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What's the most underrated thing about MABELVALE MIDDLE SCHOOL that outsiders don't know?
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Enrollment
477
Middle
DISTRICT 566 · STATE 464
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LITTLE ROCK SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 050900001388
MABELVALE MIDDLE SCHOOL
10811 MABELVALE W BOX 187, MABELVALE, AR 72103 · (501) 447-3000 · Pulaski County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL477 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
13.2:1
36 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.9:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
99%
474 students
DISTRICT 82% · STATE 70%
Community
5
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 | 147 | 31% |
| Grade 7 | 161 | 34% |
| Grade 8 | 169 | 35% |
Student demographics
54%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 60% · 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
7.1%
AR avg 34.9% . +0.9pp since 2023
Math
6.0%
AR avg 38.9% . +1.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the ATLAS, Arkansas's statewide test, about 7 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 6 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 1 points.
ATLAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 7.1% | 6.0% |
| 2023-24 | 6.2% | 4.6% |
% 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of AR schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
6.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
22.9%
based on AR schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-16.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 7% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 23% typical for Arkansas schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Where MABELVALE MIDDLE SCHOOL ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Arkansas | In Pulaski County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 6.7% | #206 of 207 | #18 of 19 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 6.0% | #206 of 208 | #18 of 19 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 7.1% | #208 of 208 | #19 of 19 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 477 | #95 of 217 | #12 of 21 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.2:1 | #65 of 188 | #9 of 18 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 54.5% | #72 of 188 | #11 of 18 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 99.4% | #39 of 210 | #4 of 19 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -21.0% | #31 of 114 | #7 of 9 |
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.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
477
-107 (-18%) vs 2020
-23% since 1990-91, when it was 620
Student : Teacher
13.2:1
was 13.6:1
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 | 477 | 36.3 | 13.2:1 | 99% (474) |
| 2023-24 | 565 | 42.3 | 13.4:1 | 87% (489) |
| 2022-23 | 569 | 43.5 | 13.1:1 | 89% (505) |
| 2020-21 | 584 | 43 | 13.6:1 | 100% (584) |
| 2017-18 | 604 | 52 | 11.6:1 | 33% (202) |
| 2015-16 | 638 | 58 | 11.0:1 | 100% (635) |
| 2010-11 | 698 | 52 | 13.4:1 | 86% (601) |
| 2000-01 | 509 | 51 | 10.0:1 | 68% (347) |
| 1990-91 | 620 | 39 | 15.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for MABELVALE MIDDLE SCHOOL.
About MABELVALE MIDDLE SCHOOL
MABELVALE MIDDLE SCHOOL is a mid-sized middle-grades school found in MABELVALE, Arkansas. Its grade span covers grades 6 through 8, with 477 students on the rolls.
LITTLE ROCK SCHOOL DISTRICT counts 22,320 students in its 40 schools, and MABELVALE MIDDLE SCHOOL is one of them.
The student body at MABELVALE MIDDLE SCHOOL is 59% Black. Other reported shares: 32% Hispanic and 6% White. Pulaski County's residents are about 37% Black, 22 points below the school's share. A diversity index of 54% means there is a 54% chance two randomly chosen students at MABELVALE MIDDLE SCHOOL are from different groups.
Staffing at MABELVALE MIDDLE SCHOOL comes to 36.3 full-time-equivalent teachers, or 13.2:1. Middle schools in Arkansas have an average ratio of 13.9:1. On the income side, 99% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. That rate is above the 71% average among public schools in Pulaski County.
MABELVALE MIDDLE SCHOOL is a bottom-10% school in Arkansas on BeatsExpectations, with an actual average proficiency rate across its state test results of 6.7% against a predicted 22.9%.
For Pulaski County, Census Bureau data show the median household earns about $62,873 a year, 38% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 13% of people live in poverty. Counting MABELVALE MIDDLE SCHOOL, Pulaski County has 133 public schools.
Straight-line distance to the nearest public school, MABELVALE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, is about 1.0 miles. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Among the 9 closest schools with test data, this one included, MABELVALE MIDDLE SCHOOL ranks 8th on average proficiency.
The federal government classifies MABELVALE MIDDLE SCHOOL's location as City: Mid-size.
By 2024-25, enrollment had dropped to 477, from 584 in 2020-21.
MABELVALE MIDDLE SCHOOL has a community page on allk12 for topics such as special education services, counseling, and support programs. You can also rate the school on this page.
Pulaski County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
399,818
Census ACS
Median income
$62,873
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
38%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
13%
Below federal line
Schools in county
133
64,124 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in LITTLE ROCK SCHOOL DISTRICT
- CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,371 students
- LITTLE ROCK SOUTHWEST HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,045 students
- DR. MARIAN G. LACEY K-8 ACADEMYElementary · 1,252 students
- PARKVIEW MAGNET HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,072 students
- DON ROBERTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 1,035 students
- CHICOT ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 897 students
Other schools in MABELVALE
- LITTLE ROCK SOUTHWEST HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,045 students
- CHICOT ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 897 students
- MABELVALE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 369 students
Nearby schools
- MABELVALE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.0 mi · 369
- ARKANSAS MILITARY AND FIRST RESPONDERS ACADEMY (AMFRA)1.0 mi · 176
- LITTLE ROCK SOUTHWEST HIGH SCHOOL1.1 mi · 2,045
- CHICOT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.0 mi · 897
- OTTER CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.1 mi · 372
- ROBERT L. DAVIS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.2 mi · 504
Frequently asked questions
About MABELVALE MIDDLE SCHOOLHow many students attend MABELVALE MIDDLE SCHOOL?
MABELVALE MIDDLE SCHOOL enrolls approximately 477 students in grades 06-08.
Is MABELVALE MIDDLE SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
MABELVALE MIDDLE SCHOOL is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at MABELVALE MIDDLE SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at MABELVALE MIDDLE SCHOOL is approximately 13.2:1 (36 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at MABELVALE MIDDLE SCHOOL?
At MABELVALE MIDDLE SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 6% White, 32% Hispanic, 59% Black, 1% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Who oversees MABELVALE MIDDLE SCHOOL?
MABELVALE MIDDLE SCHOOL is overseen by LITTLE ROCK SCHOOL DISTRICT in Pulaski County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.