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Enrollment
605
Middle
DISTRICT 619 · STATE 464
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·GREENWOOD SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 050699000425
GREENWOOD JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL
300 EAST GARY STREET, GREENWOOD, AR 72936 · (479) 996-7440 · Sebastian County
GRADES 07–08MIDDLE31-TOWNREGULAR SCHOOL605 STUDENTS
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Scored higher than 90% 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
14.8:1
41 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.4:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
31%
187 students
DISTRICT 31% · 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 7 | 284 | 47% |
| Grade 8 | 321 | 53% |
Student demographics
34%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 37% · 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
GREENWOOD JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL→GREENWOOD HIGH SCHOOL
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within GREENWOOD SCHOOL DISTRICT. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
ATLAS 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3+4)English Language Arts
53.3%
AR avg 34.9% . +9.0pp since 2023
Math
59.8%
AR avg 38.9% . +4.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the ATLAS, Arkansas's statewide test, about 53 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 60 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 9 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 4 points.
ATLAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 53.3% | 59.8% |
| 2023-24 | 44.3% | 55.8% |
% 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
57.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.3%
based on AR schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+8.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 57% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 48% 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 GREENWOOD JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL
GREENWOOD JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL's state test result (57.1% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| GREENWOOD JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL this school | 605 | 30.9% | 57.1% |
| EAST HILLS MIDDLE SCHOOL GREENWOOD | 632 | 31.3% | 49.2% |
| PEA RIDGE JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL PEA RIDGE | 643 | 30.5% | 37.0% |
| RANDALL G LYNCH MIDDLE SCHOOL FARMINGTON | 638 | 32.3% | 48.4% |
| BROOKLAND JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL BROOKLAND | 701 | 27.8% | 32.7% |
| FARMINGTON JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL FARMINGTON | 680 | 29.0% | 47.0% |
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 GREENWOOD JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Arkansas | In Sebastian County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 57.1% | #12 of 207 | #1 of 7 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 59.8% | #16 of 208 ▲ 7 | #1 of 7 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 53.3% | #12 of 208 ▲ 22 | #1 of 7 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 605 | #61 of 217 | #6 of 7 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.8:1 | #118 of 188 | #6 of 7 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 34.0% | #122 of 188 | #6 of 7 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 30.9% | #193 of 210 | #7 of 7 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -12.4% | #60 of 114 | N/A |
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
605
+4 (+1%) vs 2020
-18% since 1990-91, when it was 739
Student : Teacher
14.8:1
was 15.8:1
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 | 605 | 41 | 14.8:1 | 31% (187) |
| 2023-24 | 627 | 39.8 | 15.7:1 | 27% (169) |
| 2022-23 | 632 | 41.4 | 15.3:1 | 30% (188) |
| 2020-21 | 601 | 38 | 15.8:1 | 34% (203) |
| 2017-18 | 691 | 36.6 | 18.9:1 | 24% (169) |
| 2015-16 | 668 | 41 | 16.3:1 | 38% (252) |
| 2010-11 | 601 | 35 | 17.2:1 | 33% (201) |
| 2000-01 | 512 | 28 | 18.3:1 | 13% (69) |
| 1990-91 | 739 | 38 | 19.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for GREENWOOD JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL.
About GREENWOOD JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL
GREENWOOD JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL is listed by the National Center for Education Statistics as a middle-grades school in GREENWOOD, Arkansas. It is open to students in grades 7 through 8 and enrolls 605 students. By comparison, middle schools in Arkansas enroll about 464 students on average.
GREENWOOD SCHOOL DISTRICT (5 schools, 3,930 students) runs GREENWOOD JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL.
White students account for 81% of the school's enrollment. It is also 8% multiracial and 7% Hispanic. Sebastian County's residents are about 68% White, 13 points below the school's share. A diversity index of 34% means there is a 34% chance two randomly chosen students at GREENWOOD JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL are from different groups.
GREENWOOD JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL lists 41 full-time-equivalent teachers; that is about 14.8 students per teacher. By comparison, the average for middle schools in Arkansas is 13.9:1. About 31% of students at GREENWOOD JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The rate at public schools in Sebastian County averages 65%, higher than here.
GREENWOOD JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL earns an A on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 90% of Arkansas public middle schools.
GREENWOOD JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL sits between the top and bottom 10% of Arkansas schools on BeatsExpectations, with an actual average proficiency rate across its state test results of 57.1% and a predicted 48.3%.
Five-year Census Bureau estimates for Sebastian County show that median household income comes to about $57,790, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 23% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 11%. Sebastian County counts 44 public schools with about 20,239 students.
GREENWOOD HIGH SCHOOL is the nearest public school to GREENWOOD JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL, about 0.2 miles away. Within five miles of GREENWOOD JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL, there are 4 other public schools. Among its closest neighbors with test data, GREENWOOD JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL is 3rd of 8 on proficiency.
GREENWOOD JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL is in a town close to an urbanized area, a location NCES labels Town: Fringe.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment held near 605, starting from 601. The number of students per teacher dropped from 15.8 to 14.8 over 4 years.
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Sebastian County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
128,900
Census ACS
Median income
$57,790
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
23%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
44
20,239 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in GREENWOOD SCHOOL DISTRICT
- GREENWOOD HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,161 students
- WESTWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 839 students
- EAST POINTE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 693 students
- EAST HILLS MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 632 students
- GREENWOOD FRESHMAN CENTERCombined
Other schools in GREENWOOD
- GREENWOOD HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,161 students
- WESTWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 839 students
- EAST POINTE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 693 students
- EAST HILLS MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 632 students
- GREENWOOD FRESHMAN CENTERCombined
Nearby schools
- GREENWOOD HIGH SCHOOL0.2 mi · 1,161
- EAST HILLS MIDDLE SCHOOL1.4 mi · 632
- EAST POINTE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.6 mi · 693
- WESTWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.1 mi · 839
- BARLING ELEMENTARY SCHOOL8.2 mi · 316
- FORT SMITH VIRTUAL ACADEMY8.2 mi · 106
Frequently asked questions
About GREENWOOD JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOLWhat is the total enrollment at GREENWOOD JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL?
GREENWOOD JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL enrolls approximately 605 students in grades 07-08.
What grades does GREENWOOD JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL serve?
GREENWOOD JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL serves grades 07-08.
How many teachers does GREENWOOD JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL have?
GREENWOOD JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL employs 41 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.8:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at GREENWOOD JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL?
At GREENWOOD JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 81% White, 7% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Asian, 8% Two or more.
Is GREENWOOD JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL public or private?
GREENWOOD JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL is a public K-12 school, overseen by GREENWOOD SCHOOL DISTRICT.
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