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EAST HILLS 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 42 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 40 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 44% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 47% 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%.
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SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About EAST HILLS MIDDLE SCHOOL
EAST HILLS MIDDLE SCHOOL is a middle school of mid-sized scale in GREENWOOD, Arkansas, one of the schools within GREENWOOD SCHOOL DISTRICT, works with 632 students in grades 5 through 6. Compared to the state average of about 464 students per school, that is 36% bigger than typical.
GREENWOOD SCHOOL DISTRICT comprises 5 schools with combined enrollment of 3,930 students; EAST HILLS MIDDLE SCHOOL is among them.
Demographically, EAST HILLS MIDDLE SCHOOL logs that White students make up the majority at 77%. The remainder looks like 11% multiracial, 8% Hispanic, 2% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 68% White, putting the school's mix visibly more White than the area baseline.
On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 31 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 20.1:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 13.9:1 average. An estimated 31% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Sebastian County runs at roughly 65%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat below the surrounding baseline.
On a demographically-adjusted basis, EAST HILLS MIDDLE SCHOOL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 47.2%, the actual is 44.5%, a residual of -2.7 points.
Around the school, Sebastian County reports that median household income runs about $57,790, 23% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. Across Sebastian County's 44 public schools (combined enrollment of about 20,239 students), EAST HILLS MIDDLE SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.
Nearest neighbor: EAST POINTE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, around 0.1 miles off. Within five miles, there are 4 other public schools. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), EAST HILLS MIDDLE SCHOOL ranks 6th on composite proficiency, above the local average of 42.9%.
Geographically, the school is in a town-based area.
Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at EAST HILLS MIDDLE SCHOOL has expanded 4%, going from 608 students in 2018 to 632 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 85% to 77% across the same window. Class-load math has rose: from 18.0:1 in 2018 to 20.1:1 in 2025.
On allk12, the feed for EAST HILLS MIDDLE SCHOOL typically covers fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.
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