HECTOR MIDDLE SCHOOL

Set in HECTOR, Arkansas, HECTOR MIDDLE SCHOOL is a compact middle-grades school, part of HECTOR SCHOOL DISTRICT. It instructs 223 students across grades 5 through 8. That puts it 52% below the typical public school in Arkansas, which averages around 464 students.

Across the 3 schools in HECTOR SCHOOL DISTRICT (695 students total), HECTOR MIDDLE SCHOOL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On demographics, HECTOR MIDDLE SCHOOL reports that 93% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. The remainder consists of 3% Hispanic. That is considerably more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 84%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, HECTOR MIDDLE SCHOOL has 15 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 14.9:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 13.9:1 average. Around 100% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is north of Pope County's rate of about 64%.

Zooming out to the county, Pope County reports that the typical household earns roughly $57,344 per year, roughly 25% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 12% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Pope County runs 25 public schools (combined enrollment of about 10,311 students), of which HECTOR MIDDLE SCHOOL is one.

HECTOR HIGH SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 2 other public schools cluster around HECTOR MIDDLE SCHOOL.

Geographically, the school is in an outlying area.

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