DANVILLE UPPER MIDDLE SCHOOL

DANVILLE UPPER MIDDLE SCHOOL is one of the tiny junior highs in DANVILLE, Arkansas, operated by DANVILLE SCHOOL DISTRICT, with 126 students on its rolls from grades 7 through 8. By comparison, Arkansas's public schools average about 464 students each, so DANVILLE UPPER MIDDLE SCHOOL sits 73% leaner than that benchmark.

Across the 4 schools in DANVILLE SCHOOL DISTRICT (824 students total), DANVILLE UPPER MIDDLE SCHOOL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Demographically, DANVILLE UPPER MIDDLE SCHOOL records that the largest single group is Hispanic at 49%, but no single group is in the majority. Other groups include 45% White, 4% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 21% Hispanic, putting the school's mix considerably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, DANVILLE UPPER MIDDLE SCHOOL has 10 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 12.0:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 13.9:1 average. Roughly 77% of students at DANVILLE UPPER MIDDLE SCHOOL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, DANVILLE UPPER MIDDLE SCHOOL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 30.6%, the actual is 30.9%, a residual of +0.3 points.

Across the wider county, Yell County reports that median household earnings sit near $55,934, about 15% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Yell County runs 12 public schools (combined enrollment of about 3,945 students), of which DANVILLE UPPER MIDDLE SCHOOL is one.

DANVILLE HIGH SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. 4 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), DANVILLE UPPER MIDDLE SCHOOL ranks 5th on composite proficiency, above the local average of 30.5%.

Geographically, the school is in a countryside area.

On the community side, recent activity here tends to focus on pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Members of the school community can share what they know.