Enrollment
118
Middle
DISTRICT 122 · STATE 464
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DANVILLE SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 050489001488
DANVILLE LOWER MIDDLE SCHOOL
201 EAST 11TH ST., DANVILLE, AR 72833 · (479) 495-6852 · Yell County
GRADES 05–06MIDDLE43-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL118 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
11.4:1
10 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.7:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
75%
88 students
DISTRICT 74% · STATE 70%
Community
0
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 | 61 | 52% |
| Grade 6 | 57 | 48% |
Student demographics
52%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 55% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within DANVILLE SCHOOL DISTRICT. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
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ATLAS 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3+4)English Language Arts
45.6%
AR avg 34.9% . +6.6pp since 2023
Math
38.6%
AR avg 38.9% . +0.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the ATLAS, Arkansas's statewide test, about 46 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 39 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Arkansas schools, those numbers are about 35 and 39. Reading and writing scores are up about 7 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
ATLAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 45.6% | 38.6% |
| 2023-24 | 39.0% | 38.2% |
% 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
43.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
32.1%
based on AR schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+11.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 43% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 32% 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 DANVILLE LOWER MIDDLE SCHOOL
DANVILLE LOWER MIDDLE SCHOOL's state test result (43.2% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| DANVILLE LOWER MIDDLE SCHOOL this school | 118 | 74.6% | 43.2% |
| DANVILLE UPPER MIDDLE SCHOOL DANVILLE | 126 | 77.0% | 33.7% |
| DECATUR MIDDLE SCHOOL DECATUR | 162 | 100.0% | 17.0% |
| DEQUEEN MIDDLE SCHOOL DE QUEEN | 354 | 77.7% | 39.2% |
| DARDANELLE MIDDLE SCHOOL DARDANELLE | 500 | 75.0% | 35.8% |
| RIVERVIEW JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL SEARCY | 179 | 76.5% | 22.8% |
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 DANVILLE LOWER MIDDLE SCHOOL ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Arkansas |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 43.2% | #72 of 207 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 38.6% | #96 of 208 ▼ 7 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 45.6% | #40 of 208 ▲ 20 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 118 | #209 of 217 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 74.6% | #72 of 210 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -56.8% | #1 of 114 |
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
118
-127 (-52%) vs 2020
-33% since 2010-11, when it was 175
Student : Teacher
11.4:1
was 13.6:1
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 | 118 | 10.3 | 11.4:1 | 75% (88) |
| 2023-24 | 118 | 10 | 11.8:1 | 80% (94) |
| 2022-23 | 211 | 21 | 10.1:1 | 80% (168) |
| 2020-21 | 245 | 18 | 13.6:1 | 85% (209) |
| 2017-18 | 273 | 19.7 | 13.8:1 | 51% (138) |
| 2015-16 | 262 | 25 | 10.5:1 | 78% (204) |
| 2010-11 | 175 | 15 | 11.7:1 | 75% (132) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for DANVILLE LOWER MIDDLE SCHOOL.
About DANVILLE LOWER MIDDLE SCHOOL
DANVILLE LOWER MIDDLE SCHOOL is a very small middle school in DANVILLE, Arkansas, administered by DANVILLE SCHOOL DISTRICT. It reported 118 students in grades 5 through 6 in 2024-25. Middle schools in Arkansas have about 464 students on average; enrollment here is 75% lower.
A total of 4 schools make up DANVILLE SCHOOL DISTRICT, with 824 students enrolled.
More than half of the students at DANVILLE LOWER MIDDLE SCHOOL are White (53%). Other reported shares: 45% Hispanic. That compares with about 78% White among all Yell County residents. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 52%.
A staff of 10.3 full-time-equivalent teachers puts the student-to-teacher ratio at 11.4:1. Compared with the 13.9:1 average for middle schools in Arkansas, this school's ratio is lower. By family income, 75% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch.
Schools in Arkansas with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to score about 32.1%. DANVILLE LOWER MIDDLE SCHOOL scores 43.2%.
Five-year Census Bureau estimates for Yell County show that median household income comes to about $55,934, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 15% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 11%. The county's public schools total 12, with about 3,945 students.
S.C. TUCKER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the nearest public school to DANVILLE LOWER MIDDLE SCHOOL, less than a tenth of a mile away. DANVILLE LOWER MIDDLE SCHOOL has 4 other public schools within five miles. DANVILLE LOWER MIDDLE SCHOOL's average proficiency of 43.2% compares with 29.8% for its nearest scored neighbors.
Under the NCES locale system, DANVILLE LOWER MIDDLE SCHOOL is Rural: Remote.
Enrollment was 245 in 2020-21 and 118 in 2024-25. Large swings like this can come from changes to the grades a school serves. Its ratio of students to teachers was 13.6:1 in 2020-21, and 11.4:1 in 2024-25.
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Yell County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
20,134
Census ACS
Median income
$55,934
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
15%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
12
3,945 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in DANVILLE SCHOOL DISTRICT
- S.C. TUCKER ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 328 students
- DANVILLE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 252 students
- DANVILLE UPPER MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 126 students
Other schools in DANVILLE
- S.C. TUCKER ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 328 students
- DANVILLE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 252 students
- DANVILLE UPPER MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 126 students
Nearby schools
- S.C. TUCKER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.0 mi · 328
- DANVILLE HIGH SCHOOL0.1 mi · 252
- DANVILLE UPPER MIDDLE SCHOOL0.1 mi · 126
- WESTERN YELL COUNTY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL4.2 mi · 157
- TWO RIVERS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL7.2 mi · 294
- TWO RIVERS HIGH SCHOOL7.3 mi · 413
Frequently asked questions
About DANVILLE LOWER MIDDLE SCHOOLHow large is DANVILLE LOWER MIDDLE SCHOOL?
DANVILLE LOWER MIDDLE SCHOOL enrolls approximately 118 students in grades 05-06.
What age range does DANVILLE LOWER MIDDLE SCHOOL serve?
DANVILLE LOWER MIDDLE SCHOOL serves students from grade 05 through grade 06.
How many students per teacher at DANVILLE LOWER MIDDLE SCHOOL?
Approximately 11.4:1 students per teacher at DANVILLE LOWER MIDDLE SCHOOL.
What is the racial breakdown of students at DANVILLE LOWER MIDDLE SCHOOL?
At DANVILLE LOWER MIDDLE SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 53% White, 45% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Asian, 1% Two or more.
What district is DANVILLE LOWER MIDDLE SCHOOL in?
DANVILLE LOWER MIDDLE SCHOOL is part of DANVILLE SCHOOL DISTRICT.
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