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Teachers: what resource would make the biggest difference at HELEN TYSON MIDDLE SCHOOL this year?
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Enrollment
676
Middle
DISTRICT 714 · STATE 464
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SPRINGDALE SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 051266000237
HELEN TYSON MIDDLE SCHOOL
3304 SOUTH 40TH STREET, SPRINGDALE, AR 72765 · (479) 750-8720 · Washington County
GRADES 06–07MIDDLE13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL676 STUDENTS
C
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 33% of Arkansas public middle schools
- CTest 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
13.3:1
51 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.4:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
84%
565 students
DISTRICT 74% · 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 6 | 346 | 51% |
| Grade 7 | 330 | 49% |
Student demographics
60%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 64% · 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
Test scores
ATLAS 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3+4)English Language Arts
25.1%
AR avg 34.9% . -0.2pp since 2023
Math
31.8%
AR avg 38.9% . -4.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the ATLAS, Arkansas's statewide test, about 25 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 32 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 4 points.
ATLAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 25.1% | 31.8% |
| 2023-24 | 25.3% | 35.8% |
% 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
29.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
28.8%
based on AR schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+0.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 29% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 29% 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 HELEN TYSON MIDDLE SCHOOL
HELEN TYSON MIDDLE SCHOOL's state test result (29.3% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| HELEN TYSON MIDDLE SCHOOL this school | 676 | 83.6% | 29.3% |
| WILLIAM O. DARBY MIDDLE SCHOOL FORT SMITH | 711 | 82.8% | 27.1% |
| SONORA MIDDLE SCHOOL SPRINGDALE | 668 | 86.1% | 26.7% |
| DEQUEEN MIDDLE SCHOOL DE QUEEN | 354 | 77.7% | 39.2% |
| J. O. KELLY MIDDLE SCHOOL SPRINGDALE | 663 | 94.1% | 20.0% |
| OAKDALE MIDDLE SCHOOL ROGERS | 809 | 66.4% | 35.5% |
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 HELEN TYSON MIDDLE SCHOOL ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Arkansas | In Washington County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 29.3% | #148 of 207 | #15 of 17 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 31.8% | #131 of 208 ▼ 30 | #13 of 17 ▼ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 25.1% | #156 of 208 ▼ 7 | #15 of 17 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 676 | #45 of 217 | #5 of 18 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.3:1 | #68 of 188 | #3 of 17 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 59.7% | #40 of 188 | #5 of 17 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 83.6% | #59 of 210 | #4 of 17 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -18.4% | #35 of 114 | #2 of 8 |
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
676
+28 (+4%) vs 2020
-33% since 2000-01, when it was 1,002
Student : Teacher
13.3:1
was 10.1:1
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 | 676 | 50.7 | 13.3:1 | 84% (565) |
| 2023-24 | 675 | 52.9 | 12.8:1 | 82% (556) |
| 2022-23 | 786 | 57.9 | 13.6:1 | 84% (657) |
| 2020-21 | 648 | 64 | 10.1:1 | 81% (528) |
| 2017-18 | 828 | 66.1 | 12.5:1 | 53% (436) |
| 2015-16 | 716 | 56 | 12.8:1 | 73% (522) |
| 2010-11 | 980 | 66 | 14.8:1 | 70% (690) |
| 2000-01 | 1,002 | 55 | 18.2:1 | 32% (321) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for HELEN TYSON MIDDLE SCHOOL.
About HELEN TYSON MIDDLE SCHOOL
HELEN TYSON MIDDLE SCHOOL serves students in SPRINGDALE, Arkansas, as a medium-sized middle school. The school reports 676 students in grades 6 through 7. The school's enrollment is 46% bigger than the 464 average for middle schools in Arkansas.
SPRINGDALE SCHOOL DISTRICT has a total of 29 schools and 22,685 students, HELEN TYSON MIDDLE SCHOOL among them.
A majority of students at HELEN TYSON MIDDLE SCHOOL, 58%, are Hispanic. The remaining shares are 22% White, 13% Pacific Islander, 3% multiracial, and 2% Black. Washington County as a whole is about 19% Hispanic, so the school's share is higher. The chance that two students picked at random at HELEN TYSON MIDDLE SCHOOL belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 60%.
The count of teachers at HELEN TYSON MIDDLE SCHOOL is 50.7 full-time equivalents, for a ratio of 13.3:1. Middle schools in Arkansas have a similar average ratio of 13.9:1. The school counts 565 students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, or 84%. Public schools in Washington County average 58%.
The allk12 Grade for HELEN TYSON MIDDLE SCHOOL is C. Compared with Arkansas public middle schools, the school scored higher than 33% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
The school's average proficiency rate on state tests is 29.3%. For its free or reduced-price lunch share, the predicted value is 28.8%.
Washington County has these Census figures: median household income is about $70,639, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 35% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 9%. The public schools of Washington County number 76 and enroll about 42,451.
The closest public school to HELEN TYSON MIDDLE SCHOOL is WALKER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, about 1.0 miles away. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. The nearest schools with test data average 35.3%, higher than HELEN TYSON MIDDLE SCHOOL's 29.3%.
HELEN TYSON MIDDLE SCHOOL falls in the City: Small locale category, used for schools inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.
The number of students climbed from 648 to 676 over 4 years. From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio rose from 10.1:1 to 13.3:1.
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Washington County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
256,765
Census ACS
Median income
$70,639
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
35%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
76
42,451 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in SPRINGDALE SCHOOL DISTRICT
- HAR-BER HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,271 students
- SPRINGDALE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,207 students
- DON TYSON SCHOOL OF INNOVATIONCombined · 1,976 students
- HUNT ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 890 students
- CENTRAL JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 852 students
- HELLSTERN MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 849 students
Other schools in SPRINGDALE
- HAR-BER HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,271 students
- SPRINGDALE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,207 students
- DON TYSON SCHOOL OF INNOVATIONCombined · 1,976 students
- HUNT ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 890 students
- CENTRAL JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 852 students
- HELLSTERN MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 849 students
Nearby schools
- WALKER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.0 mi · 605
- JOHN TYSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.5 mi · 571
- SOUTHWEST JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL1.7 mi · 694
- CENTRAL JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL2.4 mi · 852
- WESTWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.4 mi · 498
- BERNICE YOUNG ELEMENTARY2.5 mi · 536
Frequently asked questions
About HELEN TYSON MIDDLE SCHOOLWhat is the total enrollment at HELEN TYSON MIDDLE SCHOOL?
HELEN TYSON MIDDLE SCHOOL enrolls approximately 676 students in grades 06-07.
What age range does HELEN TYSON MIDDLE SCHOOL serve?
HELEN TYSON MIDDLE SCHOOL serves students from grade 06 through grade 07.
What is the student-teacher ratio at HELEN TYSON MIDDLE SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at HELEN TYSON MIDDLE SCHOOL is approximately 13.3:1 (51 FTE teachers).
How diverse is HELEN TYSON MIDDLE SCHOOL?
HELEN TYSON MIDDLE SCHOOL reports a student body of 22% White, 58% Hispanic, 2% Black, 2% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Is HELEN TYSON MIDDLE SCHOOL public or private?
HELEN TYSON MIDDLE SCHOOL is a public K-12 school, overseen by SPRINGDALE SCHOOL DISTRICT.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.