CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, less than a tenth of a mile away. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 65.0%; CREEKSIDE MIDDLE SCHOOL's is 53.6%, ranking 6th of 7.
The school is inside a principal city with a population under 100,000, according to its NCES locale (City: Small).
In 2020-21, CREEKSIDE MIDDLE SCHOOL enrolled 647; in 2024-25, 635. Its ratio of students to teachers was 15.8:1 in 2020-21, and 17.5:1 in 2024-25.
The discussion area below is open to posts about sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
Benton County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
303,632
Census ACS
Median income
$93,506
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
38%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
88
57,071 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in BENTONVILLE SCHOOL DISTRICT
- BENTONVILLE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,579 students
- BENTONVILLE WEST HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,661 students
- GRIMSLEY JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOLMiddle · 846 students
- CENTERTON GAMBLE ELEMENTARYElementary · 725 students
- LINCOLN JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOLMiddle · 723 students
- J. WILLIAM FULBRIGHT JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOLMiddle · 718 students
Other schools in BENTONVILLE
- ARKANSAS CONNECTIONS ACADEMY HIGHCombined · 4,575 students
- BENTONVILLE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,579 students
- BENTONVILLE WEST HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,661 students
- GRIMSLEY JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOLMiddle · 846 students
- LINCOLN JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOLMiddle · 723 students
- J. WILLIAM FULBRIGHT JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOLMiddle · 718 students
Other Creekside Middle schools
7 other US public schools in 7 states are named Creekside Middle. CREEKSIDE MIDDLE SCHOOL is the 7th largest of the 8.
- Creekside Middle SchoolCarmel, IN · 1,428 students
- CREEKSIDE MIDDLE SCHOOLPORT ORANGE, FL · 1,120 students
- Creekside Middle SchoolFairfield, OH · 1,111 students
- Creekside MiddlePatterson, CA · 907 students
- Creekside MiddleCastro Valley, CA · 754 students
Nearby schools
- OSAGE CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.0 mi · 551
- BRIGHT FIELD MIDDLE SCHOOL1.4 mi · 697
- WILLOWBROOK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.4 mi · 671
- J. WILLIAM FULBRIGHT JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL1.5 mi · 718
- FOUNDERS CLASSICAL ACADEMIES OF ARKANSAS BENTONVILLE1.6 mi · 787
- ISCHOOL VIRTUAL ACADEMY OF ARKANSAS1.6 mi · 16
Frequently asked questions
About CREEKSIDE MIDDLE SCHOOLHow large is CREEKSIDE MIDDLE SCHOOL?
CREEKSIDE MIDDLE SCHOOL enrolls approximately 635 students in grades 05-06.
What age range does CREEKSIDE MIDDLE SCHOOL serve?
CREEKSIDE MIDDLE SCHOOL serves students from grade 05 through grade 06.
How many teachers does CREEKSIDE MIDDLE SCHOOL have?
CREEKSIDE MIDDLE SCHOOL employs 36 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 17.5:1.
What is the student diversity at CREEKSIDE MIDDLE SCHOOL?
Student demographics at CREEKSIDE MIDDLE SCHOOL are roughly 60% White, 14% Hispanic, 5% Black, 14% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Who oversees CREEKSIDE MIDDLE SCHOOL?
CREEKSIDE MIDDLE SCHOOL is overseen by BENTONVILLE SCHOOL DISTRICT in Benton County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.