MEEKINS MIDDLE SCHOOL

MEEKINS MIDDLE SCHOOL is an intermediate school of modestly sized scale in STUTTGART, Arkansas, part of STUTTGART SCHOOL DISTRICT, serveing 210 students in grades 5 through 6. Enrollment runs roughly 55% leaner than the state mean of about 464.

STUTTGART SCHOOL DISTRICT runs 4 schools in total, collectively educating 1,584 students. MEEKINS MIDDLE SCHOOL is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, MEEKINS MIDDLE SCHOOL lists that the largest single group is Black at 46%, but no single group is in the majority; the rest comes out to 33% White, 11% Hispanic, 8% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 26% Black, putting the school's mix considerably more Black than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, MEEKINS MIDDLE SCHOOL logs 18 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 11.5:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 13.9:1 average. Roughly 100% of students at MEEKINS MIDDLE SCHOOL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Arkansas County (around 72%), the school's rate is somewhat above typical.

With demographic context factored in, MEEKINS MIDDLE SCHOOL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 22.3% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 18.9%.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Arkansas County) shows that median household earnings sit near $53,164, roughly 14% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 12%. MEEKINS MIDDLE SCHOOL is one of 8 public schools in Arkansas County (combined enrollment of about 2,737 students).

The closest other public school is STUTTGART HIGH SCHOOL, roughly 0.4 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 3 other public schools cluster around MEEKINS MIDDLE SCHOOL. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts MEEKINS MIDDLE SCHOOL at 7th of 9; the average score across the group is 25.7%.

The school occupies a town-based site.

Trend over the last 7 years. MEEKINS MIDDLE SCHOOL's enrollment has contracted 15% since 2018, when it stood at 246 (now 210). The White share of enrollment edged down from 45% to 33% over that span.

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