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GREEN FOREST INTERMED SCHOOL
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ATLAS 2023-24 . % Proficient (Level 3+4)What this means: On the ATLAS, Arkansas's statewide test, about 29 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 27 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 30% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 28% 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 GREEN FOREST INTERMED SCHOOL
Set in GREEN FOREST, Arkansas, GREEN FOREST INTERMED SCHOOL is a mid-tier 6-8 campus, overseen by GREEN FOREST SCHOOL DISTRICT. It teaches 551 students across grades 4 through 8.
GREEN FOREST INTERMED SCHOOL is one of 3 schools operated by GREEN FOREST SCHOOL DISTRICT, a district that enrolls 1,425 students overall.
Looking at the student body, GREEN FOREST INTERMED SCHOOL logs that the most-represented group is Hispanic (46%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. The remainder looks like 36% White, 11% Asian, 6% Pacific Islander. By comparison, Carroll County as a whole is about 16% Hispanic, so the school skews meaningfully more Hispanic than its surroundings.
On the income-and-resources front, The school currently runs with 44 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 12.7:1. The state averages around 13.9:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 83% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Carroll County runs at roughly 75%, so the school's eligibility rate is above the surrounding baseline.
On a demographically-adjusted basis, GREEN FOREST INTERMED SCHOOL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 28.3%; this one delivers 29.8%.
Around the school, the surrounding county (Carroll County) records that median household earnings sit near $54,230, about 20% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 14%. Across Carroll County's 10 public schools (combined enrollment of about 3,862 students), GREEN FOREST INTERMED SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.
Nearest neighbor: GREEN FOREST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, around 0.1 miles off. Within five miles, there are 2 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts GREEN FOREST INTERMED SCHOOL at 7th of 8; the average score across the group is 36.2%.
The school occupies a rural site.
Trend over the last 7 years. GREEN FOREST INTERMED SCHOOL's enrollment has edged up 8% since 2018, when it stood at 510 (now 551). White enrollment moved from 47% to 36% across the same window. Class-load math has grew: from 11.5:1 in 2018 to 12.7:1 in 2025.
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