Enrollment
370
Middle
DISTRICT 381 · STATE 464
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LONOKE SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 050906000643
LONOKE MIDDLE SCHOOL
1100 W. PALM ST., LONOKE, AR 72086 · (501) 676-6670 · Lonoke County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL370 STUDENTS
B-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 49% 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.
- B-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
15.2:1
24 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.7:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
65%
239 students
DISTRICT 62% · 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 | 121 | 33% |
| Grade 7 | 108 | 29% |
| Grade 8 | 141 | 38% |
Student demographics
54%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 55% · 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
LONOKE MIDDLE SCHOOL→LONOKE HIGH SCHOOL
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within LONOKE SCHOOL DISTRICT. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
ATLAS 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3+4)English Language Arts
33.8%
AR avg 34.9% . +3.6pp since 2023
Math
32.5%
AR avg 38.9% . -2.7pp since 2023
What this means: On the ATLAS, Arkansas's statewide test, about 34 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 33 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 4 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 3 points.
ATLAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 33.8% | 32.5% |
| 2023-24 | 30.2% | 35.2% |
% 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
37.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
35.8%
based on AR schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+1.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 37% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 36% 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 LONOKE MIDDLE SCHOOL
LONOKE MIDDLE SCHOOL's state test result (37.3% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| LONOKE MIDDLE SCHOOL this school | 370 | 64.6% | 37.3% |
| MORRILTON JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL MORRILTON | 362 | 64.6% | 48.0% |
| ASHDOWN JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL ASHDOWN | 278 | 70.9% | 28.0% |
| CROSSETT MIDDLE SCHOOL CROSSETT | 445 | 64.0% | 18.5% |
| MAYFLOWER MIDDLE SCHOOL MAYFLOWER | 304 | 63.8% | 30.0% |
| DEWITT MIDDLE SCHOOL DEWITT | 271 | 61.3% | 36.8% |
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 LONOKE MIDDLE SCHOOL ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Arkansas |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 37.3% | #99 of 207 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 32.5% | #129 of 208 ▼ 23 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 33.8% | #99 of 208 ▲ 23 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 370 | #133 of 217 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.2:1 | #128 of 188 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 53.8% | #77 of 188 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 64.6% | #109 of 210 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -6.1% | #88 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
370
+14 (+4%) vs 2020
-15% since 1990-91, when it was 433
Student : Teacher
15.2:1
was 12.7:1
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 | 370 | 24.4 | 15.2:1 | 65% (239) |
| 2023-24 | 359 | 24.1 | 14.9:1 | 66% (236) |
| 2022-23 | 365 | 25.2 | 14.5:1 | 68% (248) |
| 2020-21 | 356 | 28 | 12.7:1 | 66% (235) |
| 2017-18 | 394 | 31.8 | 12.4:1 | 43% (169) |
| 2015-16 | 413 | 32 | 12.9:1 | 66% (274) |
| 2010-11 | 472 | 30 | 15.7:1 | 55% (258) |
| 2000-01 | 455 | 46 | 9.9:1 | 39% (177) |
| 1990-91 | 433 | 24 | 18.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for LONOKE MIDDLE SCHOOL.
About LONOKE MIDDLE SCHOOL
Students in LONOKE, Arkansas, attend LONOKE MIDDLE SCHOOL, a small middle-grades school. School enrollment was 370 students in 2024-25, in grades 6 through 8. For comparison, middle schools in Arkansas average about 464 students.
Besides LONOKE MIDDLE SCHOOL, LONOKE SCHOOL DISTRICT runs 3 other schools. The district enrolls 1,524 students.
LONOKE MIDDLE SCHOOL is 64% White by enrollment. Beyond that, enrollment is 21% Black, 10% Hispanic, and 5% multiracial. In Lonoke County overall, about 85% of residents are White. Pick two students at random and there is a 54% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
LONOKE MIDDLE SCHOOL employs 24.4 full-time-equivalent teachers. That gives a ratio of about 15.2:1. This ratio sits 1.3 above the 13.9:1 average for middle schools in Arkansas. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility was 65% in 2024-25. That is 13 points above the 52% average for public schools in Lonoke County.
The allk12 Grade for LONOKE MIDDLE SCHOOL is B-. Compared with Arkansas public middle schools, the school scored higher than 49% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, LONOKE MIDDLE SCHOOL falls in the middle 80% of Arkansas schools: 37.3% actual against 35.8% predicted.
Recent Census Bureau figures for Lonoke County show that the median household income is $72,828, 22% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. LONOKE MIDDLE SCHOOL is one of 25 public schools in the county.
Of nearby public schools, LONOKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the closest, at about 0.2 miles. LONOKE MIDDLE SCHOOL has 3 other public schools within five miles. The nearest schools with test data average 29.3%, lower than LONOKE MIDDLE SCHOOL's 37.3%.
The federal government classifies LONOKE MIDDLE SCHOOL's location as Rural: Distant.
Enrollment at LONOKE MIDDLE SCHOOL climbed 4% between 2020-21 and 2024-25, from 356 to 370 students. The ratio of students to teachers went from 12.7:1 to 15.2:1 over the same years.
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Lonoke County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
75,272
Census ACS
Median income
$72,828
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
22%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
25
13,478 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in LONOKE SCHOOL DISTRICT
- LONOKE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 484 students
- LONOKE PRIMARY SCHOOLElementary · 359 students
- LONOKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 311 students
Other schools in LONOKE
- LONOKE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 484 students
- LONOKE PRIMARY SCHOOLElementary · 359 students
- LONOKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 311 students
Nearby schools
- LONOKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.2 mi · 311
- LONOKE PRIMARY SCHOOL0.4 mi · 359
- LONOKE HIGH SCHOOL0.6 mi · 484
- CARLISLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL9.9 mi · 380
- CARLISLE HIGH SCHOOL10.3 mi · 280
- MURRELL TAYLOR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL11.2 mi · 428
Frequently asked questions
About LONOKE MIDDLE SCHOOLHow large is LONOKE MIDDLE SCHOOL?
LONOKE MIDDLE SCHOOL enrolls approximately 370 students in grades 06-08.
Is LONOKE MIDDLE SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
LONOKE MIDDLE SCHOOL is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
How many teachers does LONOKE MIDDLE SCHOOL have?
LONOKE MIDDLE SCHOOL employs 24 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.2:1.
What is the student diversity at LONOKE MIDDLE SCHOOL?
Student demographics at LONOKE MIDDLE SCHOOL are roughly 64% White, 10% Hispanic, 21% Black, 5% Two or more.
Who oversees LONOKE MIDDLE SCHOOL?
LONOKE MIDDLE SCHOOL is overseen by LONOKE SCHOOL DISTRICT in Lonoke County.
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