NASHVILLE JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL

NASHVILLE JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL, a reasonably sized 6-8 campus in NASHVILLE, Arkansas, operated by NASHVILLE SCHOOL DISTRICT, works with 398 students, covering grades 7 through 9.

NASHVILLE JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL is one of 4 schools operated by NASHVILLE SCHOOL DISTRICT, a district that works with 1,786 students overall.

On the student-mix side, NASHVILLE JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL shows that the largest single group is White at 51%, but no single group is in the majority. Beyond that, the school logs 26% Hispanic, 21% Black. That is considerably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 65%.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 28 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 14.4:1 students per teacher. That tracks the state average closely. An estimated 99% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

With demographic context factored in, NASHVILLE JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 22.6%; this one delivers 35.3%.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for Howard County put median household earnings sit near $45,603, about 16% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 22%. Across Howard County's 9 public schools (combined enrollment of about 2,825 students), NASHVILLE JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

NASHVILLE HIGH SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 3 other public schools cluster around NASHVILLE JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts NASHVILLE JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL at 3rd of 9; the average score across the group is 28.8%.

The campus sits in an outlying setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. NASHVILLE JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL's enrollment has contracted 11% since 2018, when it stood at 446 (now 398). The Hispanic share of enrollment edged up from 22% to 26% over that span. Class-load math has loosened: from 12.6:1 in 2018 to 14.4:1 in 2025.

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