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If you could change one rule at EAST HILLS MIDDLE SCHOOL, what would it be?
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Enrollment
632
Middle
DISTRICT 619 · STATE 464
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·GREENWOOD SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 050699000463
EAST HILLS MIDDLE SCHOOL
1211 RAYMOND E WELLS DRIVE, GREENWOOD, AR 72936 · (479) 996-0504 · Sebastian County
GRADES 05–06MIDDLE31-TOWNREGULAR SCHOOL632 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 67% of Arkansas public middle schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-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
20.1:1
31 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.4:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
31%
198 students
DISTRICT 31% · 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 5 | 315 | 50% |
| Grade 6 | 317 | 50% |
Student demographics
39%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 37% · 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
Based on grade levels within GREENWOOD SCHOOL DISTRICT. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
ATLAS 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3+4)English Language Arts
48.7%
AR avg 34.9% . +6.7pp since 2023
Math
53.8%
AR avg 38.9% . +13.5pp since 2023
What this means: On the ATLAS, Arkansas's statewide test, about 49 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 54 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Arkansas schools, those numbers are about 35 and 39. Reading and writing scores are up about 7 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 14 points.
ATLAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 48.7% | 53.8% |
| 2023-24 | 42.0% | 40.3% |
% 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
49.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.2%
based on AR schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+1.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 49% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 48% 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 EAST HILLS MIDDLE SCHOOL
EAST HILLS MIDDLE SCHOOL's state test result (49.2% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| EAST HILLS MIDDLE SCHOOL this school | 632 | 31.3% | 49.2% |
| GREENWOOD JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL GREENWOOD | 605 | 30.9% | 57.1% |
| WOODLAND JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL FAYETTEVILLE | 765 | 29.8% | 62.4% |
| VALLEY VIEW JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL JONESBORO | 699 | 30.9% | 51.1% |
| RANDALL G LYNCH MIDDLE SCHOOL FARMINGTON | 638 | 32.3% | 48.4% |
| PEA RIDGE JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL PEA RIDGE | 643 | 30.5% | 37.0% |
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 EAST HILLS MIDDLE SCHOOL ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Arkansas | In Sebastian County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 49.2% | #36 of 207 | #3 of 7 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 53.8% | #31 of 208 ▲ 43 | #3 of 7 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 48.7% | #25 of 208 ▲ 20 | #2 of 7 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 632 | #56 of 217 | #5 of 7 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 20.1:1 | #185 of 188 | #7 of 7 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 39.5% | #111 of 188 | #5 of 7 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 31.3% | #191 of 210 | #6 of 7 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +3.9% | #46 of 61 | 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
632
+50 (+9%) vs 2020
-14% since 2000-01, when it was 736
Student : Teacher
20.1:1
was 17.1:1
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 | 632 | 31.5 | 20.1:1 | 31% (198) |
| 2023-24 | 593 | 31.3 | 18.9:1 | 33% (196) |
| 2022-23 | 590 | 30.7 | 19.2:1 | 30% (179) |
| 2020-21 | 582 | 34 | 17.1:1 | 40% (233) |
| 2017-18 | 608 | 33.8 | 18.0:1 | 21% (127) |
| 2015-16 | 554 | 28 | 19.8:1 | 38% (208) |
| 2010-11 | 551 | 31 | 17.8:1 | 34% (186) |
| 2000-01 | 736 | 45 | 16.4:1 | 18% (135) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for EAST HILLS MIDDLE SCHOOL.
About EAST HILLS MIDDLE SCHOOL
EAST HILLS MIDDLE SCHOOL is a middle school located in GREENWOOD, Arkansas, in Sebastian County. The school serves 632 students in grades 5 through 6 in 2024-25. The average among middle schools in Arkansas is roughly 464 students; this school is 36% bigger than that.
GREENWOOD SCHOOL DISTRICT oversees EAST HILLS MIDDLE SCHOOL and 4 other schools, with 3,930 students in total.
At EAST HILLS MIDDLE SCHOOL, White students make up 77% of the student body. The next largest groups are 11% multiracial, 8% Hispanic, and 2% Asian. The school's White share is 9 points above the 68% share among Sebastian County residents. Pick two students at random and there is a 39% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Its 31.5 full-time-equivalent teachers give the school a ratio of 20.1:1. The school has more students per teacher than the 13.9:1 average for middle schools in Arkansas. The school's lunch program data list 31% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price meals. That is lower than the 65% average for public schools in Sebastian County.
Measured against Arkansas public middle schools, EAST HILLS MIDDLE SCHOOL receives a B+. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
Given its share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, EAST HILLS MIDDLE SCHOOL would be expected to post about 48.2%. Its actual average proficiency rate on state tests is 49.2%.
Recent Census Bureau figures for Sebastian County show that the median household income is $57,790, about 23% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 11%. Besides EAST HILLS MIDDLE SCHOOL, Sebastian County has 43 other public schools.
The closest other public school is EAST POINTE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, about 0.1 miles away. Within five miles are 4 other public schools. Of 9 schools in the immediate area with test results, EAST HILLS MIDDLE SCHOOL ranks 4th on average proficiency.
Its NCES locale code is Town: Fringe: the school is in a town close to an urbanized area.
Enrollment climbed 9% from its 2020-21 level of 582. The student-to-teacher ratio rose from 17.1:1 in 2020-21 to 20.1:1 in 2024-25.
Topics for discussion here include school events, clubs, and volunteer needs. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
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 GREENWOOD SCHOOL DISTRICT
- GREENWOOD HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,161 students
- WESTWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 839 students
- EAST POINTE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 693 students
- GREENWOOD JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOLMiddle · 605 students
- GREENWOOD FRESHMAN CENTERCombined
Other schools in GREENWOOD
- GREENWOOD HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,161 students
- WESTWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 839 students
- EAST POINTE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 693 students
- GREENWOOD JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOLMiddle · 605 students
- GREENWOOD FRESHMAN CENTERCombined
Other East Hills Middle schools
One other US public school is named East Hills Middle. EAST HILLS MIDDLE SCHOOL is the 2nd largest of the 2.
- East Hills Middle SchoolBethlehem, PA · 966 students
Nearby schools
- EAST POINTE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.1 mi · 693
- GREENWOOD HIGH SCHOOL1.3 mi · 1,161
- GREENWOOD JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL1.4 mi · 605
- WESTWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL3.2 mi · 839
- MANSFIELD HIGH SCHOOL9.5 mi · 214
- LAVACA HIGH SCHOOL9.5 mi · 245
Frequently asked questions
About EAST HILLS MIDDLE SCHOOLHow large is EAST HILLS MIDDLE SCHOOL?
EAST HILLS MIDDLE SCHOOL enrolls approximately 632 students in grades 05-06.
What age range does EAST HILLS MIDDLE SCHOOL serve?
EAST HILLS MIDDLE SCHOOL serves students from grade 05 through grade 06.
How many students per teacher at EAST HILLS MIDDLE SCHOOL?
Approximately 20.1:1 students per teacher at EAST HILLS MIDDLE SCHOOL.
What is the student diversity at EAST HILLS MIDDLE SCHOOL?
Student demographics at EAST HILLS MIDDLE SCHOOL are roughly 77% White, 8% Hispanic, 1% Black, 2% Asian, 11% Two or more.
What district is EAST HILLS MIDDLE SCHOOL in?
EAST HILLS MIDDLE SCHOOL is part of GREENWOOD SCHOOL DISTRICT.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.