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Enrollment
557
Middle
DISTRICT 539 · STATE 464
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·GREENE COUNTY TECH SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 051308001067
GREENE CTY TECH MIDDLE SCHOOL
5207 WEST KINGSHIGHWAY, PARAGOULD, AR 72450 · (870) 215-4480 · Greene County
GRADES 06–12MIDDLE32-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL557 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
18.1:1
31 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.7:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
53%
294 students
DISTRICT 51% · 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 6 | 284 | 51% |
| Grade 7 | 271 | 49% |
| Grade 8 | 1 | 0% |
| Grade 12 | 1 | 0% |
Student demographics
19%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 18% · 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
Test scores
ATLAS 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3+4)English Language Arts
32.6%
AR avg 34.9% . -0.1pp since 2023
Math
49.0%
AR avg 38.9% . -4.7pp since 2023
What this means: On the ATLAS, Arkansas's statewide test, about 33 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 49 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Arkansas schools, those numbers are about 35 and 39. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2023, while math scores are down about 5 points.
ATLAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 32.6% | 49.0% |
| 2023-24 | 32.7% | 53.7% |
% 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
40.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
40.2%
based on AR schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-0.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 40% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 40% 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 GREENE CTY TECH MIDDLE SCHOOL
GREENE CTY TECH MIDDLE SCHOOL's state test result (40.1% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| GREENE CTY TECH MIDDLE SCHOOL this school | 557 | 52.8% | 40.1% |
| BEEBE JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL BEEBE | 491 | 52.7% | 54.9% |
| BEEBE MIDDLE SCHOOL BEEBE | 509 | 56.6% | 35.3% |
| SOUTHSIDE MIDDLE SCHOOL SOUTHSIDE | 450 | 55.6% | 42.5% |
| GREENBRIER MIDDLE SCHOOL GREENBRIER | 583 | 46.7% | 56.9% |
| SOUTHSIDE JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL SOUTHSIDE | 427 | 55.0% | 34.8% |
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 GREENE CTY TECH MIDDLE SCHOOL ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Arkansas |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 40.1% | #84 of 207 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 49.0% | #53 of 208 ▼ 25 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 32.6% | #110 of 208 ▼ 5 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 557 | #73 of 217 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.1:1 | #175 of 188 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 19.2% | #159 of 188 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 52.8% | #146 of 210 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -4.0% | #100 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
557
-13 (-2%) vs 2020
+3% since 1990-91, when it was 540
Student : Teacher
18.1:1
was 13.9:1
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 | 557 | 30.8 | 18.1:1 | 53% (294) |
| 2023-24 | 520 | 32.1 | 16.2:1 | 51% (263) |
| 2022-23 | 548 | 39.6 | 13.8:1 | 46% (254) |
| 2020-21 | 570 | 41 | 13.9:1 | 52% (298) |
| 2017-18 | 580 | 39.8 | 14.6:1 | 31% (180) |
| 2015-16 | 579 | 40 | 14.5:1 | 48% (278) |
| 2010-11 | 518 | 32 | 16.2:1 | 52% (270) |
| 2000-01 | 644 | 38 | 16.9:1 | 48% (307) |
| 1990-91 | 540 | 27 | 20.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for GREENE CTY TECH MIDDLE SCHOOL.
About GREENE CTY TECH MIDDLE SCHOOL
GREENE CTY TECH MIDDLE SCHOOL is a middle-grades school in PARAGOULD, Arkansas, and it is part of GREENE COUNTY TECH SCHOOL DISTRICT. The school enrolls 557 students, from grades 6 through 12. Average enrollment for middle schools in Arkansas is about 464, so this school runs 20% larger than that.
GREENE CTY TECH MIDDLE SCHOOL is run by GREENE COUNTY TECH SCHOOL DISTRICT, whose 6 schools enroll 3,550 students.
GREENE CTY TECH MIDDLE SCHOOL's enrollment is 90% White. The remaining shares are 3% Hispanic and 3% Black. County-wide, about 89% of residents are White. Pick two students at random and there is a 19% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Federal records show a student-to-teacher ratio of 18.1:1 at GREENE CTY TECH MIDDLE SCHOOL, with 30.8 full-time-equivalent teachers. On average, middle schools in Arkansas have 13.9:1, compared with 18.1:1 here. The count of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch equals 53% of enrollment. For comparison, public schools in Greene County average 73%.
After adjusting for student poverty, GREENE CTY TECH MIDDLE SCHOOL lands between the top and bottom 10% of Arkansas schools. Its average proficiency rate on state tests is 40.1%; the prediction is 40.2%.
Greene County has about 46,432 residents, and the median household income is $57,839, about 17% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 14%. In all, Greene County has 15 public schools and roughly 7,364 students.
Nearby, GREENE CTY TECH INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL is less than a tenth of a mile away. Within five miles of GREENE CTY TECH MIDDLE SCHOOL, there are at least 8 other public schools. On average proficiency, GREENE CTY TECH MIDDLE SCHOOL is 3rd of 7 nearby schools with test data.
For locale, NCES codes GREENE CTY TECH MIDDLE SCHOOL as Town: Distant.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, enrollment moved from 570 to 557, a small change. The student-to-teacher ratio went up from 13.9:1 to 18.1:1.
Parents and students can post about sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater at GREENE CTY TECH MIDDLE SCHOOL. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Greene County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
46,432
Census ACS
Median income
$57,839
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
17%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
14%
Below federal line
Schools in county
15
7,364 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in GREENE COUNTY TECH SCHOOL DISTRICT
- GREENE CTY TECH HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 760 students
- GREENE CTY TECH PRIMARY SCHOOLElementary · 710 students
- GREENE CTY TECH JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOLMiddle · 521 students
- GREENE CTY TECH ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 501 students
- GREENE CTY TECH INTERMEDIATE SCHOOLElementary · 501 students
Other schools in PARAGOULD
- PARAGOULD HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 881 students
- GREENE CTY TECH HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 760 students
- GREENE CTY TECH PRIMARY SCHOOLElementary · 710 students
- PARAGOULD PRIMARY SCHOOLElementary · 602 students
- GREENE CTY TECH JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOLMiddle · 521 students
- PARAGOULD JUNIOR HIGHMiddle · 512 students
Nearby schools
- GREENE CTY TECH INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL0.1 mi · 501
- GREENE CTY TECH JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL0.2 mi · 521
- GREENE CTY TECH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.2 mi · 501
- GREENE CTY TECH PRIMARY SCHOOL1.4 mi · 710
- PARAGOULD JUNIOR HIGH2.7 mi · 512
- PARAGOULD HIGH SCHOOL2.7 mi · 881
Frequently asked questions
About GREENE CTY TECH MIDDLE SCHOOLHow large is GREENE CTY TECH MIDDLE SCHOOL?
GREENE CTY TECH MIDDLE SCHOOL enrolls approximately 557 students in grades 06-12.
Is GREENE CTY TECH MIDDLE SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
GREENE CTY TECH MIDDLE SCHOOL is a middle school covering grades 06-12.
How many students per teacher at GREENE CTY TECH MIDDLE SCHOOL?
Approximately 18.1:1 students per teacher at GREENE CTY TECH MIDDLE SCHOOL.
What is the student diversity at GREENE CTY TECH MIDDLE SCHOOL?
Student demographics at GREENE CTY TECH MIDDLE SCHOOL are roughly 90% White, 3% Hispanic, 3% Black, 1% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Who oversees GREENE CTY TECH MIDDLE SCHOOL?
GREENE CTY TECH MIDDLE SCHOOL is overseen by GREENE COUNTY TECH SCHOOL DISTRICT in Greene County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.