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EAST END MIDDLE 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 39 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 42 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 45% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 42% 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%.
About EAST END MIDDLE SCHOOL
Set in HENSLEY, Arkansas, EAST END MIDDLE SCHOOL is a middle-of-the-pack intermediate school, part of SHERIDAN SCHOOL DISTRICT. It teaches 439 students across grades 6 through 8.
SHERIDAN SCHOOL DISTRICT runs 7 schools in total, collectively educating 4,208 students. EAST END MIDDLE SCHOOL is one of those campuses.
On demographics, EAST END MIDDLE SCHOOL lists that White students make up the majority at 75%. The remainder consists of 15% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, 2% Black, 2% Asian.
On the resource side, The school lists 29 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 15.4:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.9:1, putting EAST END MIDDLE SCHOOL higher than the state norm the norm. About 44% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.
On a demographically-adjusted basis, EAST END MIDDLE SCHOOL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 42.4%; this one delivers 45.2%.
In the area at large, the surrounding county (Saline County) reports that median household income runs about $79,046, 29% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. In all, Saline County runs 33 public schools (combined enrollment of about 20,022 students), of which EAST END MIDDLE SCHOOL is one.
EAST END ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.7 miles from this campus. 2 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts EAST END MIDDLE SCHOOL at 1st of 8; the average score across the group is 20.6%.
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