Enrollment
362
Middle
DISTRICT 451 · STATE 464
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SOUTH CONWAY COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 051252000041
MORRILTON JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL
1400 POOR FARM ROAD, MORRILTON, AR 72110 · (501) 354-9437 · Conway County
GRADES 07–08MIDDLE32-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL362 STUDENTS
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Scored higher than 86% of Arkansas public middle schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats 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
11.5:1
32 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.9:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
65%
234 students
DISTRICT 73% · 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 7 | 173 | 48% |
| Grade 8 | 187 | 52% |
| Ungraded | 2 | 1% |
Student demographics
56%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 58% · 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
MORRILTON JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL→MORRILTON SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within SOUTH CONWAY COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
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ATLAS 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3+4)English Language Arts
37.9%
AR avg 34.9% . -2.1pp since 2023
Math
48.6%
AR avg 38.9% . +9.1pp since 2023
What this means: On the ATLAS, Arkansas's statewide test, about 38 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 down about 2 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 9 points.
ATLAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 37.9% | 48.6% |
| 2023-24 | 40.0% | 39.5% |
% 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
48.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
35.8%
based on AR schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+12.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 48% 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 MORRILTON JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL
MORRILTON JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL's state test result (48.0% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| MORRILTON JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL this school | 362 | 64.6% | 48.0% |
| LONOKE MIDDLE SCHOOL LONOKE | 370 | 64.6% | 37.3% |
| CROSSETT MIDDLE SCHOOL CROSSETT | 445 | 64.0% | 18.5% |
| NORPHLET MIDDLE SCHOOL NORPHLET | 338 | 58.9% | 32.4% |
| ASHDOWN JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL ASHDOWN | 278 | 70.9% | 28.0% |
| DEWITT MIDDLE SCHOOL DEWITT | 271 | 61.3% | 36.8% |
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 MORRILTON JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Arkansas |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 48.0% | #43 of 207 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 48.6% | #58 of 208 ▲ 23 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 37.9% | #75 of 208 ▼ 17 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 362 | #134 of 217 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.5:1 | #27 of 188 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 56.1% | #64 of 188 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 64.6% | #108 of 210 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +6.2% | #34 of 61 |
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
362
+6 (+2%) vs 2020
-39% since 2000-01, when it was 597
Student : Teacher
11.5:1
was 12.3:1
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 | 362 | 31.6 | 11.5:1 | 65% (234) |
| 2023-24 | 341 | 30.6 | 11.1:1 | 100% (341) |
| 2022-23 | 370 | 28.9 | 12.8:1 | 100% (370) |
| 2020-21 | 356 | 29 | 12.3:1 | 100% (356) |
| 2017-18 | 341 | 30.2 | 11.3:1 | 68% (231) |
| 2015-16 | 316 | 27 | 11.7:1 | 71% (225) |
| 2010-11 | 345 | 29 | 11.9:1 | 64% (220) |
| 2000-01 | 597 | 36 | 16.6:1 | 58% (346) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for MORRILTON JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL.
About MORRILTON JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL
MORRILTON JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL is a public middle school run by SOUTH CONWAY COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT in MORRILTON, Arkansas. It had 362 students in 2024-25, spanning grades 7 through 8. Middle schools in Arkansas have about 464 students on average; enrollment here is 22% lower.
SOUTH CONWAY COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT is the district for MORRILTON JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL. It has 5 schools and 2,332 students.
More than half of the students at MORRILTON JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL are White (62%). Beyond that, enrollment is 20% Black, 9% multiracial, and 8% Hispanic. In Conway County overall, about 81% of residents are White. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 56%.
Its ratio of 11.5:1 is based on 31.6 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average for middle schools in Arkansas is 13.9:1, so this school has fewer students per teacher. In all, 65% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Public schools in Conway County average a similar 64%.
MORRILTON JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL holds an A allk12 Grade, placing it above 86% of Arkansas public middle schools.
Test results at MORRILTON JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL are 12.3 points above what its free or reduced-price lunch share predicts (48.0% actual, 35.8% predicted).
For the population of Conway County, the median household earns about $54,187 a year, about 20% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 15%. MORRILTON JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL shares Conway County with 10 other public schools.
MORRILTON SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL is the nearest public school to MORRILTON JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL, about 0.1 miles away. MORRILTON JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL is one of several public schools in the area, with 4 others within five miles. Nearby schools with test data average 32.2% proficiency; MORRILTON JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL posts 48.0%.
By NCES locale, the school is Town: Distant, or in a town some distance from an urbanized area.
Enrollment has been fairly stable: 356 in 2020-21 and 362 in 2024-25.
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Conway County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
21,054
Census ACS
Median income
$54,187
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
20%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
15%
Below federal line
Schools in county
11
3,313 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in SOUTH CONWAY COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT
- MORRILTON SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 688 students
- MORRILTON INTERMEDIATE SCHOOLMiddle · 539 students
- MORRILTON PRIMARY SCHOOLElementary · 432 students
- MORRILTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 311 students
Other schools in MORRILTON
- MORRILTON SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 688 students
- MORRILTON INTERMEDIATE SCHOOLMiddle · 539 students
- MORRILTON PRIMARY SCHOOLElementary · 432 students
- MORRILTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 311 students
- UACCM TECHNICAL CENTERHigh
Nearby schools
- MORRILTON SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL0.1 mi · 688
- MORRILTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.4 mi · 311
- MORRILTON INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL0.5 mi · 539
- MORRILTON PRIMARY SCHOOL1.3 mi · 432
- ANNE WATSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL10.8 mi · 357
- WONDERVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL11.1 mi · 242
Frequently asked questions
About MORRILTON JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOLHow many students attend MORRILTON JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL?
MORRILTON JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL enrolls approximately 362 students in grades 07-08.
What grades does MORRILTON JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL serve?
MORRILTON JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL serves grades 07-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at MORRILTON JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at MORRILTON JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL is approximately 11.5:1 (32 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at MORRILTON JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL?
Student demographics at MORRILTON JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL are roughly 62% White, 8% Hispanic, 20% Black, 1% Asian, 9% Two or more.
Who oversees MORRILTON JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL?
MORRILTON JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL is overseen by SOUTH CONWAY COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT in Conway County.
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