EUREKA SPRINGS MIDDLE SCHOOL

As a modestly sized middle school in EUREKA SPRINGS, Arkansas, EUREKA SPRINGS MIDDLE SCHOOL caters to 192 students from grades 5 through 8, run under EUREKA SPRINGS SCHOOL DISTRICT. Enrollment runs roughly 59% below the state mean of about 464.

Within EUREKA SPRINGS SCHOOL DISTRICT, which oversees 3 schools and 640 students, EUREKA SPRINGS MIDDLE SCHOOL is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, EUREKA SPRINGS MIDDLE SCHOOL logs that nearly all students (82%) are White. Beyond that, the school reports 13% Hispanic, 2% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 73% White, putting the school's mix considerably more White than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, EUREKA SPRINGS MIDDLE SCHOOL records 18 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 10.8:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.9:1, putting EUREKA SPRINGS MIDDLE SCHOOL tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 62% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is south of Carroll County's rate of about 75%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, EUREKA SPRINGS MIDDLE SCHOOL ranks in the top 10% of Arkansas public schools. The BeatsExpectations model, a per-state regression of composite proficiency on FRL share, predicts schools with this student profile to land around 36.1%; EUREKA SPRINGS MIDDLE SCHOOL posts 51.2%, +15.1 points above that line.

Across the wider county, Carroll County reports that the typical household earns roughly $54,230 per year, roughly 20% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 14%. In all, Carroll County runs 10 public schools (combined enrollment of about 3,862 students), of which EUREKA SPRINGS MIDDLE SCHOOL is one.

Nearest neighbor: EUREKA SPRINGS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, around 0.1 miles off. 2 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), EUREKA SPRINGS MIDDLE SCHOOL ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 42.9%.

The school occupies a rural site.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count stayed largely flat: 189 students in 2018 compared to 192 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment edged up from 7% to 13% over that span.

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