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Enrollment
442
Middle
DISTRICT 500 · STATE 464
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HIGHLAND SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 050777001232
HIGHLAND MIDDLE SCHOOL
1921 HWY 62-412, HARDY, AR 72542 · (870) 856-3284 · Sharp County
GRADES 05–08MIDDLE43-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL442 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 77% of Arkansas public middle schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats 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
14.1:1
31 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.5:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
72%
318 students
DISTRICT 72% · 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 5 | 105 | 24% |
| Grade 6 | 112 | 25% |
| Grade 7 | 112 | 25% |
| Grade 8 | 113 | 26% |
Student demographics
12%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 13% · 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
Students here typically continue to
HIGHLAND MIDDLE SCHOOL→HIGHLAND HIGH SCHOOL
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within HIGHLAND SCHOOL DISTRICT. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
ATLAS 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3+4)English Language Arts
36.7%
AR avg 34.9% . -4.3pp since 2023
Math
40.8%
AR avg 38.9% . -4.6pp since 2023
What this means: On the ATLAS, Arkansas's statewide test, about 37 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 41 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Arkansas schools, those numbers are about 35 and 39. Reading and writing scores are down about 4 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 5 points.
ATLAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 36.7% | 40.8% |
| 2023-24 | 41.0% | 45.4% |
% 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
44.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
33.1%
based on AR schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+11.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 44% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 33% 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 HIGHLAND MIDDLE SCHOOL
HIGHLAND MIDDLE SCHOOL's state test result (44.3% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| HIGHLAND MIDDLE SCHOOL this school | 442 | 71.9% | 44.3% |
| BISMARCK MIDDLE SCHOOL BISMARCK | 338 | 69.5% | 43.7% |
| DOVER MIDDLE SCHOOL DOVER | 375 | 64.3% | 45.1% |
| POCAHONTAS UPPER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL POCAHONTAS | 402 | 74.4% | 28.0% |
| ATKINS MIDDLE SCHOOL ATKINS | 264 | 69.3% | 45.9% |
| POCAHONTAS JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL POCAHONTAS | 456 | 66.7% | 19.4% |
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 HIGHLAND MIDDLE SCHOOL ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Arkansas |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 44.3% | #67 of 207 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 40.8% | #88 of 208 ▼ 36 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 36.7% | #84 of 208 ▼ 33 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 442 | #107 of 217 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.1:1 | #95 of 188 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 12.2% | #179 of 188 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 71.9% | #79 of 210 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -9.2% | #74 of 114 |
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
442
-59 (-12%) vs 2020
+7% since 1990-91, when it was 412
Student : Teacher
14.1:1
was 13.5:1
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 | 442 | 31.3 | 14.1:1 | 72% (318) |
| 2023-24 | 451 | 28.7 | 15.7:1 | 100% (451) |
| 2022-23 | 492 | 32.9 | 15.0:1 | 100% (492) |
| 2020-21 | 501 | 37 | 13.5:1 | 100% (501) |
| 2017-18 | 487 | 35.8 | 13.6:1 | 34% (166) |
| 2015-16 | 501 | 37 | 13.5:1 | 70% (351) |
| 2010-11 | 398 | 30 | 13.3:1 | 66% (261) |
| 2000-01 | 380 | 25 | 15.2:1 | 57% (217) |
| 1990-91 | 412 | 20 | 20.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for HIGHLAND MIDDLE SCHOOL.
About HIGHLAND MIDDLE SCHOOL
HIGHLAND MIDDLE SCHOOL, a medium-sized middle-grades school, is located in HARDY, Arkansas. The school had 442 students in grades 5 through 8 in 2024-25.
HIGHLAND MIDDLE SCHOOL is among 3 schools run by HIGHLAND SCHOOL DISTRICT, which serves 1,499 students.
White students are the large majority at HIGHLAND MIDDLE SCHOOL, with 94% of enrollment. Other groups make up 2% Hispanic and 2% Black. The county population is about 92% White, within a few points of the school. HIGHLAND MIDDLE SCHOOL has a diversity index of 12%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
Its teaching staff equals 31.3 full-time positions, a ratio of 14.1:1. Middle schools in Arkansas average about 13.9:1, a similar figure. Around 72% of the school's students qualify for free or reduced-price meals.
HIGHLAND MIDDLE SCHOOL is graded A- by allk12, scoring above 77% of Arkansas public middle schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
After adjusting for student poverty, HIGHLAND MIDDLE SCHOOL lands between the top and bottom 10% of Arkansas schools. Its average proficiency rate on state tests is 44.3%; the prediction is 33.1%.
Across Sharp County, median household income is about $44,637, roughly 14% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 12%. The public schools of Sharp County number 6 and enroll about 2,738.
HIGHLAND HIGH SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles away. Counting only straight-line distance, 2 other public schools are within five miles. Its average proficiency rate of 44.3% is above the 38.8% average for nearby schools.
For locale, NCES codes HIGHLAND MIDDLE SCHOOL as Rural: Remote.
A comparison of 2020-21 and 2024-25 shows enrollment down 12%, from 501 to 442.
Community posts for HIGHLAND MIDDLE SCHOOL can cover sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Sharp County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
17,773
Census ACS
Median income
$44,637
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
14%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
12%
Below federal line
Schools in county
6
2,738 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in HIGHLAND SCHOOL DISTRICT
- CHEROKEE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 581 students
- HIGHLAND HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 476 students
Other schools in HARDY
- CHEROKEE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 581 students
- HIGHLAND HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 476 students
Other Highland Middle schools
17 other US public schools in 13 states are named Highland Middle. HIGHLAND MIDDLE SCHOOL is the 13th largest of the 18.
- Highland Middle SchoolAnderson, IN · 916 students
- Highland Middle SchoolMedina, OH · 824 students
- HIGHLAND MIDDLE SCHOOLHOBBS, NM · 808 students
- Highland Middle SchoolHighland, IN · 774 students
- Highland MiddleSanford, NC · 762 students
Nearby schools
- HIGHLAND HIGH SCHOOL0.2 mi · 476
- CHEROKEE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.4 mi · 581
- MAMMOTH SPRING ELEMENTARY SCHOOL15.8 mi · 274
- MAMMOTH SPRING HIGH SCHOOL15.8 mi · 198
- SALEM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL17.0 mi · 434
- SALEM HIGH SCHOOL17.1 mi · 376
Frequently asked questions
About HIGHLAND MIDDLE SCHOOLWhat is the total enrollment at HIGHLAND MIDDLE SCHOOL?
HIGHLAND MIDDLE SCHOOL enrolls approximately 442 students in grades 05-08.
What age range does HIGHLAND MIDDLE SCHOOL serve?
HIGHLAND MIDDLE SCHOOL serves students from grade 05 through grade 08.
How many teachers does HIGHLAND MIDDLE SCHOOL have?
HIGHLAND MIDDLE SCHOOL employs 31 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.1:1.
What is the student diversity at HIGHLAND MIDDLE SCHOOL?
Student demographics at HIGHLAND MIDDLE SCHOOL are roughly 94% White, 2% Hispanic, 2% Black, 1% Two or more.
What district is HIGHLAND MIDDLE SCHOOL in?
HIGHLAND MIDDLE SCHOOL is part of HIGHLAND SCHOOL DISTRICT.
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