HIGHLAND MIDDLE SCHOOL

HIGHLAND MIDDLE SCHOOL, a mid-sized intermediate school in HARDY, Arkansas, part of HIGHLAND SCHOOL DISTRICT, works with 442 students, covering grades 5 through 8.

HIGHLAND SCHOOL DISTRICT runs 3 schools in total, collectively educating 1,499 students. HIGHLAND MIDDLE SCHOOL is one of those campuses.

Demographically, HIGHLAND MIDDLE SCHOOL lists that nearly all students (94%) are White. Beyond that, the school records 2% Hispanic, 2% Black. That composition is broadly in line with Sharp County as a whole.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 31 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 14.1:1 students per teacher. That tracks the state average closely. About 72% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, HIGHLAND MIDDLE SCHOOL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 32.5%, the actual is 45.5%, a residual of +13.0 points.

In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for Sharp County put median household earnings sit near $44,637, 14% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 12% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Sharp County runs 6 public schools (combined enrollment of about 2,738 students), of which HIGHLAND MIDDLE SCHOOL is one.

HIGHLAND HIGH SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 2 other public schools. On composite proficiency, HIGHLAND MIDDLE SCHOOL comes 2nd of 7 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 39.0%.

The campus sits in a low-density setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at HIGHLAND MIDDLE SCHOOL has decreased 9%, going from 487 students in 2018 to 442 in 2025.

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