Enrollment
271
Middle
DISTRICT 384 · STATE 464
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DEWITT SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 050000100217
DEWITT MIDDLE SCHOOL
1209 W 16TH, DEWITT, AR 72042 · (870) 946-3708 · Arkansas County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE43-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL271 STUDENTS
C+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 42% of Arkansas public middle schools
- B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+Beats 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
12.7:1
21 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.5:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
61%
166 students
DISTRICT 58% · 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 6 | 104 | 38% |
| Grade 7 | 87 | 32% |
| Grade 8 | 80 | 30% |
Student demographics
42%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 42% · 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
DEWITT MIDDLE SCHOOL→DEWITT HIGH SCHOOL
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within DEWITT SCHOOL DISTRICT. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
ATLAS 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3+4)English Language Arts
31.5%
AR avg 34.9% . -2.9pp since 2023
Math
46.3%
AR avg 38.9% . +6.2pp since 2023
What this means: On the ATLAS, Arkansas's statewide test, about 32 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 46 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Arkansas schools, those numbers are about 35 and 39. Reading and writing scores are down about 3 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 6 points.
ATLAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 31.5% | 46.3% |
| 2023-24 | 34.4% | 40.1% |
% 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
36.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
37.1%
based on AR schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-0.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 37% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 37% 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 DEWITT MIDDLE SCHOOL
DEWITT MIDDLE SCHOOL's state test result (36.8% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| DEWITT MIDDLE SCHOOL this school | 271 | 61.3% | 36.8% |
| MAYFLOWER MIDDLE SCHOOL MAYFLOWER | 304 | 63.8% | 30.0% |
| NORPHLET MIDDLE SCHOOL NORPHLET | 338 | 58.9% | 32.4% |
| BALD KNOB MIDDLE SCHOOL BALD KNOB | 216 | 57.9% | 35.1% |
| MORRILTON JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL MORRILTON | 362 | 64.6% | 48.0% |
| LONOKE MIDDLE SCHOOL LONOKE | 370 | 64.6% | 37.3% |
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 DEWITT MIDDLE SCHOOL ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Arkansas |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 36.8% | #109 of 207 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 46.3% | #66 of 208 ▲ 9 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 31.5% | #119 of 208 ▼ 23 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 271 | #164 of 217 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.7:1 | #55 of 188 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 41.6% | #107 of 188 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 61.3% | #119 of 210 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -2.2% | #105 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
271
-14 (-5%) vs 2020
-26% since 1990-91, when it was 364
Student : Teacher
12.7:1
was 12.4:1
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 | 271 | 21.3 | 12.7:1 | 61% (166) |
| 2023-24 | 279 | 26.4 | 10.6:1 | 67% (187) |
| 2022-23 | 267 | 24.8 | 10.8:1 | 60% (161) |
| 2020-21 | 285 | 23 | 12.4:1 | 56% (160) |
| 2017-18 | 277 | 26 | 10.6:1 | 35% (97) |
| 2015-16 | 282 | 27 | 10.4:1 | 65% (183) |
| 2010-11 | 341 | 30 | 11.4:1 | 63% (215) |
| 2000-01 | 390 | 26 | 15.0:1 | 50% (196) |
| 1990-91 | 364 | 20 | 18.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for DEWITT MIDDLE SCHOOL.
About DEWITT MIDDLE SCHOOL
DEWITT MIDDLE SCHOOL is a low-enrollment middle-grades school in DEWITT, Arkansas, (ZIP code 72042). Its grade span covers grades 6 through 8, with 271 students on the rolls. Across middle schools in Arkansas, the average enrollment is about 464.
DEWITT SCHOOL DISTRICT has 3 schools; together they serve 1,153 students.
White students are 75% of those enrolled at DEWITT MIDDLE SCHOOL. Next come 12% Black, 8% Hispanic, and 4% multiracial. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 42%.
There are about 12.7 students for every full-time-equivalent teacher at DEWITT MIDDLE SCHOOL, which has 21.3. By comparison, the average for middle schools in Arkansas is 13.9:1. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at DEWITT MIDDLE SCHOOL is about 61%. The rate at public schools in Arkansas County averages 72%, higher than here.
DEWITT MIDDLE SCHOOL holds a C+ allk12 Grade, placing it above 42% of Arkansas public middle schools.
On BeatsExpectations, DEWITT MIDDLE SCHOOL is within a point of its prediction, a result in the middle 80% of Arkansas schools.
Looking at the county, Arkansas County, median household income comes to about $53,164, about 14% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 12% of residents are in poverty. The county has 8 public schools and about 2,737 students.
The closest school to DEWITT MIDDLE SCHOOL is DEWITT HIGH SCHOOL, located less than a tenth of a mile away. DEWITT MIDDLE SCHOOL is one of several public schools in the area, with 2 others within five miles. Nearby schools average 26.4% on proficiency, and DEWITT MIDDLE SCHOOL is above that at 36.8%.
The school is in rural territory far from an urban area, according to its NCES locale (Rural: Remote).
The school's student count decreased 5% between the 2020-21 and 2024-25 school years.
Anyone can start a thread about athletics, class schedules, and weather closures at DEWITT MIDDLE SCHOOL. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
Arkansas County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
16,515
Census ACS
Median income
$53,164
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
14%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
12%
Below federal line
Schools in county
8
2,737 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in DEWITT SCHOOL DISTRICT
- DEWITT ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 518 students
- DEWITT HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 364 students
Other schools in DEWITT
- DEWITT ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 518 students
- DEWITT HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 364 students
Other Dewitt Middle schools
2 other US public schools in 3 states are named Dewitt Middle. DEWITT MIDDLE SCHOOL is the 3rd largest of the 3.
- DeWitt Middle SchoolDEWITT, MI · 754 students
- DEWITT MIDDLE SCHOOLITHACA, NY · 559 students
Nearby schools
- DEWITT HIGH SCHOOL0.1 mi · 364
- DEWITT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.2 mi · 518
- STUTTGART JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL18.3 mi · 234
- STUTTGART HIGH SCHOOL18.3 mi · 499
- PARK AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL18.5 mi · 641
- MEEKINS MIDDLE SCHOOL18.7 mi · 210
Frequently asked questions
About DEWITT MIDDLE SCHOOLHow many students attend DEWITT MIDDLE SCHOOL?
DEWITT MIDDLE SCHOOL enrolls approximately 271 students in grades 06-08.
Is DEWITT MIDDLE SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
DEWITT MIDDLE SCHOOL is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at DEWITT MIDDLE SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at DEWITT MIDDLE SCHOOL is approximately 12.7:1 (21 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at DEWITT MIDDLE SCHOOL?
At DEWITT MIDDLE SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 75% White, 8% Hispanic, 12% Black, 0% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Who oversees DEWITT MIDDLE SCHOOL?
DEWITT MIDDLE SCHOOL is overseen by DEWITT SCHOOL DISTRICT in Arkansas County.
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