Enrollment
344
Middle
DISTRICT 339 · STATE 464
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HAMBURG SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 050004201280
HAMBURG MIDDLE SCHOOL
1109 CUB DR, HAMBURG, AR 71646 · (870) 853-2811 · Ashley County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL344 STUDENTS
C-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 17% 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
14.8:1
23 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.3:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
69%
236 students
DISTRICT 68% · 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 6 | 113 | 33% |
| Grade 7 | 105 | 31% |
| Grade 8 | 126 | 37% |
Student demographics
59%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 56% · 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
HAMBURG MIDDLE SCHOOL→HAMBURG HIGH SCHOOL
Based on grade levels within HAMBURG SCHOOL DISTRICT. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
ATLAS 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3+4)English Language Arts
23.0%
AR avg 34.9% . -1.7pp since 2023
Math
30.0%
AR avg 38.9% . +4.8pp since 2023
What this means: On the ATLAS, Arkansas's statewide test, about 23 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 30 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 2 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 5 points.
ATLAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 23.0% | 30.0% |
| 2023-24 | 24.7% | 25.2% |
% 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
27.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
34.3%
based on AR schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-6.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 28% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 34% 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 HAMBURG MIDDLE SCHOOL
HAMBURG MIDDLE SCHOOL's state test result (27.7% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| HAMBURG MIDDLE SCHOOL this school | 344 | 68.6% | 27.7% |
| LONOKE MIDDLE SCHOOL LONOKE | 370 | 64.6% | 37.3% |
| RUSSELLVILLE INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL RUSSELLVILLE | 436 | 62.8% | 45.5% |
| MORRILTON JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL MORRILTON | 362 | 64.6% | 48.0% |
| JOHN L COLBERT MIDDLE SCHOOL FAYETTEVILLE | 466 | 62.4% | 35.8% |
| ASHDOWN JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL ASHDOWN | 278 | 70.9% | 28.0% |
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 HAMBURG MIDDLE SCHOOL ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Arkansas |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 27.7% | #156 of 207 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 30.0% | #137 of 208 ▲ 16 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 23.0% | #164 of 208 ▼ 13 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 344 | #138 of 217 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.8:1 | #119 of 188 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 59.0% | #45 of 188 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 68.6% | #87 of 210 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -7.8% | #81 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
344
-75 (-18%) vs 2020
-14% since 1990-91, when it was 402
Student : Teacher
14.8:1
was 12.7:1
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 | 344 | 23.3 | 14.8:1 | 69% (236) |
| 2023-24 | 357 | 21.4 | 16.7:1 | 68% (244) |
| 2022-23 | 388 | 24.3 | 16.0:1 | 63% (243) |
| 2020-21 | 419 | 33 | 12.7:1 | 71% (298) |
| 2017-18 | 373 | 31 | 12.0:1 | 41% (152) |
| 2015-16 | 456 | 34 | 13.4:1 | 57% (262) |
| 2010-11 | 444 | 30 | 14.8:1 | 99% (441) |
| 2000-01 | 374 | 32 | 11.7:1 | 68% (254) |
| 1990-91 | 402 | 22 | 18.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for HAMBURG MIDDLE SCHOOL.
About HAMBURG MIDDLE SCHOOL
HAMBURG MIDDLE SCHOOL operates as a small middle school in HAMBURG, Arkansas. Its grade span covers grades 6 through 8, with 344 students on the rolls. Across middle schools in Arkansas, the average enrollment is about 464.
Besides HAMBURG MIDDLE SCHOOL, HAMBURG SCHOOL DISTRICT runs 4 other schools. The district enrolls 1,697 students.
The largest group at HAMBURG MIDDLE SCHOOL is White students, at 57%. Other groups make up 20% Hispanic, 20% Black, and 2% multiracial. County-wide, 69% of Ashley County residents are White. The diversity index for HAMBURG MIDDLE SCHOOL is 59%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
The school had 23.3 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25. Its student-to-teacher ratio is 14.8:1. The gap from the 13.9:1 average for middle schools in Arkansas is 0.9 students per teacher. The school reported 69% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25.
Among Arkansas public middle schools, HAMBURG MIDDLE SCHOOL outscored 17%, which works out to a C- on the allk12 Grade.
BeatsExpectations compares each school's average proficiency rate across its state test results with a prediction based on free or reduced-price lunch eligibility. For HAMBURG MIDDLE SCHOOL, the prediction is 34.3% and the result is 27.7%.
For the population of Ashley County, median household income comes to about $44,266, 13% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 17% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Ashley County counts 8 public schools with about 3,317 students.
The closest school to HAMBURG MIDDLE SCHOOL is HAMBURG HIGH SCHOOL, located about 0.2 miles away. The count of other public schools within five miles is 3. On proficiency, HAMBURG MIDDLE SCHOOL is ahead of the 24.0% nearby average, ranking 3rd of 8.
NCES assigns HAMBURG MIDDLE SCHOOL the locale Rural: Distant, meaning in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
Enrollment was 344 in 2024-25. In 2020-21, it was 419. The student-to-teacher ratio went up from 12.7:1 to 14.8:1.
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Ashley County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
18,429
Census ACS
Median income
$44,266
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
13%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
17%
Below federal line
Schools in county
8
3,317 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in HAMBURG SCHOOL DISTRICT
- HAMBURG HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 508 students
- NOBLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 416 students
- ALLBRITTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 293 students
- PORTLAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 136 students
Other schools in HAMBURG
- HAMBURG HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 508 students
- NOBLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 416 students
- ALLBRITTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 293 students
Other Hamburg Middle schools
2 other US public schools in 3 states are named Hamburg Middle. HAMBURG MIDDLE SCHOOL is the 2nd largest of the 3.
- HAMBURG MIDDLE SCHOOLHAMBURG, NY · 741 students
- Hamburg Middle SchoolHamburg, IA · 31 students
Nearby schools
- HAMBURG HIGH SCHOOL0.2 mi · 508
- NOBLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.1 mi · 416
- ALLBRITTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.2 mi · 293
- CROSSETT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL10.9 mi · 699
- CROSSETT MIDDLE SCHOOL11.5 mi · 445
- CROSSETT HIGH SCHOOL11.5 mi · 476
Frequently asked questions
About HAMBURG MIDDLE SCHOOLHow large is HAMBURG MIDDLE SCHOOL?
HAMBURG MIDDLE SCHOOL enrolls approximately 344 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does HAMBURG MIDDLE SCHOOL serve?
HAMBURG MIDDLE SCHOOL serves grades 06-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at HAMBURG MIDDLE SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at HAMBURG MIDDLE SCHOOL is approximately 14.8:1 (23 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at HAMBURG MIDDLE SCHOOL?
At HAMBURG MIDDLE SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 57% White, 20% Hispanic, 20% Black, 2% Two or more.
What district is HAMBURG MIDDLE SCHOOL in?
HAMBURG MIDDLE SCHOOL is part of HAMBURG SCHOOL DISTRICT.
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