MABELVALE MIDDLE SCHOOL

MABELVALE MIDDLE SCHOOL is a reasonably sized junior high in MABELVALE, Arkansas, overseen by LITTLE ROCK SCHOOL DISTRICT. The school serves 477 students in grades 6 through 8.

LITTLE ROCK SCHOOL DISTRICT comprises 40 schools with combined enrollment of 22,320 students; MABELVALE MIDDLE SCHOOL is among them.

On the student-mix side, MABELVALE MIDDLE SCHOOL logs that the largest single group is Black, at 59% of enrollment; the rest is composed of 32% Hispanic, 6% White. The wider county runs roughly 37% Black, putting the school's mix considerably more Black than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, MABELVALE MIDDLE SCHOOL has 36 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 13.2:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.9:1, putting MABELVALE MIDDLE SCHOOL tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 99% of students at MABELVALE MIDDLE SCHOOL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is above Pulaski County's rate of about 71%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, On a poverty-adjusted basis, MABELVALE MIDDLE SCHOOL sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 22.9%; actual is 6.7%, a gap of -16.2 points.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Pulaski County) records that median household income runs about $62,873, 38% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 13%. In all, Pulaski County runs 133 public schools (combined enrollment of about 64,124 students), of which MABELVALE MIDDLE SCHOOL is one.

The closest other public school is MABELVALE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, roughly 1.0 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around MABELVALE MIDDLE SCHOOL. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts MABELVALE MIDDLE SCHOOL at 7th of 8; the average score across the group is 15.4%.

Geographically, the school is in a city-core area.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 21%: 604 students in 2018 compared to 477 in 2025. The Black share of enrollment declined from 77% to 59% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio grew from 11.6:1 in 2018 to 13.2:1 today.

Inside the community feed, members of the MABELVALE MIDDLE SCHOOL community share and discuss science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.