OZARK MIDDLE SCHOOL

OZARK MIDDLE SCHOOL is one of the low-enrollment junior highs in ALTUS, Arkansas, part of OZARK SCHOOL DISTRICT, with 266 students on its rolls from grades 6 through 7. That puts it 43% leaner than the typical public school in Arkansas, which averages around 464 students.

Across the 4 schools in OZARK SCHOOL DISTRICT (1,673 students total), OZARK MIDDLE SCHOOL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Demographically, OZARK MIDDLE SCHOOL lists that the student body is overwhelmingly White (87%). Other groups include 6% multiracial, 4% Hispanic. Compared to Franklin County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, OZARK MIDDLE SCHOOL has 17 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 15.7:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 13.9:1 average. Roughly 56% of students at OZARK MIDDLE SCHOOL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

After controlling for student poverty, OZARK MIDDLE SCHOOL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 38.4% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 26.6%.

In the surrounding community, Franklin County reports that median household earnings sit near $55,886, about 15% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 12%. OZARK MIDDLE SCHOOL is one of 8 public schools in Franklin County (combined enrollment of about 3,039 students).

OZARK UPPER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 5.7 miles from this campus. 5 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint. On composite proficiency, OZARK MIDDLE SCHOOL comes 8th of 9 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 35.0%.

The school occupies a rural site.

Over the past 7-year window. OZARK MIDDLE SCHOOL's enrollment has ticked down 13% since 2018, when it stood at 306 (now 266).

On the community side, posts here usually surface around open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.