Enrollment
266
Middle
DISTRICT 418 · STATE 464
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·OZARK SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 051101001090
OZARK MIDDLE SCHOOL
18 W. COLLEGE, ALTUS, AR 72821 · (479) 468-6111 · Franklin County
GRADES 06–07MIDDLE42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL266 STUDENTS
C-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 20% of Arkansas public middle schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats 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
15.7:1
17 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.3:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
56%
148 students
DISTRICT 60% · 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 6 | 122 | 46% |
| Grade 7 | 144 | 54% |
Student demographics
24%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 22% · 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
OZARK MIDDLE SCHOOL→OZARK JR SR HIGH SCHOOL
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within OZARK SCHOOL DISTRICT. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
ATLAS 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3+4)English Language Arts
26.6%
AR avg 34.9% . +4.0pp since 2023
Math
43.4%
AR avg 38.9% . +10.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the ATLAS, Arkansas's statewide test, about 27 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 43 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 are up about 10 points.
ATLAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 26.6% | 43.4% |
| 2023-24 | 22.6% | 33.4% |
% 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
30.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
39.1%
based on AR schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-8.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 30% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 39% 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 OZARK MIDDLE SCHOOL
OZARK MIDDLE SCHOOL's state test result (30.5% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| OZARK MIDDLE SCHOOL this school | 266 | 55.6% | 30.5% |
| LAVACA MIDDLE SCHOOL LAVACA | 234 | 53.8% | 38.0% |
| QUITMAN MIDDLE SCHOOL QUITMAN | 210 | 54.8% | 42.3% |
| BALD KNOB MIDDLE SCHOOL BALD KNOB | 216 | 57.9% | 35.1% |
| BERGMAN MIDDLE SCHOOL HARRISON | 331 | 59.2% | 47.4% |
| FOUNTAIN LAKE MIDDLE SCHOOL HOT SPRINGS | 389 | 54.8% | 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 OZARK MIDDLE SCHOOL ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Arkansas |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 30.5% | #141 of 207 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 43.4% | #75 of 208 ▲ 38 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 26.6% | #150 of 208 ▲ 16 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 266 | #166 of 217 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.7:1 | #142 of 188 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 24.0% | #148 of 188 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 55.6% | #137 of 210 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -13.1% | #57 of 114 |
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
266
-30 (-10%) vs 2020
-13% since 2010-11, when it was 306
Student : Teacher
15.7:1
was 21.1:1
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 | 266 | 17 | 15.7:1 | 56% (148) |
| 2023-24 | 253 | 17.6 | 14.4:1 | 53% (135) |
| 2022-23 | 234 | 16.9 | 13.8:1 | 56% (130) |
| 2020-21 | 296 | 14 | 21.1:1 | 48% (143) |
| 2017-18 | 306 | 20.2 | 15.1:1 | 28% (86) |
| 2015-16 | 265 | 20 | 13.3:1 | 57% (152) |
| 2010-11 | 306 | 20 | 15.3:1 | 53% (161) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for OZARK MIDDLE SCHOOL.
About OZARK MIDDLE SCHOOL
OZARK MIDDLE SCHOOL is a public middle school in ALTUS, Arkansas. The school counts 266 students across grades 6 through 7. The school's enrollment is 43% smaller than the 464 average for middle schools in Arkansas.
OZARK MIDDLE SCHOOL is a school in OZARK SCHOOL DISTRICT. The district has 4 schools and 1,673 students.
Federal enrollment data show OZARK MIDDLE SCHOOL is 87% White. After that, the student body is 6% multiracial and 4% Hispanic. That is close to the 87% White share among all Franklin County residents. The school's diversity index is 24%, meaning two students picked at random have a 24% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
OZARK MIDDLE SCHOOL's 17 full-time-equivalent teachers put its ratio at 15.7:1. That is higher than the 13.9:1 average for middle schools in Arkansas. Eligibility for subsidized school meals is 56%.
The allk12 Grade for OZARK MIDDLE SCHOOL is C-. Compared with Arkansas public middle schools, the school scored higher than 20% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
Given its share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, OZARK MIDDLE SCHOOL would be expected to post about 39.1%. Its actual average proficiency rate on state tests is 30.5%.
County data help place the school in context: in Franklin County, the median household income is $55,886, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 15% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 12%. In all, Franklin County has 8 public schools and roughly 3,039 students.
The nearest public school is OZARK UPPER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, at about 5.7 miles. Inside a ten-mile radius, there are 5 other public schools. The school's 30.5% average proficiency ranks 7th among 9 nearby schools.
OZARK MIDDLE SCHOOL is coded as Rural: Distant in federal locale data.
Federal data show a 10% enrollment decrease, from 296 in 2020-21 to 266 in 2024-25. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio fell to 15.7:1, from 21.1:1.
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Franklin County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
17,326
Census ACS
Median income
$55,886
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
15%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
12%
Below federal line
Schools in county
8
3,039 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in OZARK SCHOOL DISTRICT
- OZARK JR SR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 629 students
- ELGIN B MILTON PRIMARY SCHOOLElementary · 527 students
- OZARK UPPER ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 251 students
Other Ozark Middle schools
One other US public school is named Ozark Middle. OZARK MIDDLE SCHOOL is the 2nd largest of the 2.
- OZARK MIDDLE SCHOOLOZARK, MO · 876 students
Nearby schools
- OZARK UPPER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL5.7 mi · 251
- ELGIN B MILTON PRIMARY SCHOOL5.7 mi · 527
- WESTSIDE HIGH SCHOOL6.2 mi · 306
- OZARK JR SR HIGH SCHOOL7.3 mi · 629
- WESTSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL8.3 mi · 279
- PARIS MIDDLE SCHOOL10.0 mi · 278
Frequently asked questions
About OZARK MIDDLE SCHOOLHow large is OZARK MIDDLE SCHOOL?
OZARK MIDDLE SCHOOL enrolls approximately 266 students in grades 06-07.
Is OZARK MIDDLE SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
OZARK MIDDLE SCHOOL is a middle school covering grades 06-07.
How many students per teacher at OZARK MIDDLE SCHOOL?
Approximately 15.7:1 students per teacher at OZARK MIDDLE SCHOOL.
How diverse is OZARK MIDDLE SCHOOL?
OZARK MIDDLE SCHOOL reports a student body of 87% White, 4% Hispanic, 1% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Who oversees OZARK MIDDLE SCHOOL?
OZARK MIDDLE SCHOOL is overseen by OZARK SCHOOL DISTRICT in Franklin County.
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