Enrollment
270
Middle
DISTRICT 201 · STATE 464
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·FORREST CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 050627000345
FORREST CITY JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL
1133 NORTH DIVISION ST, FORREST CITY, AR 72335 · (870) 633-3230 · St. Francis County
GRADES 07–08MIDDLE32-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL270 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 24% of Arkansas public middle schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+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
17 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.2:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
270 students
DISTRICT 100% · 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 7 | 143 | 53% |
| Grade 8 | 127 | 47% |
Student demographics
18%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 11% · 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
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ATLAS 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3+4)English Language Arts
19.1%
AR avg 34.9% . -3.7pp since 2023
Math
11.8%
AR avg 38.9% . -15.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the ATLAS, Arkansas's statewide test, about 19 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 12 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Arkansas schools, those numbers are about 35 and 39. Reading and writing scores are down about 4 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 15 points.
ATLAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 19.1% | 11.8% |
| 2023-24 | 22.8% | 26.8% |
% 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
22.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
22.7%
based on AR schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-0.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 23% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 23% 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 FORREST CITY JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL
FORREST CITY JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL's state test result (22.6% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| FORREST CITY JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL this school | 270 | 100.0% | 22.6% |
| OSCEOLA MIDDLE SCHOOL OSCEOLA | 221 | 98.6% | 10.7% |
| DUNBAR MAGNET MIDDLE SCHOOL LITTLE ROCK | 315 | 99.0% | 7.5% |
| KIPP:DELTA COLLEGE PREP SCHOOL HELENA | 163 | 100.0% | 26.7% |
| DUMAS MIDDLE SCHOOL DUMAS | 184 | 100.0% | 14.5% |
| BLYTHEVILLE MIDDLE SCHOOL BLYTHEVILLE | 172 | 100.0% | 11.5% |
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 FORREST CITY JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Arkansas |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 22.6% | #173 of 207 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 11.8% | #194 of 208 ▼ 44 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 19.1% | #179 of 208 ▼ 14 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 270 | #165 of 217 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.7:1 | #140 of 188 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 18.0% | #166 of 188 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 100% | #14 of 210 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -13.7% | #54 of 114 |
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
270
-70 (-21%) vs 2020
-69% since 1990-91, when it was 874
Student : Teacher
15.7:1
was 18.9:1
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 | 270 | 17.2 | 15.7:1 | 100% (270) |
| 2023-24 | 278 | 14.5 | 19.2:1 | 100% (278) |
| 2022-23 | 275 | 17.6 | 15.6:1 | 100% (275) |
| 2020-21 | 340 | 18 | 18.9:1 | 100% (340) |
| 2017-18 | 313 | 27.3 | 11.5:1 | 46% (143) |
| 2015-16 | 369 | 28 | 13.2:1 | 59% (218) |
| 2010-11 | 501 | 37 | 13.5:1 | 99% (498) |
| 1990-91 | 874 | 40 | 21.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for FORREST CITY JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL.
About FORREST CITY JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL
Families in FORREST CITY, Arkansas, are served by FORREST CITY JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL, a small middle school. The school teaches grades 7 through 8 and enrolls 270 students. That is 42% below the average of about 464 students for middle schools in Arkansas.
FORREST CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT serves 2,078 students across 5 schools.
The share of Black students at FORREST CITY JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL is 90%. The remaining shares are 4% Hispanic and 3% White. St. Francis County as a whole is about 55% Black, so the school's share is higher. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, FORREST CITY JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL scores 18%.
FORREST CITY JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL has a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.7:1, with 17.2 full-time-equivalent teachers. Statewide, middle schools in Arkansas average 13.9:1. The school has 100% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The figure for public schools in St. Francis County is close, at 100%.
Among Arkansas public middle schools, FORREST CITY JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL outscored 24%, which works out to a C- on the allk12 Grade.
Based on student poverty, the model expects 22.7% at FORREST CITY JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL; the school's average proficiency rate across its state test results is 22.6%.
Looking at the county, St. Francis County, the median household earns about $42,574 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 14%, and roughly 24% of residents are in poverty. St. Francis County has 8 public schools with about 2,904 students, including FORREST CITY JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL.
Of the public schools around it, FORREST CITY JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL is closest to LINCOLN ACADEMY, less than a tenth of a mile away. There are 4 other public schools within five miles. Local comparison: FORREST CITY JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL ranks 5th of 8 nearby schools, at 22.6% versus a 24.4% average.
FORREST CITY JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL has an NCES locale of Town: Distant.
The school shrank from 340 students in 2020-21 to 270 in 2024-25. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 18.9:1 to 15.7:1.
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St. Francis County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
22,400
Census ACS
Median income
$42,574
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
14%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
24%
Below federal line
Schools in county
8
2,904 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in FORREST CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT
- CENTRAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 713 students
- FORREST CITY HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 563 students
- STEWART ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 400 students
- LINCOLN ACADEMYMiddle · 132 students
Other schools in FORREST CITY
- CENTRAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 713 students
- FORREST CITY HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 563 students
- STEWART ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 400 students
- LINCOLN ACADEMYMiddle · 132 students
Nearby schools
- LINCOLN ACADEMY0.0 mi · 132
- FORREST CITY HIGH SCHOOL0.2 mi · 563
- STEWART ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.7 mi · 400
- CENTRAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.8 mi · 713
- PALESTINE-WHEATLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL7.3 mi · 448
- PALESTINE-WHEATLEY SENIOR HIGH8.0 mi · 378
Frequently asked questions
About FORREST CITY JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOLWhat is the total enrollment at FORREST CITY JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL?
FORREST CITY JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL enrolls approximately 270 students in grades 07-08.
What grades does FORREST CITY JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL serve?
FORREST CITY JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL serves grades 07-08.
How many students per teacher at FORREST CITY JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL?
Approximately 15.7:1 students per teacher at FORREST CITY JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL.
How diverse is FORREST CITY JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL?
FORREST CITY JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL reports a student body of 3% White, 4% Hispanic, 90% Black, 0% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Is FORREST CITY JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL public or private?
FORREST CITY JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL is a public K-12 school, overseen by FORREST CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT.
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