Enrollment
393
Middle
DISTRICT 341 · STATE 464
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MENA SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 050975000714
MENA MIDDLE SCHOOL
700 S MORROW, MENA, AR 71953 · (479) 394-2572 · Polk County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE33-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL393 STUDENTS
B
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 64% of Arkansas public middle schools
- BTest 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
14.1:1
28 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.1:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
63%
248 students
DISTRICT 59% · 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 | 140 | 36% |
| Grade 7 | 128 | 33% |
| Grade 8 | 125 | 32% |
Student demographics
25%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 27% · 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
MENA MIDDLE SCHOOL→MENA HIGH SCHOOL
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within MENA SCHOOL DISTRICT. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
ATLAS 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3+4)English Language Arts
32.7%
AR avg 34.9% . +0.3pp since 2023
Math
53.7%
AR avg 38.9% . +8.7pp since 2023
What this means: On the ATLAS, Arkansas's statewide test, about 33 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 54 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 9 points.
ATLAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 32.7% | 53.7% |
| 2023-24 | 32.4% | 45.0% |
% 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
42.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
36.4%
based on AR schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+6.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 43% 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 MENA MIDDLE SCHOOL
MENA MIDDLE SCHOOL's state test result (42.5% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| MENA MIDDLE SCHOOL this school | 393 | 63.1% | 42.5% |
| DOVER MIDDLE SCHOOL DOVER | 375 | 64.3% | 45.1% |
| WESTSIDE MIDDLE SCHOOL JONESBORO | 414 | 59.7% | 37.2% |
| BERGMAN MIDDLE SCHOOL HARRISON | 331 | 59.2% | 47.4% |
| BISMARCK MIDDLE SCHOOL BISMARCK | 338 | 69.5% | 43.7% |
| POCAHONTAS JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL POCAHONTAS | 456 | 66.7% | 19.4% |
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 MENA MIDDLE SCHOOL ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Arkansas |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 42.5% | #74 of 207 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 53.7% | #33 of 208 ▲ 20 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 32.7% | #109 of 208 ▼ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 393 | #127 of 217 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.1:1 | #96 of 188 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 25.0% | #145 of 188 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 63.1% | #113 of 210 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -1.8% | #107 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
393
+17 (+5%) vs 2020
-6% since 1990-91, when it was 417
Student : Teacher
14.1:1
was 13.4:1
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 | 393 | 27.8 | 14.1:1 | 63% (248) |
| 2023-24 | 365 | 29 | 12.6:1 | 65% (236) |
| 2022-23 | 375 | 30.2 | 12.4:1 | 60% (225) |
| 2020-21 | 376 | 28 | 13.4:1 | 74% (277) |
| 2017-18 | 400 | 31.2 | 12.8:1 | 35% (141) |
| 2015-16 | 398 | 30 | 13.3:1 | 67% (268) |
| 2010-11 | 315 | 24 | 13.1:1 | 63% (200) |
| 2000-01 | 459 | 33 | 13.9:1 | 49% (227) |
| 1990-91 | 417 | 23 | 18.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for MENA MIDDLE SCHOOL.
About MENA MIDDLE SCHOOL
MENA MIDDLE SCHOOL is a small middle school in MENA, Arkansas, under MENA SCHOOL DISTRICT. The school enrolls 393 students, from grades 6 through 8.
MENA SCHOOL DISTRICT oversees MENA MIDDLE SCHOOL and 4 other schools, with 1,703 students in total.
The student body at MENA MIDDLE SCHOOL is 86% White. Other reported shares: 6% Hispanic and 4% multiracial. That is close to the 88% White share among all Polk County residents. Pick two students at random and there is a 25% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
At MENA MIDDLE SCHOOL, 27.8 full-time-equivalent teachers work with students, a ratio of about 14.1:1. That is close to the 13.9:1 average for middle schools in Arkansas. Students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch make up 63% of enrollment. That is lower than the 74% average for public schools in Polk County.
The allk12 Grade for MENA MIDDLE SCHOOL is B. Compared with Arkansas public middle schools, the school scored higher than 64% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
BeatsExpectations compares each school's average proficiency rate on state tests with a prediction based on free or reduced-price lunch eligibility. For MENA MIDDLE SCHOOL, the prediction is 36.4% and the result is 42.5%.
Polk County census figures show that the median household income is $49,191, roughly 18% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 12% of residents live below the federal poverty line. There are 11 public schools in Polk County, enrolling about 3,063 students in all.
Of nearby public schools, HOLLY HARSHMAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the closest, at about 0.2 miles. In all, 6 other public schools sit within five miles of MENA MIDDLE SCHOOL. On proficiency, MENA MIDDLE SCHOOL is ahead of the 35.5% nearby average, ranking 2nd of 6.
MENA MIDDLE SCHOOL is in a town far from an urbanized area, a location NCES labels Town: Remote.
Over 4 years, MENA MIDDLE SCHOOL's enrollment climbed 5%, to 393.
Conversations here can range across school safety, transportation, and start times. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
Polk County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
19,361
Census ACS
Median income
$49,191
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
18%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
12%
Below federal line
Schools in county
11
3,063 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in MENA SCHOOL DISTRICT
- MENA HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 503 students
- HOLLY HARSHMAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 438 students
- LOUISE DURHAM ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 357 students
- POLK COUNTY VIRTUAL ACADEMYCombined · 12 students
Other schools in MENA
- MENA HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 503 students
- HOLLY HARSHMAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 438 students
- LOUISE DURHAM ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 357 students
- ACORN ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 321 students
- ACORN HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 281 students
- ODEN SCHOOLSCombined · 133 students
Nearby schools
- HOLLY HARSHMAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.2 mi · 438
- POLK COUNTY VIRTUAL ACADEMY0.2 mi · 12
- MENA HIGH SCHOOL0.2 mi · 503
- LOUISE DURHAM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.7 mi · 357
- ACORN HIGH SCHOOL4.0 mi · 281
- ACORN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL4.1 mi · 321
Frequently asked questions
About MENA MIDDLE SCHOOLWhat is the total enrollment at MENA MIDDLE SCHOOL?
MENA MIDDLE SCHOOL enrolls approximately 393 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does MENA MIDDLE SCHOOL serve?
MENA MIDDLE SCHOOL serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at MENA MIDDLE SCHOOL?
Approximately 14.1:1 students per teacher at MENA MIDDLE SCHOOL.
How diverse is MENA MIDDLE SCHOOL?
MENA MIDDLE SCHOOL reports a student body of 86% White, 6% Hispanic, 0% Black, 2% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Who oversees MENA MIDDLE SCHOOL?
MENA MIDDLE SCHOOL is overseen by MENA SCHOOL DISTRICT in Polk County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.