Enrollment
288
Middle
DISTRICT 293 · STATE 464
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HARMONY GROVE SCHOOL DISTRICT (SALINE)·NCES 050732001616
HARMONY GROVE JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL
2621 N HWY 229, BENTON, AR 72015 · (501) 778-6907 · Saline County
GRADES 07–09MIDDLE41-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL288 STUDENTS
C+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 36% of Arkansas public middle schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats 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
11.1:1
26 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.2:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
28%
81 students
DISTRICT 31% · 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 | 95 | 33% |
| Grade 8 | 106 | 37% |
| Grade 9 | 87 | 30% |
Student demographics
26%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 23% · 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
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ATLAS 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3+4)English Language Arts
43.6%
AR avg 34.9% . +5.0pp since 2023
Math
33.3%
AR avg 38.9% . -5.2pp since 2023
What this means: On the ATLAS, Arkansas's statewide test, about 44 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 33 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 5 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 5 points.
ATLAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 43.6% | 33.3% |
| 2023-24 | 38.6% | 38.5% |
% 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
38.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
49.4%
based on AR schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-10.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 39% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 49% 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 HARMONY GROVE JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL
HARMONY GROVE JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL's state test result (38.5% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| HARMONY GROVE JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL this school | 288 | 28.1% | 38.5% |
| HARMONY GROVE MIDDLE SCHOOL BENTON | 298 | 35.9% | 42.5% |
| ALBERT J. MURPHY JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL TEXARKANA | 287 | 32.8% | 56.5% |
| PEA RIDGE MIDDLE SCHOOL PEA RIDGE | 444 | 32.0% | 47.1% |
| GARY E. COBB MIDDLE SCHOOL TEXARKANA | 303 | 38.3% | 53.2% |
| BAUXITE MIDDLE SCHOOL BAUXITE | 413 | 40.0% | 43.5% |
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 HARMONY GROVE JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Arkansas | In Saline County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 38.5% | #92 of 207 | #6 of 7 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 33.3% | #127 of 208 ▼ 38 | #7 of 7 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 43.6% | #46 of 208 ▲ 17 | #4 of 7 ▼ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 288 | #156 of 217 | #7 of 7 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.1:1 | #21 of 188 | #1 of 7 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 25.7% | #141 of 188 | #5 of 7 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 28.1% | #199 of 210 | #7 of 7 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +0.7% | #60 of 61 | 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
288
-24 (-8%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
11.1:1
was 14.2:1
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 | 288 | 26.1 | 11.1:1 | 28% (81) |
| 2023-24 | 291 | 22.9 | 12.7:1 | 31% (91) |
| 2022-23 | 303 | 25.9 | 11.7:1 | 35% (106) |
| 2020-21 | 312 | 22 | 14.2:1 | 38% (120) |
| 2017-18 | 286 | 19.1 | 14.9:1 | 27% (76) |
| 2015-16 | 261 | 21 | 12.4:1 | 40% (104) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for HARMONY GROVE JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL.
About HARMONY GROVE JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL
HARMONY GROVE JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL is a middle school in BENTON, Arkansas, reachable at (501) 778-6907. Enrollment is 288 students in 2024-25, and the school serves grades 7 through 9. Against the 464-student average for middle schools in Arkansas, enrollment here is 38% lower.
The 4 schools in HARMONY GROVE SCHOOL DISTRICT (Saline) enroll 1,269 students altogether, HARMONY GROVE JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL among them.
HARMONY GROVE JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL's enrollment is 86% White. It is also 8% Hispanic, 3% Black, and 2% multiracial. HARMONY GROVE JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL's diversity index is 26%, against a US figure of 70%.
Its 26.1 full-time-equivalent teachers give the school a ratio of 11.1:1. This ratio sits 2.8 below the 13.9:1 average for middle schools in Arkansas. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 28%. The gap from the 47% average for public schools in Saline County is 19 points.
The allk12 Grade for HARMONY GROVE JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL is C+. Compared with Arkansas public middle schools, the school scored higher than 36% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
HARMONY GROVE JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL's average proficiency rate on state tests of 38.5% is 10.8 points below the 49.4% the model predicts from its lunch-eligibility share.
Saline County census figures show that the median household income is $79,046, roughly 29% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. There are 33 public schools in Saline County, enrolling about 20,022 students in all.
HARMONY GROVE HIGH SCHOOL is the public school closest to HARMONY GROVE JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL, less than a tenth of a mile away. The count of other public schools within five miles is 6. Compared with its nearest neighbors, HARMONY GROVE JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL ranks 6th of 9 on average proficiency.
Federal data place HARMONY GROVE JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL in the Rural: Fringe locale, which means it is in rural territory close to an urban area.
Enrollment is down 8% from 2020-21, when HARMONY GROVE JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL had 312 students, to 2024-25, when it had 288. Its ratio of students to teachers was 14.2:1 in 2020-21, and 11.1:1 in 2024-25.
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Saline County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
127,479
Census ACS
Median income
$79,046
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
29%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
33
20,022 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in HARMONY GROVE SCHOOL DISTRICT (Saline)
- WESTBROOK ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 371 students
- HARMONY GROVE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 312 students
- HARMONY GROVE MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 298 students
Other schools in BENTON
- BENTON MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 1,363 students
- BENTON HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,298 students
- BENTON JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 971 students
- RINGGOLD ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 511 students
- SALEM ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 469 students
- PERRIN ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 465 students
Nearby schools
- HARMONY GROVE HIGH SCHOOL0.0 mi · 312
- HARMONY GROVE MIDDLE SCHOOL0.1 mi · 298
- WESTBROOK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.1 mi · 371
- MT. VIEW ELEMENTARY2.4 mi · 431
- CALDWELL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL4.6 mi · 427
- RINGGOLD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL4.6 mi · 511
Frequently asked questions
About HARMONY GROVE JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOLWhat is the total enrollment at HARMONY GROVE JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL?
HARMONY GROVE JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL enrolls approximately 288 students in grades 07-09.
What age range does HARMONY GROVE JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL serve?
HARMONY GROVE JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL serves students from grade 07 through grade 09.
How many students per teacher at HARMONY GROVE JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL?
Approximately 11.1:1 students per teacher at HARMONY GROVE JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL.
What is the racial breakdown of students at HARMONY GROVE JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL?
At HARMONY GROVE JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 86% White, 8% Hispanic, 3% Black, 0% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Is HARMONY GROVE JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL public or private?
HARMONY GROVE JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL is a public K-12 school, overseen by HARMONY GROVE SCHOOL DISTRICT (Saline).
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