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What's something DORA KIMMONS MIDDLE SCHOOL does better than most schools?
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Enrollment
753
Middle
DISTRICT 755 · STATE 464
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·FORT SMITH SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 050633000365
DORA KIMMONS MIDDLE SCHOOL
2201 N 50TH ST, FORT SMITH, AR 72904 · (479) 785-2451 · Sebastian County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL753 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
14.6:1
52 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.8:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
93%
704 students
DISTRICT 78% · STATE 70%
Community
6
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 | 240 | 32% |
| Grade 7 | 246 | 33% |
| Grade 8 | 267 | 35% |
Student demographics
58%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 71% · 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
Test scores
ATLAS 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3+4)English Language Arts
18.4%
AR avg 34.9% . -2.2pp since 2023
Math
23.9%
AR avg 38.9% . +3.8pp since 2023
What this means: On the ATLAS, Arkansas's statewide test, about 18 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 24 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 2 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 4 points.
ATLAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 18.4% | 23.9% |
| 2023-24 | 20.6% | 20.1% |
% 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
23.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
25.1%
based on AR schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-1.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 23% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 25% 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 DORA KIMMONS MIDDLE SCHOOL
DORA KIMMONS MIDDLE SCHOOL's state test result (23.2% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| DORA KIMMONS MIDDLE SCHOOL this school | 753 | 93.5% | 23.2% |
| HELEN TYSON MIDDLE SCHOOL SPRINGDALE | 676 | 83.6% | 29.3% |
| J. O. KELLY MIDDLE SCHOOL SPRINGDALE | 663 | 94.1% | 20.0% |
| SONORA MIDDLE SCHOOL SPRINGDALE | 668 | 86.1% | 26.7% |
| WILLIAM O. DARBY MIDDLE SCHOOL FORT SMITH | 711 | 82.8% | 27.1% |
| DEQUEEN MIDDLE SCHOOL DE QUEEN | 354 | 77.7% | 39.2% |
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 DORA KIMMONS MIDDLE SCHOOL ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Arkansas | In Sebastian County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 23.2% | #170 of 207 | #7 of 7 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 23.9% | #168 of 208 ▲ 5 | #7 of 7 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 18.4% | #181 of 208 ▼ 6 | #7 of 7 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 753 | #26 of 217 | #3 of 7 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.6:1 | #111 of 188 | #5 of 7 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 57.5% | #51 of 188 | #4 of 7 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 93.5% | #56 of 210 | #1 of 7 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -4.9% | #98 of 114 | N/A |
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
753
-106 (-12%) vs 2020
+26% since 1990-91, when it was 600
Student : Teacher
14.6:1
was 13.8:1
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 | 753 | 51.7 | 14.6:1 | 93% (704) |
| 2023-24 | 800 | 49 | 16.3:1 | 93% (740) |
| 2022-23 | 841 | 55.5 | 15.1:1 | 91% (767) |
| 2020-21 | 859 | 62 | 13.8:1 | 92% (792) |
| 2017-18 | 792 | 60 | 13.2:1 | 51% (402) |
| 2015-16 | 841 | 60 | 14.0:1 | 92% (776) |
| 2010-11 | 820 | 57 | 14.4:1 | 92% (756) |
| 2000-01 | 552 | 56 | 9.9:1 | 61% (337) |
| 1990-91 | 600 | 44 | 13.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for DORA KIMMONS MIDDLE SCHOOL.
About DORA KIMMONS MIDDLE SCHOOL
DORA KIMMONS MIDDLE SCHOOL is a public middle school run by FORT SMITH SCHOOL DISTRICT in FORT SMITH, Arkansas. The school has 753 students in 2024-25 across grades 6 through 8. By comparison, middle schools in Arkansas enroll about 464 students on average.
The 27 schools in FORT SMITH SCHOOL DISTRICT enroll 14,164 students altogether, DORA KIMMONS MIDDLE SCHOOL among them.
Federal enrollment data show DORA KIMMONS MIDDLE SCHOOL is 62% Hispanic. Next come 15% Black, 12% White, 6% multiracial, and 5% Asian. The county population is about 16% Hispanic. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 58, compared with 70 nationally.
On staff are 51.7 full-time-equivalent teachers; the student-to-teacher ratio is 14.6:1. The ratio is within a point of the 13.9:1 average for middle schools in Arkansas. About 93% of students at DORA KIMMONS MIDDLE SCHOOL are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The rate at public schools in Sebastian County averages 65%, lower than here.
The allk12 BeatsExpectations score for DORA KIMMONS MIDDLE SCHOOL is -1.9 points: 23.2% actual, 25.1% predicted.
Looking at the county, Sebastian County, the median household earns about $57,790 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 23%, and about 11% of people live in poverty. Counting DORA KIMMONS MIDDLE SCHOOL, Sebastian County has 44 public schools.
DORA KIMMONS MIDDLE SCHOOL's closest public school neighbor is SUTTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, about 0.3 miles away. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. On proficiency, DORA KIMMONS MIDDLE SCHOOL is ahead of the 19.5% nearby average, ranking 3rd of 9.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is City: Small.
The school shrank from 859 students in 2020-21 to 753 in 2024-25.
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Sebastian County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
128,900
Census ACS
Median income
$57,790
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
23%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
44
20,239 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in FORT SMITH SCHOOL DISTRICT
- NORTHSIDE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,231 students
- SOUTHSIDE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,053 students
- RAMSEY MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 801 students
- L. A. CHAFFIN MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 753 students
- WILLIAM O. DARBY MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 711 students
- FAIRVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 582 students
Other schools in FORT SMITH
- NORTHSIDE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,231 students
- SOUTHSIDE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,053 students
- RAMSEY MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 801 students
- L. A. CHAFFIN MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 753 students
- WILLIAM O. DARBY MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 711 students
- FAIRVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 582 students
Nearby schools
- SUTTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.3 mi · 411
- SUNNYMEDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.6 mi · 510
- SPRADLING ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.1 mi · 307
- TRUSTY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.3 mi · 119
- PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.5 mi · 387
- TILLES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.0 mi · 343
Frequently asked questions
About DORA KIMMONS MIDDLE SCHOOLWhat is the total enrollment at DORA KIMMONS MIDDLE SCHOOL?
DORA KIMMONS MIDDLE SCHOOL enrolls approximately 753 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does DORA KIMMONS MIDDLE SCHOOL serve?
DORA KIMMONS MIDDLE SCHOOL serves grades 06-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at DORA KIMMONS MIDDLE SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at DORA KIMMONS MIDDLE SCHOOL is approximately 14.6:1 (52 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at DORA KIMMONS MIDDLE SCHOOL?
Student demographics at DORA KIMMONS MIDDLE SCHOOL are roughly 12% White, 62% Hispanic, 15% Black, 5% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Who oversees DORA KIMMONS MIDDLE SCHOOL?
DORA KIMMONS MIDDLE SCHOOL is overseen by FORT SMITH SCHOOL DISTRICT in Sebastian County.
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