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Parents: what's one thing you'd want the KIRKSEY MIDDLE SCHOOL administration to hear?
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Enrollment
890
Middle
DISTRICT 852 · STATE 464
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ROGERS SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 051197000304
KIRKSEY MIDDLE SCHOOL
101 W PRICE LN, ROGERS, AR 72758 · (479) 631-3625 · Benton County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL890 STUDENTS
A-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 80% of Arkansas public middle schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-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
14.3:1
62 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.7:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
58%
512 students
DISTRICT 55% · 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 | 300 | 34% |
| Grade 7 | 287 | 32% |
| Grade 8 | 303 | 34% |
Student demographics
57%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 58% · 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
42.4%
AR avg 34.9% . +1.6pp since 2023
Math
43.9%
AR avg 38.9% . +0.7pp since 2023
What this means: On the ATLAS, Arkansas's statewide test, about 42 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 44 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Arkansas schools, those numbers are about 35 and 39. Reading and writing scores are up about 2 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
ATLAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 42.4% | 43.9% |
| 2023-24 | 40.8% | 43.2% |
% 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
47.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
38.4%
based on AR schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+9.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 48% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 38% 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 KIRKSEY MIDDLE SCHOOL
KIRKSEY MIDDLE SCHOOL's state test result (47.5% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| KIRKSEY MIDDLE SCHOOL this school | 890 | 57.5% | 47.5% |
| OAKDALE MIDDLE SCHOOL ROGERS | 809 | 66.4% | 35.5% |
| LINGLE MIDDLE SCHOOL ROGERS | 643 | 57.2% | 47.3% |
| SILOAM SPRINGS MIDDLE SCHOOL SILOAM SPRINGS | 743 | 58.8% | 37.4% |
| SILOAM SPRINGS INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL SILOAM SPRINGS | 684 | 64.8% | 35.6% |
| BATESVILLE JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL CHARTER BATESVILLE | 690 | 67.8% | 36.6% |
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 KIRKSEY MIDDLE SCHOOL ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Arkansas | In Benton County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 47.5% | #45 of 207 | #12 of 20 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 43.9% | #73 of 208 ▼ 10 | #14 of 20 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 42.4% | #55 of 208 ▼ 1 | #13 of 20 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 890 | #7 of 217 | #2 of 22 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.3:1 | #102 of 188 | #5 of 19 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 57.1% | #53 of 188 | #6 of 19 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 57.5% | #132 of 210 | #5 of 20 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -8.0% | #80 of 114 | #6 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
890
-113 (-11%) vs 2020
+12% since 2000-01, when it was 792
Student : Teacher
14.3:1
was 15.0:1
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 | 890 | 62.2 | 14.3:1 | 58% (512) |
| 2023-24 | 957 | 67.3 | 14.2:1 | 58% (554) |
| 2022-23 | 1,022 | 64.4 | 15.9:1 | 55% (563) |
| 2020-21 | 1,003 | 67 | 15.0:1 | 61% (609) |
| 2017-18 | 967 | 63.9 | 15.1:1 | 45% (432) |
| 2015-16 | 1,022 | 66 | 15.5:1 | 62% (629) |
| 2010-11 | 910 | 59 | 15.4:1 | 51% (466) |
| 2000-01 | 792 | 55 | 14.4:1 | 36% (282) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for KIRKSEY MIDDLE SCHOOL.
About KIRKSEY MIDDLE SCHOOL
A high-enrollment middle school in ROGERS, Arkansas, KIRKSEY MIDDLE SCHOOL is part of ROGERS SCHOOL DISTRICT. The grade span is 6 through 8, and enrollment is 890 students. An average school in this group (middle schools in Arkansas) has about 464 students.
KIRKSEY MIDDLE SCHOOL is part of ROGERS SCHOOL DISTRICT, where 23 schools serve 15,688 students.
At KIRKSEY MIDDLE SCHOOL, Hispanic students make up 55% of the student body. After that, the student body is 35% White, 4% Pacific Islander, and 3% multiracial. Census figures show Benton County is about 19% Hispanic. Pick two students at random and there is a 57% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
The school reported 62.2 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25 and a ratio of 14.3:1. That matches the 13.9:1 average for middle schools in Arkansas fairly closely. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 58%. The 37% average for public schools in Benton County is 21 points lower.
allk12 grades KIRKSEY MIDDLE SCHOOL an A-. The grade compares the school only with Arkansas public middle schools, because each state gives its own test.
Test results at KIRKSEY MIDDLE SCHOOL are 9.1 points above what its free or reduced-price lunch share predicts (47.5% actual, 38.4% predicted).
In Benton County (population about 303,632), the median household income is $93,506, 38% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 5% of people live in poverty. KIRKSEY MIDDLE SCHOOL is one of 88 public schools in the county.
JONES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles away. The five-mile area around KIRKSEY MIDDLE SCHOOL holds at least 8 other public schools. Ranking the closest schools with test data puts KIRKSEY MIDDLE SCHOOL at 3rd of 9.
KIRKSEY MIDDLE SCHOOL is inside a principal city with a population under 100,000, a location NCES labels City: Small.
Compared with 2020-21, the school had 113 fewer students in 2024-25.
Discussion on this page can cover school events, clubs, and volunteer needs. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
Benton County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
303,632
Census ACS
Median income
$93,506
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
38%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
88
57,071 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in ROGERS SCHOOL DISTRICT
- ROGERS HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,492 students
- ROGERS HERITAGE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,008 students
- ELMWOOD MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 1,066 students
- OAKDALE MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 809 students
- LINGLE MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 643 students
- ROGERS NEW TECHNOLOGY HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 640 students
Other schools in ROGERS
- ROGERS HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,492 students
- ROGERS HERITAGE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,008 students
- ELMWOOD MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 1,066 students
- OAKDALE MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 809 students
- FOUNDERS CLASSICAL ACADEMIES OF ARKANSAS BENTONVILLEElementary · 787 students
- LINGLE MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 643 students
Other Kirksey Middle schools
One other US public school is named Kirksey Middle. KIRKSEY MIDDLE SCHOOL is the largest of the 2.
- Kirksey Middle SchoolJackson, MS · 389 students
Nearby schools
- JONES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.1 mi · 463
- ROGERS NEW TECHNOLOGY HIGH SCHOOL0.2 mi · 640
- OLD WIRE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.6 mi · 481
- ARKANSAS ARTS ACADEMY ELEMENTARY1.0 mi · 523
- EASTSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.1 mi · 505
- BONNIE GRIMES ELEM. SCHOOL1.4 mi · 458
Frequently asked questions
About KIRKSEY MIDDLE SCHOOLHow large is KIRKSEY MIDDLE SCHOOL?
KIRKSEY MIDDLE SCHOOL enrolls approximately 890 students in grades 06-08.
Is KIRKSEY MIDDLE SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
KIRKSEY MIDDLE SCHOOL is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at KIRKSEY MIDDLE SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at KIRKSEY MIDDLE SCHOOL is approximately 14.3:1 (62 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at KIRKSEY MIDDLE SCHOOL?
At KIRKSEY MIDDLE SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 35% White, 55% Hispanic, 2% Black, 1% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Is KIRKSEY MIDDLE SCHOOL public or private?
KIRKSEY MIDDLE SCHOOL is a public K-12 school, overseen by ROGERS SCHOOL DISTRICT.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.