DUNBAR MAGNET MIDDLE SCHOOL

DUNBAR MAGNET MIDDLE SCHOOL is one of the tight-knit middle schools in LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas, run under LITTLE ROCK SCHOOL DISTRICT, with 315 students on its rolls from grades 6 through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 32% smaller than the state mean of about 464.

Within LITTLE ROCK SCHOOL DISTRICT, which oversees 40 schools and 22,320 students, DUNBAR MAGNET MIDDLE SCHOOL is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, DUNBAR MAGNET MIDDLE SCHOOL records that the student body is overwhelmingly Black (85%). The remainder comes out to 10% Hispanic, 3% White. The wider county runs roughly 37% Black, putting the school's mix considerably more Black than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, On paper, DUNBAR MAGNET MIDDLE SCHOOL has 32 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 9.8:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.9:1, putting DUNBAR MAGNET MIDDLE SCHOOL tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 99% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is higher than Pulaski County's rate of about 71%.

After controlling for student poverty, On a poverty-adjusted basis, DUNBAR MAGNET MIDDLE SCHOOL sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 22.7%; actual is 5.8%, a gap of -16.9 points.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Pulaski County put median household income runs about $62,873, roughly 38% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 13%. In all, Pulaski County runs 133 public schools (combined enrollment of about 64,124 students), of which DUNBAR MAGNET MIDDLE SCHOOL is one.

Nearest neighbor: GIBBS MAGNET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, around 0.2 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around DUNBAR MAGNET MIDDLE SCHOOL. On composite proficiency, DUNBAR MAGNET MIDDLE SCHOOL comes 6th of 6 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 21.6%.

Geographically, the school is in a metropolitan area.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 41%: 535 students in 2018 compared to 315 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 11.2:1 in 2018 to 9.8:1 today.

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