Enrollment
394
Middle
DISTRICT 366 · STATE 464
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ELKINS SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 050576000303
ELKINS MIDDLE SCHOOL
349 N CENTER, ELKINS, AR 72727 · (479) 643-2552 · Washington County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL394 STUDENTS
A
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Scored higher than 88% of Arkansas public middle schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-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
15.7:1
25 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.1:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
48%
190 students
DISTRICT 47% · STATE 70%
Community
0
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 | 123 | 31% |
| Grade 7 | 135 | 34% |
| Grade 8 | 136 | 35% |
Student demographics
28%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 30% · 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
ELKINS MIDDLE SCHOOL→ELKINS HIGH SCHOOL
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within ELKINS SCHOOL DISTRICT. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
ATLAS 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3+4)English Language Arts
43.7%
AR avg 34.9% . +3.4pp since 2023
Math
51.6%
AR avg 38.9% . +0.2pp since 2023
What this means: On the ATLAS, Arkansas's statewide test, about 44 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 52 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 3 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
ATLAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 43.7% | 51.6% |
| 2023-24 | 40.3% | 51.4% |
% 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
51.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
41.9%
based on AR schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+9.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 52% 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%.
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 ELKINS MIDDLE SCHOOL
ELKINS MIDDLE SCHOOL's state test result (51.7% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| ELKINS MIDDLE SCHOOL this school | 394 | 48.2% | 51.7% |
| HEBER SPRINGS MIDDLE SCHOOL HEBER SPRINGS | 391 | 49.4% | 51.0% |
| PRAIRIE GROVE JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL PRAIRIE GROVE | 326 | 45.7% | 48.4% |
| VILONIA MIDDLE SCHOOL VILONIA | 451 | 43.0% | 57.2% |
| BEEBE JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL BEEBE | 491 | 52.7% | 54.9% |
| POTTSVILLE JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL POTTSVILLE | 412 | 42.5% | 48.3% |
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 ELKINS MIDDLE SCHOOL ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Arkansas | In Washington County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 51.7% | #25 of 207 | #4 of 17 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 51.6% | #41 of 208 ▼ 6 | #4 of 17 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 43.7% | #45 of 208 ▲ 11 | #7 of 17 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 394 | #126 of 217 | #14 of 18 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.7:1 | #143 of 188 | #10 of 17 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 28.1% | #135 of 188 | #16 of 17 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 48.2% | #158 of 210 | #9 of 17 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +45.9% | #3 of 61 | #1 of 6 |
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
394
+92 (+30%) vs 2020
+77% since 2000-01, when it was 222
Student : Teacher
15.7:1
was 14.4:1
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 | 394 | 25.1 | 15.7:1 | 48% (190) |
| 2023-24 | 367 | 24.5 | 15.0:1 | 48% (176) |
| 2022-23 | 348 | 20.7 | 16.8:1 | 45% (155) |
| 2020-21 | 302 | 21 | 14.4:1 | 45% (136) |
| 2017-18 | 270 | 21.6 | 12.5:1 | 36% (96) |
| 2015-16 | 255 | 20 | 12.8:1 | 44% (112) |
| 2010-11 | 179 | 16 | 11.2:1 | 53% (95) |
| 2000-01 | 222 | 16 | 13.9:1 | 40% (88) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for ELKINS MIDDLE SCHOOL.
About ELKINS MIDDLE SCHOOL
ELKINS MIDDLE SCHOOL serves students in ELKINS, Arkansas, as a low-enrollment middle school. The school enrolls 394 students, from grades 6 through 8.
ELKINS SCHOOL DISTRICT operates 4 schools. Combined enrollment is 1,462 students.
The student body at ELKINS MIDDLE SCHOOL is 84% White. The rest of enrollment is 8% multiracial and 5% Hispanic. Among all residents of Washington County, the White share is about 63%. The school's diversity index is 28%, meaning two students picked at random have a 28% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
At ELKINS MIDDLE SCHOOL, 25.1 full-time-equivalent teachers work with students, a ratio of about 15.7:1. On average, middle schools in Arkansas have 13.9:1, compared with 15.7:1 here. Students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch make up 48% of enrollment. That rate is below the 58% average among public schools in Washington County.
allk12 grades ELKINS MIDDLE SCHOOL an A. The grade compares the school only with Arkansas public middle schools, because each state gives its own test.
BeatsExpectations compares each school's average proficiency rate on state tests with a prediction based on free or reduced-price lunch eligibility. For ELKINS MIDDLE SCHOOL, the prediction is 41.9% and the result is 51.7%.
Washington County has about 256,765 residents, and the median household income is $70,639, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 35%, and about 9% of people live in poverty. Besides ELKINS MIDDLE SCHOOL, Washington County has 75 other public schools.
The closest other public school is ELKINS PRIMARY SCHOOL, less than a tenth of a mile away. ELKINS MIDDLE SCHOOL has 3 other public schools within five miles. ELKINS MIDDLE SCHOOL's average proficiency of 51.7% compares with 59.9% for its nearest scored neighbors.
ELKINS MIDDLE SCHOOL is in rural territory close to an urban area, a location NCES labels Rural: Fringe.
Over 4 years, ELKINS MIDDLE SCHOOL's enrollment climbed 30%, to 394. By 2024-25, the school had 15.7 students per teacher, compared with 14.4 in 2020-21.
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Washington County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
256,765
Census ACS
Median income
$70,639
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
35%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
76
42,451 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in ELKINS SCHOOL DISTRICT
- ELKINS HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 463 students
- ELKINS PRIMARY SCHOOLElementary · 322 students
- ELKINS ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 283 students
Other schools in ELKINS
- ELKINS HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 463 students
- ELKINS PRIMARY SCHOOLElementary · 322 students
- ELKINS ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 283 students
Other Elkins Middle schools
One other US public school is named Elkins Middle. ELKINS MIDDLE SCHOOL is the 2nd largest of the 2.
- Elkins Middle SchoolElkins, WV · 615 students
Nearby schools
- ELKINS PRIMARY SCHOOL0.0 mi · 322
- ELKINS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.1 mi · 283
- ELKINS HIGH SCHOOL0.3 mi · 463
- HAPPY HOLLOW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL7.7 mi · 521
- FAYETTEVILLE VIRTUAL ACADEMY A DIST CONVERSION CHARTER SCH7.8 mi · 165
- MCNAIR MIDDLE SCHOOL8.4 mi · 670
Frequently asked questions
About ELKINS MIDDLE SCHOOLWhat is the total enrollment at ELKINS MIDDLE SCHOOL?
ELKINS MIDDLE SCHOOL enrolls approximately 394 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does ELKINS MIDDLE SCHOOL serve?
ELKINS MIDDLE SCHOOL serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at ELKINS MIDDLE SCHOOL?
Approximately 15.7:1 students per teacher at ELKINS MIDDLE SCHOOL.
How diverse is ELKINS MIDDLE SCHOOL?
ELKINS MIDDLE SCHOOL reports a student body of 84% White, 5% Hispanic, 1% Black, 0% Asian, 8% Two or more.
Who oversees ELKINS MIDDLE SCHOOL?
ELKINS MIDDLE SCHOOL is overseen by ELKINS SCHOOL DISTRICT in Washington County.
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