DARDANELLE INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL
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Test scores
ATLAS 2023-24 . % Proficient (Level 3+4)What this means: On the ATLAS, Arkansas's statewide test, about 31 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 34 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Arkansas schools, those numbers are about 34 and 36.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 32% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 31% 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%.
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About DARDANELLE INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL
Located at 900 N 4TH, in DARDANELLE, Arkansas, DARDANELLE INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL is a close-knit elementary school that works with 315 students (grades 4 through 5), operated by DARDANELLE SCHOOL DISTRICT. By comparison, Arkansas's public schools average about 418 students each, so DARDANELLE INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL sits 25% smaller than that benchmark.
DARDANELLE SCHOOL DISTRICT comprises 4 schools with combined enrollment of 2,116 students; DARDANELLE INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL is among them.
Looking at the student body, DARDANELLE INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL logs that 63% of the student body identifies as White. The remainder is composed of 30% Hispanic, 4% Black, 3% multiracial. That is noticeably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 78%.
Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, DARDANELLE INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL has 19 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 16.4:1. The state averages about 16.0:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Roughly 75% of students at DARDANELLE INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.
On a demographically-adjusted basis, DARDANELLE INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 31.4%; this one delivers 31.9%.
In the broader community, census data for Yell County shows median household earnings sit near $55,934, roughly 15% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. In all, Yell County runs 12 public schools (combined enrollment of about 3,945 students), of which DARDANELLE INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL is one.
Nearest neighbor: DARDANELLE HIGH SCHOOL, around 1.3 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), DARDANELLE INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL ranks 6th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 37.4%.
The campus sits in a town-center setting.
Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 15%: 372 students in 2018 compared to 315 in 2025.
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