MONTICELLO INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL
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Test scores
ATLAS 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3+4)What this means: On the ATLAS, Arkansas's statewide test, about 34 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 49 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Arkansas schools, those numbers are about 35 and 39. Reading and writing scores are up about 1 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 4 points.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 38% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 35% 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%.
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SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About MONTICELLO INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL
MONTICELLO INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL operates as an average-sized elementary campus in MONTICELLO, Arkansas, one of the schools within MONTICELLO SCHOOL DISTRICT. Current enrollment sits at 361 students spanning grades 3 through 5.
MONTICELLO SCHOOL DISTRICT runs 4 schools in total, collectively educating 1,602 students. MONTICELLO INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL is one of those campuses.
On the student-mix side, MONTICELLO INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL lists that the largest single group is White, at 55% of enrollment; the rest comes out to 34% Black, 6% Hispanic, 4% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 65% White, putting the school's mix considerably less White than the area baseline.
Looking at school resources, The school employs 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 14.3:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 16.0:1, putting MONTICELLO INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 66% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Drew County runs at roughly 79%, so the school's eligibility rate is lower than the surrounding baseline.
On a demographically-adjusted basis, MONTICELLO INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 35.1%, the actual is 37.7%, a residual of +2.6 points.
In the broader community, community-level numbers for Drew County indicate the typical household earns roughly $42,824 per year, about 26% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 16%. MONTICELLO INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL is one of 10 public schools in Drew County (combined enrollment of about 2,874 students).
MONTICELLO HIGH SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 7 other public schools. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), MONTICELLO INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL ranks 1st on composite proficiency, above the local average of 24.7%.
Geographically, the school is in a town-based area.
Trend over the last 7 years. MONTICELLO INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL's enrollment has fell 24% since 2018, when it stood at 478 (now 361). The Black share of enrollment decreased from 38% to 34% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 16.6:1 in 2018 to 14.3:1 today.
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