Enrollment
182
Middle
DISTRICT 264 · STATE 464
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·JESSIEVILLE SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 050792001464
JESSIEVILLE MIDDLE SCHOOL
7900 N HIGHWAY 7, JESSIEVILLE, AR 71949 · (501) 984-5610 · Garland County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL182 STUDENTS
B
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 64% 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
13.9:1
13 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.5:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
98%
179 students
DISTRICT 99% · STATE 70%
Community
0
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 | 61 | 34% |
| Grade 7 | 57 | 31% |
| Grade 8 | 64 | 35% |
Student demographics
23%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 29% · 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
JESSIEVILLE MIDDLE SCHOOL→JESSIEVILLE HIGH SCHOOL
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within JESSIEVILLE SCHOOL DISTRICT. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
ATLAS 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3+4)English Language Arts
36.1%
AR avg 34.9% . +0.5pp since 2023
Math
38.5%
AR avg 38.9% . +9.5pp since 2023
What this means: On the ATLAS, Arkansas's statewide test, about 36 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 39 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 up about 10 points.
ATLAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 36.1% | 38.5% |
| 2023-24 | 35.6% | 29.0% |
% 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
37.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
23.3%
based on AR schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+13.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 37% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 23% 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 JESSIEVILLE MIDDLE SCHOOL
JESSIEVILLE MIDDLE SCHOOL's state test result (37.0% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| JESSIEVILLE MIDDLE SCHOOL this school | 182 | 98.4% | 37.0% |
| LESLIE INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL LESLIE | 170 | 98.2% | 44.0% |
| CEDARVILLE MIDDLE SCHOOL CEDARVILLE | 207 | 98.6% | 34.9% |
| IZARD COUNTY CONS MIDDLE SCHOOL BROCKWELL | 193 | 98.4% | 31.6% |
| FLIPPIN MIDDLE SCHOOL FLIPPIN | 222 | 100.0% | 43.2% |
| HECTOR MIDDLE SCHOOL HECTOR | 223 | 100.0% | N/A |
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 JESSIEVILLE MIDDLE SCHOOL ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Arkansas | In Garland County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 37.0% | #106 of 207 | #4 of 6 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 38.5% | #99 of 208 ▲ 38 | #5 of 6 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 36.1% | #86 of 208 ▼ 2 | #3 of 6 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 182 | #196 of 217 | #6 of 6 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 98.4% | #53 of 210 | #2 of 6 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -24.8% | #20 of 114 | N/A |
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
182
-26 (-12%) vs 2020
-10% since 2010-11, when it was 202
Student : Teacher
13.9:1
was 13.0:1
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 | 182 | 13.1 | 13.9:1 | 98% (179) |
| 2023-24 | 175 | 14.4 | 12.2:1 | 98% (172) |
| 2022-23 | 205 | 17.1 | 12.0:1 | 99% (202) |
| 2020-21 | 208 | 16 | 13.0:1 | 100% (208) |
| 2017-18 | 242 | 17 | 14.3:1 | 81% (197) |
| 2015-16 | 203 | 17 | 11.9:1 | 99% (200) |
| 2010-11 | 202 | 16 | 12.6:1 | 62% (125) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for JESSIEVILLE MIDDLE SCHOOL.
About JESSIEVILLE MIDDLE SCHOOL
JESSIEVILLE MIDDLE SCHOOL is a very small middle school serving families in JESSIEVILLE, Arkansas. The school counted 182 students in 2024-25, covering grades 6 through 8. That puts enrollment 61% below the 464-student average for middle schools in Arkansas.
JESSIEVILLE SCHOOL DISTRICT has 3 schools; together they serve 791 students.
Of every 100 students at JESSIEVILLE MIDDLE SCHOOL, about 87 are White. It is also 5% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, and 2% Black. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 23, compared with 70 nationally.
JESSIEVILLE MIDDLE SCHOOL has a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.9:1, with 13.1 full-time-equivalent teachers. The ratio is within a point of the 13.9:1 average for middle schools in Arkansas. A common income measure, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, is 98% at JESSIEVILLE MIDDLE SCHOOL. It compares with 72% for public schools in Garland County.
Among Arkansas public middle schools, JESSIEVILLE MIDDLE SCHOOL outscored 64%, which works out to a B on the allk12 Grade.
JESSIEVILLE MIDDLE SCHOOL's actual average proficiency rate across its state test results (37.0%) and its predicted rate (23.3%) put it outside the top and bottom 10% of Arkansas schools.
In Garland County, the median household earns about $57,181 a year, about 25% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 11%. Across Garland County, 28 public schools serve about 14,391 students.
The closest school to JESSIEVILLE MIDDLE SCHOOL is JESSIEVILLE HIGH SCHOOL, located less than a tenth of a mile away. The count of other public schools within five miles is 2. Its average proficiency rate of 37.0% is above the 32.9% average for nearby schools.
Under the NCES locale system, JESSIEVILLE MIDDLE SCHOOL is Rural: Fringe.
Over 4 years, enrollment decreased by 26 students, from 208 to 182.
This page is set up for the JESSIEVILLE MIDDLE SCHOOL community to discuss special education services, counseling, and support programs. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
Garland County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
100,035
Census ACS
Median income
$57,181
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
25%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
28
14,391 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in JESSIEVILLE SCHOOL DISTRICT
- JESSIEVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 354 students
- JESSIEVILLE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 255 students
Other schools in JESSIEVILLE
- JESSIEVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 354 students
- JESSIEVILLE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 255 students
Nearby schools
- JESSIEVILLE HIGH SCHOOL0.0 mi · 255
- JESSIEVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.0 mi · 354
- FOUNTAIN LAKE ELEMENTARY9.6 mi · 491
- FOUNTAIN LAKE CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL9.8 mi · 368
- FOUNTAIN LAKE MIDDLE SCHOOL9.8 mi · 389
- MOUNTAIN PINE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL10.8 mi · 320
Frequently asked questions
About JESSIEVILLE MIDDLE SCHOOLWhat is the total enrollment at JESSIEVILLE MIDDLE SCHOOL?
JESSIEVILLE MIDDLE SCHOOL enrolls approximately 182 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does JESSIEVILLE MIDDLE SCHOOL serve?
JESSIEVILLE MIDDLE SCHOOL serves grades 06-08.
How many students per teacher at JESSIEVILLE MIDDLE SCHOOL?
Approximately 13.9:1 students per teacher at JESSIEVILLE MIDDLE SCHOOL.
How diverse is JESSIEVILLE MIDDLE SCHOOL?
JESSIEVILLE MIDDLE SCHOOL reports a student body of 87% White, 5% Hispanic, 2% Black, 5% Two or more.
Is JESSIEVILLE MIDDLE SCHOOL public or private?
JESSIEVILLE MIDDLE SCHOOL is a public K-12 school, overseen by JESSIEVILLE SCHOOL DISTRICT.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.