MENA MIDDLE SCHOOL

Located at 700 S MORROW, in MENA, Arkansas, MENA MIDDLE SCHOOL is a tight-knit 6-8 campus that enrolls 393 students (grades 6 through 8), one of the schools within MENA SCHOOL DISTRICT.

MENA MIDDLE SCHOOL is one of 5 schools operated by MENA SCHOOL DISTRICT, a district that caters to 1,703 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, MENA MIDDLE SCHOOL records that 86% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Beyond that, the school logs 6% Hispanic, 4% multiracial. That composition is broadly in line with Polk County as a whole.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school lists 28 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 14.1:1. That tracks the state average closely. An estimated 63% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is lower than Polk County's rate of about 74%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, MENA MIDDLE SCHOOL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 35.7% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 40.2%.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Polk County indicate median household earnings sit near $49,191, about 18% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 12%. MENA MIDDLE SCHOOL is one of 11 public schools in Polk County (combined enrollment of about 3,063 students).

HOLLY HARSHMAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. 6 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts MENA MIDDLE SCHOOL at 1st of 6; the average score across the group is 33.4%.

The school occupies a town-center site.

Looking at the recent track record. MENA MIDDLE SCHOOL's enrollment has showed little movement since 2018, when it stood at 400 (now 393). The student-to-teacher ratio widened from 12.8:1 in 2018 to 14.1:1 today.

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