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Enrollment
618
Middle
DISTRICT 672 · STATE 464
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BENTONVILLE SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 050306001229
OLD HIGH MIDDLE SCHOOL
406 NW 2ND STREET, BENTONVILLE, AR 72712 · (479) 254-5440 · Benton County
GRADES 05–06MIDDLE13-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL618 STUDENTS
A
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 94% 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.
- A-Beats 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
19.3:1
32 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.0:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
17%
106 students
DISTRICT 20% · STATE 70%
Community
6
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 5 | 308 | 50% |
| Grade 6 | 310 | 50% |
Student demographics
33%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 51% · 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
Test scores
ATLAS 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3+4)English Language Arts
63.8%
AR avg 34.9% . +4.2pp since 2023
Math
65.0%
AR avg 38.9% . -0.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the ATLAS, Arkansas's statewide test, about 64 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 65 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 4 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
ATLAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 63.8% | 65.0% |
| 2023-24 | 59.6% | 65.3% |
% 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
63.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
53.4%
based on AR schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+10.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 64% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 53% 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 OLD HIGH MIDDLE SCHOOL
OLD HIGH MIDDLE SCHOOL's state test result (63.7% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| OLD HIGH MIDDLE SCHOOL this school | 618 | 17.2% | 63.7% |
| WASHINGTON JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL BENTONVILLE | 709 | 21.2% | 65.8% |
| MCNAIR MIDDLE SCHOOL FAYETTEVILLE | 670 | 21.5% | 65.5% |
| BROOKLAND JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL BROOKLAND | 701 | 27.8% | 32.7% |
| GREENWOOD JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL GREENWOOD | 605 | 30.9% | 57.1% |
| WOODLAND JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL FAYETTEVILLE | 765 | 29.8% | 62.4% |
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 OLD HIGH MIDDLE SCHOOL ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Arkansas | In Benton County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 63.7% | #6 of 207 | #5 of 20 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 65.0% | #6 of 208 ▲ 1 | #5 of 20 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 63.8% | #4 of 208 ▲ 2 | #3 of 20 ▲ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 618 | #57 of 217 | #14 of 22 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 19.3:1 | #182 of 188 | #17 of 19 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 33.0% | #123 of 188 | #16 of 19 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 17.2% | #208 of 210 | #18 of 20 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +5.1% | #38 of 61 | #8 of 10 |
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
618
+25 (+4%) vs 2020
-3% since 1990-91, when it was 639
Student : Teacher
19.3:1
was 14.8:1
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 | 618 | 32 | 19.3:1 | 17% (106) |
| 2023-24 | 526 | 27 | 19.5:1 | 23% (121) |
| 2022-23 | 487 | 31.3 | 15.6:1 | 22% (109) |
| 2020-21 | 593 | 40 | 14.8:1 | 26% (153) |
| 2017-18 | 588 | 40.6 | 14.5:1 | 17% (99) |
| 2015-16 | 624 | 46 | 13.6:1 | 27% (171) |
| 2010-11 | 674 | 45 | 15.0:1 | 28% (187) |
| 2000-01 | 577 | 25 | 23.1:1 | 33% (191) |
| 1990-91 | 639 | 31 | 20.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for OLD HIGH MIDDLE SCHOOL.
About OLD HIGH MIDDLE SCHOOL
OLD HIGH MIDDLE SCHOOL is classified as a middle school. It is located in BENTONVILLE, Arkansas. Total enrollment is 618 students, and the grades served are 5 through 6. It has 33% more students than the average for middle schools in Arkansas (about 464).
BENTONVILLE SCHOOL DISTRICT runs 24 schools with a combined 19,575 students. OLD HIGH MIDDLE SCHOOL is one of them.
By race and ethnicity, OLD HIGH MIDDLE SCHOOL is 81% White. The remaining shares are 8% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, and 2% Native American. Benton County as a whole is about 60% White, so the school's share is higher. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 33, compared with 70 nationally.
OLD HIGH MIDDLE SCHOOL reports a ratio of 19.3 students per teacher, from 32 full-time-equivalent teachers. Middle schools in Arkansas have an average ratio of 13.9:1. At OLD HIGH MIDDLE SCHOOL, 17% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25. On average, public schools in Benton County report 37%.
On the allk12 Grade, OLD HIGH MIDDLE SCHOOL lands at A, ahead of 94% of Arkansas public middle schools.
A school with OLD HIGH MIDDLE SCHOOL's lunch-eligibility share in Arkansas is predicted to score 53.4%. OLD HIGH MIDDLE SCHOOL scores 63.7%, 10.3 points above that line.
Five-year Census Bureau estimates for Benton County show that the median household earns about $93,506 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 38%, and about 5% of people live in poverty. Benton County has 88 public schools with about 57,071 students, including OLD HIGH MIDDLE SCHOOL.
R.E. BAKER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL sits about 0.1 miles from OLD HIGH MIDDLE SCHOOL. OLD HIGH MIDDLE SCHOOL has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Among 7 nearby schools that report test results, OLD HIGH MIDDLE SCHOOL ranks 4th on proficiency.
Its location is classified as City: Small by the National Center for Education Statistics.
The school's enrollment rose 4% from 2020-21 to 2024-25. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 14.8:1; by 2024-25 it was 19.3:1.
This page is a place to ask questions and share updates about fundraisers, report cards, and school supplies at OLD HIGH MIDDLE SCHOOL. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
Benton County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
303,632
Census ACS
Median income
$93,506
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
38%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
88
57,071 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in BENTONVILLE SCHOOL DISTRICT
- BENTONVILLE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,579 students
- BENTONVILLE WEST HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,661 students
- GRIMSLEY JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOLMiddle · 846 students
- CENTERTON GAMBLE ELEMENTARYElementary · 725 students
- LINCOLN JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOLMiddle · 723 students
- J. WILLIAM FULBRIGHT JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOLMiddle · 718 students
Other schools in BENTONVILLE
- ARKANSAS CONNECTIONS ACADEMY HIGHCombined · 4,575 students
- BENTONVILLE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,579 students
- BENTONVILLE WEST HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,661 students
- GRIMSLEY JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOLMiddle · 846 students
- LINCOLN JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOLMiddle · 723 students
- J. WILLIAM FULBRIGHT JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOLMiddle · 718 students
Nearby schools
- R.E. BAKER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.1 mi · 309
- THOMAS JEFFERSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.6 mi · 404
- SUGAR CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.7 mi · 381
- LINCOLN JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL1.0 mi · 723
- FOUNDERS CLASSICAL ACADEMY ELEMENTARY ONLINE1.2 mi · 14
- FOUNDERS CLASSICAL ACADEMIES OF ARKANSAS BENTONVILLE1.2 mi · 787
Frequently asked questions
About OLD HIGH MIDDLE SCHOOLHow large is OLD HIGH MIDDLE SCHOOL?
OLD HIGH MIDDLE SCHOOL enrolls approximately 618 students in grades 05-06.
Is OLD HIGH MIDDLE SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
OLD HIGH MIDDLE SCHOOL is a middle school covering grades 05-06.
How many teachers does OLD HIGH MIDDLE SCHOOL have?
OLD HIGH MIDDLE SCHOOL employs 32 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 19.3:1.
What is the student diversity at OLD HIGH MIDDLE SCHOOL?
Student demographics at OLD HIGH MIDDLE SCHOOL are roughly 81% White, 8% Hispanic, 1% Black, 2% Asian, 5% Two or more.
What district is OLD HIGH MIDDLE SCHOOL in?
OLD HIGH MIDDLE SCHOOL is part of BENTONVILLE SCHOOL DISTRICT.
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