DARDANELLE MIDDLE SCHOOL

DARDANELLE MIDDLE SCHOOL is a middle-of-the-pack intermediate school in DARDANELLE, Arkansas, overseen by DARDANELLE SCHOOL DISTRICT. The school hosts 500 students in grades 6 through 8.

DARDANELLE SCHOOL DISTRICT runs 4 schools in total, collectively educating 2,116 students. DARDANELLE MIDDLE SCHOOL is one of those campuses.

Demographically, DARDANELLE MIDDLE SCHOOL reports that White students make up the majority at 55%; the rest comes out to 38% Hispanic, 4% multiracial, 2% Black. The wider county runs roughly 78% White, putting the school's mix considerably less White than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, DARDANELLE MIDDLE SCHOOL logs 34 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 14.5:1. That tracks the state average closely. About 75% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, DARDANELLE MIDDLE SCHOOL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 31.4% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 33.5%.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Yell County shows the typical household earns roughly $55,934 per year, 15% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. DARDANELLE MIDDLE SCHOOL is one of 12 public schools in Yell County (combined enrollment of about 3,945 students).

DARDANELLE HIGH SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, DARDANELLE MIDDLE SCHOOL comes 5th of 9 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 37.2%.

DARDANELLE MIDDLE SCHOOL operates from a town-based location.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at DARDANELLE MIDDLE SCHOOL has rose 3%, going from 484 students in 2018 to 500 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share ticked down from 60% to 55%. Class-load math has widened: from 13.5:1 in 2018 to 14.5:1 in 2025.

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