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Enrollment
512
Middle
DISTRICT 480 · STATE 464
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PARAGOULD SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 050001700395
PARAGOULD JUNIOR HIGH
1713 W. COURT ST., PARAGOULD, AR 72450 · (870) 240-2261 · Greene County
GRADES 07–08MIDDLE32-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL512 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 61% of Arkansas public middle schools
- C+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
13.4:1
38 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.0:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
512 students
DISTRICT 100% · 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 7 | 272 | 53% |
| Grade 8 | 240 | 47% |
Student demographics
45%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 44% · 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
PARAGOULD JUNIOR HIGH→PARAGOULD HIGH SCHOOL
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within PARAGOULD SCHOOL DISTRICT. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
ATLAS 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3+4)English Language Arts
21.1%
AR avg 34.9% . -3.3pp since 2023
Math
35.8%
AR avg 38.9% . +3.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the ATLAS, Arkansas's statewide test, about 21 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 36 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 3 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 3 points.
ATLAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 21.1% | 35.8% |
| 2023-24 | 24.4% | 32.5% |
% 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
34.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
22.7%
based on AR schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+12.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 35% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 23% 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 PARAGOULD JUNIOR HIGH
PARAGOULD JUNIOR HIGH's state test result (34.8% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| PARAGOULD JUNIOR HIGH this school | 512 | 100.0% | 34.8% |
| OAK GROVE MIDDLE SCHOOL PARAGOULD | 447 | 100.0% | 29.0% |
| TRUMANN MIDDLE SCHOOL TRUMANN | 418 | 100.0% | 22.0% |
| DREW CENTRAL MIDDLE SCHOOL MONTICELLO | 360 | 100.0% | 27.3% |
| CLINTON JR HIGH SCHOOL CLINTON | 317 | 100.0% | 48.4% |
| BOONEVILLE JR HIGH SCHOOL BOONEVILLE | 299 | 100.0% | 30.1% |
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 PARAGOULD JUNIOR HIGH ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Arkansas |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 34.8% | #121 of 207 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 35.8% | #115 of 208 ▲ 8 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 21.1% | #173 of 208 ▼ 19 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 512 | #86 of 217 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.4:1 | #76 of 188 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 45.3% | #98 of 188 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 100% | #1 of 210 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +5.8% | #36 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
512
+55 (+12%) vs 2020
+16% since 2000-01, when it was 440
Student : Teacher
13.4:1
was 13.1:1
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 | 512 | 38.3 | 13.4:1 | 100% (512) |
| 2023-24 | 468 | 37.6 | 12.4:1 | 100% (468) |
| 2022-23 | 481 | 36.4 | 13.2:1 | 100% (481) |
| 2020-21 | 457 | 35 | 13.1:1 | 100% (457) |
| 2017-18 | 484 | 36 | 13.5:1 | 31% (151) |
| 2015-16 | 479 | 35 | 13.7:1 | 60% (286) |
| 2010-11 | 431 | 33 | 13.1:1 | 64% (277) |
| 2000-01 | 440 | 28 | 15.7:1 | 45% (198) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for PARAGOULD JUNIOR HIGH.
About PARAGOULD JUNIOR HIGH
PARAGOULD JUNIOR HIGH, a medium-sized middle-grades school, is located in PARAGOULD, Arkansas. The latest federal count shows 512 students in grades 7 through 8.
PARAGOULD JUNIOR HIGH is one school in PARAGOULD SCHOOL DISTRICT, a system of 7 schools with 3,166 students.
PARAGOULD JUNIOR HIGH's enrollment is 73% White. The remaining shares are 8% Black, 7% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, and 5% Pacific Islander. Census estimates put the White share of Greene County's population at about 89%. By the diversity index, PARAGOULD JUNIOR HIGH comes in at 45%.
The school's student-to-teacher ratio is about 13.4:1, with 38.3 full-time-equivalent teachers. Middle schools in Arkansas have a similar average ratio of 13.9:1. Lunch subsidy eligibility at PARAGOULD JUNIOR HIGH is 100%. That is higher than the 73% average for public schools in Greene County.
PARAGOULD JUNIOR HIGH is graded B by allk12, scoring above 61% of Arkansas public middle schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Compared with Arkansas schools that have similar shares of low-income students, PARAGOULD JUNIOR HIGH's results are 12.1 points above predicted: 34.8% against 22.7%.
Across Greene County, median household income is about $57,839, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 17%, and roughly 14% of residents are in poverty. PARAGOULD JUNIOR HIGH is among the 15 public schools in Greene County.
PARAGOULD HIGH SCHOOL is located less than a tenth of a mile from PARAGOULD JUNIOR HIGH. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. Nearby schools with test data average 36.0% proficiency; PARAGOULD JUNIOR HIGH posts 34.8%.
NCES lists the school's locale as Town: Distant. That means it sits in a town some distance from an urbanized area.
The 2024-25 enrollment of 512 was 12% higher than in 2020-21, when it was 457.
The PARAGOULD JUNIOR HIGH community page is open for posts about school events, clubs, and volunteer needs. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
Greene County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
46,432
Census ACS
Median income
$57,839
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
17%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
14%
Below federal line
Schools in county
15
7,364 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in PARAGOULD SCHOOL DISTRICT
- PARAGOULD HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 881 students
- PARAGOULD PRIMARY SCHOOLElementary · 602 students
- OAK GROVE MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 447 students
- OAK GROVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 270 students
- WOODROW WILSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 233 students
- BALDWIN ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 221 students
Other schools in PARAGOULD
- PARAGOULD HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 881 students
- GREENE CTY TECH HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 760 students
- GREENE CTY TECH PRIMARY SCHOOLElementary · 710 students
- PARAGOULD PRIMARY SCHOOLElementary · 602 students
- GREENE CTY TECH MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 557 students
- GREENE CTY TECH JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOLMiddle · 521 students
Nearby schools
- PARAGOULD HIGH SCHOOL0.1 mi · 881
- WOODROW WILSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.7 mi · 233
- PARAGOULD PRIMARY SCHOOL0.8 mi · 602
- BALDWIN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.1 mi · 221
- GREENE CTY TECH PRIMARY SCHOOL2.3 mi · 710
- GREENE CTY TECH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.4 mi · 501
Frequently asked questions
About PARAGOULD JUNIOR HIGHWhat is the total enrollment at PARAGOULD JUNIOR HIGH?
PARAGOULD JUNIOR HIGH enrolls approximately 512 students in grades 07-08.
Is PARAGOULD JUNIOR HIGH an elementary, middle, or high school?
PARAGOULD JUNIOR HIGH is a middle school covering grades 07-08.
How many students per teacher at PARAGOULD JUNIOR HIGH?
Approximately 13.4:1 students per teacher at PARAGOULD JUNIOR HIGH.
How diverse is PARAGOULD JUNIOR HIGH?
PARAGOULD JUNIOR HIGH reports a student body of 73% White, 7% Hispanic, 8% Black, 0% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Who oversees PARAGOULD JUNIOR HIGH?
PARAGOULD JUNIOR HIGH is overseen by PARAGOULD SCHOOL DISTRICT in Greene County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.