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HARRISON MIDDLE SCHOOL

1125 GOBLIN DR, HARRISON, AR 72601 · (870) 741-8771 · Boone County
GRADES 05–08MIDDLE33-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL865 STUDENTS
A+
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Scored higher than 95% 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

Enrollment
865
Middle
DISTRICT 548 · STATE 464
Student : Teacher
14.7:1
59 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.6:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
58%
503 students
DISTRICT 61% · 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

GradeStudentsShare
Grade 520123%
Grade 624428%
Grade 721625%
Grade 820424%
Student demographics
19%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 19% · STATE 61% · US 70%
White
77690%
DISTRICT 90% · STATE 57% · US 43%
Hispanic
506%
DISTRICT 5% · STATE 15% · US 30%
Black
10%
DISTRICT 0% · STATE 19% · US 15%
Asian
40%
DISTRICT 1% · STATE 2% · US 6%
Two+
314%
DISTRICT 3% · STATE 5% · US 5%
Native American
30%
DISTRICT 0% · STATE 1% · US 1%
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
Male
45452%
Female
41148%

School pathway

Students here typically continue to
HARRISON MIDDLE SCHOOL→HARRISON HIGH SCHOOL
Feeds from
FOREST HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL01–04SKYLINE HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL01–04
Based on grade levels within HARRISON SCHOOL DISTRICT. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.

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Test scores

ATLAS 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3+4)
English Language Arts
47.8%
AR avg 34.9% . -0.7pp since 2023
Math
53.4%
AR avg 38.9% . -3.3pp since 2023

What this means: On the ATLAS, Arkansas's statewide test, about 48 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 53 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 3 points.

ATLAS results by year

School yearEnglish Language ArtsMath
2024-2547.8%53.4%
2023-2448.5%56.7%
% 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 · methodology
Tier
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of AR schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
54.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
38.2%
based on AR schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+16.6pp
above demographic expectation

What this means: About 55% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 38% typical for Arkansas schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 17 points, placing it in Arkansas's top 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 HARRISON MIDDLE SCHOOL

HARRISON MIDDLE SCHOOL's state test result (54.8% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.

SchoolStudentsLow-incomeProficient
HARRISON MIDDLE SCHOOL this school86558.2%54.8%
CABOT MIDDLE SCHOOL SOUTH
CABOT
74753.9%44.9%
CABOT MIDDLE SCHOOL NORTH
CABOT
82848.3%49.2%
GREENE CTY TECH MIDDLE SCHOOL
PARAGOULD
55752.8%40.1%
ALMA MIDDLE SCHOOL
ALMA
72248.1%47.2%
BEEBE MIDDLE SCHOOL
BEEBE
50956.6%35.3%
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 HARRISON MIDDLE SCHOOL ranks

Among middle schools
MeasureThis schoolIn Arkansas
State test proficiency
ranked highest first
54.8%#19 of 207
Math proficiency
ranked highest first
53.4%#37 of 208
▼ 17
Reading proficiency
ranked highest first
47.8%#29 of 208
▼ 6
Enrollment
ranked largest first
865#8 of 217
Students per teacher
ranked fewest first
14.7:1#117 of 188
Diversity index
ranked most diverse first
19.1%#161 of 188
Free and reduced lunch
ranked highest share first
58.2%#129 of 210
Enrollment change since 2017-18
ranked fastest growth first
+3.8%#48 of 61
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 2024-25
Enrollment
865
+32 (+4%) vs 2020
+94% since 1990-91, when it was 446
Student : Teacher
14.7:1
was 16.0:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Enrollment and staffing by year

School yearStudentsTeachers (FTE)Students per teacherFree and reduced lunch
2024-2586558.814.7:158% (503)
2023-2485857.215.0:156% (478)
2022-2383055.814.9:149% (405)
2020-218335216.0:152% (431)
2017-1883351.316.3:126% (215)
2015-164352418.1:144% (193)
2010-114242417.7:150% (210)
2000-014362418.2:137% (160)
1990-914462220.3:1N/A
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for HARRISON MIDDLE SCHOOL.

About HARRISON MIDDLE SCHOOL

HARRISON MIDDLE SCHOOL, located in HARRISON, Arkansas, is a large middle school. The school offers grades 5 through 8 and enrolls 865 students. On average, middle schools in Arkansas enroll around 464, and this school is 86% bigger than that mark.

HARRISON MIDDLE SCHOOL is one school in a 5-school district, HARRISON SCHOOL DISTRICT, which enrolls 2,739 students.

The share of students at HARRISON MIDDLE SCHOOL who are White is 90%. Enrollment also includes 6% Hispanic and 4% multiracial. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 19, compared with 70 nationally.

HARRISON MIDDLE SCHOOL has 58.8 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff and a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.7:1. Across middle schools in Arkansas, the average ratio is 13.9:1. The school has 58% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch.

HARRISON MIDDLE 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 95% of Arkansas public middle schools.

HARRISON MIDDLE SCHOOL scores 16.6 points above its predicted average proficiency rate across its state test results: 54.8% actual versus 38.2% predicted. That puts it in the top 10% of Arkansas schools on BeatsExpectations.

Boone County is the school's county. There, the median household earns about $55,143 a year, roughly 17% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 8%. HARRISON MIDDLE SCHOOL shares Boone County with 17 other public schools.

Among nearby public schools, HARRISON HIGH SCHOOL is closest at about 0.2 miles. HARRISON MIDDLE SCHOOL is one of several public schools in the area, with 4 others within five miles. The school's 54.8% average proficiency ranks 2nd among 8 nearby schools.

Under the NCES locale system, HARRISON MIDDLE SCHOOL is Town: Remote.

Federal enrollment counts rose from 833 (2020-21) to 865 (2024-25). Federal data show the ratio falling from 16.0:1 to 14.7:1.

This page is set up for the HARRISON MIDDLE SCHOOL community to discuss homework, tutoring, and testing dates. Members of the school community can share what they know.

Boone County at a glance

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Population
38,138
Census ACS
Median income
$55,143
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
17%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
18
5,818 students

Quick facts

School name
HARRISON MIDDLE SCHOOL
District
HARRISON SCHOOL DISTRICT
Address
1125 GOBLIN DR, HARRISON, AR 72601
Phone
(870) 741-8771
County
Boone County
Level
Middle
Grade range
05–08
Total enrollment
865
Teachers (FTE)
59
Student–teacher ratio
14.7:1
Free and reduced lunch
503 (58%)
Locale
33-Town: Remote
NCES ID
050738001397
Charter school
No
Virtual school
No

Related schools

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Other Harrison Middle schools

4 other US public schools in 5 states are named Harrison Middle. HARRISON MIDDLE SCHOOL is the 2nd largest of the 5.

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Frequently asked questions

About HARRISON MIDDLE SCHOOL
How large is HARRISON MIDDLE SCHOOL?
HARRISON MIDDLE SCHOOL enrolls approximately 865 students in grades 05-08.
What age range does HARRISON MIDDLE SCHOOL serve?
HARRISON MIDDLE SCHOOL serves students from grade 05 through grade 08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at HARRISON MIDDLE SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at HARRISON MIDDLE SCHOOL is approximately 14.7:1 (59 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at HARRISON MIDDLE SCHOOL?
At HARRISON MIDDLE SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 90% White, 6% Hispanic, 0% Black, 0% Asian, 4% Two or more.
What district is HARRISON MIDDLE SCHOOL in?
HARRISON MIDDLE SCHOOL is part of HARRISON SCHOOL DISTRICT.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.
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