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Best kept secret on campus at MILLS MIDDLE SCHOOL?
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Enrollment
420
Middle
DISTRICT 574 · STATE 464
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PULASKI COUNTY SPECIAL SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 051185000914
MILLS MIDDLE SCHOOL
1205 E. DIXON RD, LITTLE ROCK, AR 72206 · (501) 234-5251 · Pulaski County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL420 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
9.9:1
42 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.8:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
65%
274 students
DISTRICT 55% · STATE 70%
Community
3
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
ATLAS 2023-24 . % Proficient (Level 3+4)English Language Arts
14.2%
AR avg 33.9%
Math
15.4%
AR avg 36.5%
What this means: On the ATLAS, Arkansas's statewide test, about 14 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 15 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Arkansas schools, those numbers are about 34 and 36.
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
16.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
34.9%
based on AR schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-18.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 16% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 35% 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 →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
420
-27 (-6%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
9.9:1
was 12.5:1
% White
15%
was 27%
% Hispanic
31%
was 17%
% Black
49%
was 51%
% Asian
0%
was 0%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About MILLS MIDDLE SCHOOL
MILLS MIDDLE SCHOOL, a medium-sized intermediate school in LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas, run under PULASKI COUNTY SPECIAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, caters to 420 students, covering grades 6 through 8.
PULASKI COUNTY SPECIAL SCHOOL DISTRICT runs 26 schools in total, collectively educating 12,586 students. MILLS MIDDLE SCHOOL is one of those campuses.
Demographically, MILLS MIDDLE SCHOOL records that 49% of students identify as Black, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Other groups include 31% Hispanic, 15% White, 5% multiracial. By comparison, Pulaski County as a whole is about 37% Black, so the school skews meaningfully more Black than its surroundings.
Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 42 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 9.9:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.9:1, putting MILLS MIDDLE SCHOOL tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 65% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.
On a demographically-adjusted basis, MILLS MIDDLE SCHOOL is in the bottom 10% of Arkansas public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 34.9%; MILLS MIDDLE SCHOOL posts 16.4%, -18.5 points below that line.
Around the school, community-level numbers for Pulaski County indicate median household income runs about $62,873, roughly 38% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 13%. MILLS MIDDLE SCHOOL is one of 133 public schools in Pulaski County (combined enrollment of about 64,124 students).
Nearest neighbor: MILLS UNIVERSITY STUDIES HIGH SCHOOL, around 0.3 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around MILLS MIDDLE SCHOOL. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts MILLS MIDDLE SCHOOL at 3rd of 8; the average score across the group is 13.2%.
Geographically, the school is in a suburban area.
Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count decreased 6%: 447 students in 2018 compared to 420 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 17% to 31% across the same window. Class-load math has narrowed: from 12.5:1 in 2018 to 9.9:1 in 2025.
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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 PULASKI COUNTY SPECIAL SCHOOL DISTRICT
- SYLVAN HILLS HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,120 students
- JOE T. ROBINSON HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,030 students
- MAUMELLE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 869 students
- SYLVAN HILLS MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 772 students
- SYLVAN HILLS JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 721 students
- MILLS UNIVERSITY STUDIES HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 612 students
Other schools in LITTLE ROCK
- ARKANSAS VIRTUAL ACADEMY HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,567 students
- CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,371 students
- ARKANSAS VIRTUAL ACADEMY ELEMENTARYElementary · 1,387 students
- ARKANSAS VIRTUAL ACADEMY MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 1,315 students
- DR. MARIAN G. LACEY K-8 ACADEMYElementary · 1,252 students
- PARKVIEW MAGNET HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,072 students
Nearby schools
- MILLS UNIVERSITY STUDIES HIGH SCHOOL0.3 mi · 612
- COLLEGE STATION ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.9 mi · 150
- GRADUATE ARKANSAS CHARTER HIGH3.3 mi · 557
- WASHINGTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL3.6 mi · 315
- MANN MAGNET MIDDLE SCHOOL3.6 mi · 557
- DAISY BATES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL3.8 mi · 409
Frequently asked questions
About MILLS MIDDLE SCHOOLWhat is the total enrollment at MILLS MIDDLE SCHOOL?
MILLS MIDDLE SCHOOL enrolls approximately 420 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does MILLS MIDDLE SCHOOL serve?
MILLS MIDDLE SCHOOL serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many teachers does MILLS MIDDLE SCHOOL have?
MILLS MIDDLE SCHOOL employs 42 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 9.9:1.
What is the student diversity at MILLS MIDDLE SCHOOL?
Student demographics at MILLS MIDDLE SCHOOL are roughly 15% White, 31% Hispanic, 49% Black, 0% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Is MILLS MIDDLE SCHOOL public or private?
MILLS MIDDLE SCHOOL is a public K-12 school, overseen by PULASKI COUNTY SPECIAL SCHOOL DISTRICT.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.