Enrollment
244
Middle
DISTRICT 369 · STATE 464
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·FOUKE SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 050636000299
PAULETTE SMITH MIDDLE SCHOOL
370 EAST RED CUT ROAD, FOUKE, AR 71837 · (870) 653-2304 · Miller County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL244 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 54% of Arkansas public middle schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-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
10.2:1
24 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.6:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
66%
161 students
DISTRICT 63% · 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 | 70 | 29% |
| Grade 7 | 88 | 36% |
| Grade 8 | 86 | 35% |
Student demographics
12%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 12% · 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
PAULETTE SMITH MIDDLE SCHOOL→FOUKE HIGH SCHOOL
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within FOUKE SCHOOL DISTRICT. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
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ATLAS 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3+4)English Language Arts
31.3%
AR avg 34.9% . -3.3pp since 2023
Math
40.7%
AR avg 38.9% . +7.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the ATLAS, Arkansas's statewide test, about 31 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 41 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 7 points.
ATLAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 31.3% | 40.7% |
| 2023-24 | 34.6% | 33.3% |
% 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
38.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
35.3%
based on AR schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+3.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 39% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 35% 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 PAULETTE SMITH MIDDLE SCHOOL
PAULETTE SMITH MIDDLE SCHOOL's state test result (38.6% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| PAULETTE SMITH MIDDLE SCHOOL this school | 244 | 66.0% | 38.6% |
| CORNING MIDDLE SCHOOL CORNING | 227 | 69.6% | 37.2% |
| ATKINS MIDDLE SCHOOL ATKINS | 264 | 69.3% | 45.9% |
| BISMARCK MIDDLE SCHOOL BISMARCK | 338 | 69.5% | 43.7% |
| BERGMAN MIDDLE SCHOOL HARRISON | 331 | 59.2% | 47.4% |
| DOVER MIDDLE SCHOOL DOVER | 375 | 64.3% | 45.1% |
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 PAULETTE SMITH MIDDLE SCHOOL ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Arkansas |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 38.6% | #91 of 207 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 40.7% | #89 of 208 ▲ 26 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 31.3% | #121 of 208 ▼ 27 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 244 | #173 of 217 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.2:1 | #10 of 188 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 11.8% | #180 of 188 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 66.0% | #102 of 210 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +9.9% | #24 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
244
-31 (-11%) vs 2020
-8% since 2000-01, when it was 265
Student : Teacher
10.2:1
was 11.0:1
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 | 244 | 24 | 10.2:1 | 66% (161) |
| 2023-24 | 269 | 24.9 | 10.8:1 | 65% (176) |
| 2022-23 | 265 | 19.8 | 13.4:1 | 58% (154) |
| 2020-21 | 275 | 25 | 11.0:1 | 57% (156) |
| 2017-18 | 222 | 18.4 | 12.1:1 | 38% (85) |
| 2015-16 | 244 | 20 | 12.2:1 | 61% (148) |
| 2010-11 | 251 | 20 | 12.6:1 | 59% (149) |
| 2000-01 | 265 | 15 | 17.7:1 | 36% (96) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for PAULETTE SMITH MIDDLE SCHOOL.
About PAULETTE SMITH MIDDLE SCHOOL
PAULETTE SMITH MIDDLE SCHOOL is listed by the National Center for Education Statistics as a middle school in FOUKE, Arkansas. Federal data show 244 students enrolled in grades 6 through 8 in 2024-25. Middle schools in Arkansas average about 464 students, which makes this school 47% below average.
FOUKE SCHOOL DISTRICT is the district for PAULETTE SMITH MIDDLE SCHOOL. It has 3 schools and 1,107 students.
At PAULETTE SMITH MIDDLE SCHOOL, 94% of students are White. After that, the student body is 2% multiracial and 2% Native American. Census figures show Miller County is about 67% White. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 12%.
There are about 10.2 students for every full-time-equivalent teacher at PAULETTE SMITH MIDDLE SCHOOL, which has 24. The school's 10.2:1 compares with an average of 13.9:1 for middle schools in Arkansas. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch stands at 66%. That is 14 points below the 80% average for public schools in Miller County.
PAULETTE SMITH MIDDLE SCHOOL earns a B- on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 54% of Arkansas public middle schools.
Based on student poverty, the model expects 35.3% at PAULETTE SMITH MIDDLE SCHOOL; the school's average proficiency rate across its state test results is 38.6%.
Miller County is the school's county. There, the median household earns about $48,836 a year, roughly 15% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 19%. PAULETTE SMITH MIDDLE SCHOOL shares Miller County with 15 other public schools.
A public school less than a tenth of a mile away, FOUKE HIGH SCHOOL, is the closest to PAULETTE SMITH MIDDLE SCHOOL. The count of other public schools within five miles is 2. Of 8 schools in the immediate area with test results, PAULETTE SMITH MIDDLE SCHOOL ranks 5th on average proficiency.
NCES lists the school's locale as Rural: Distant. That means it sits in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
Since 2020-21, enrollment has fallen 11%, from 275 to 244.
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Miller County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
42,360
Census ACS
Median income
$48,836
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
15%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
19%
Below federal line
Schools in county
16
6,217 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in FOUKE SCHOOL DISTRICT
- FOUKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 514 students
- FOUKE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 349 students
Other schools in FOUKE
- FOUKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 514 students
- FOUKE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 349 students
Nearby schools
- FOUKE HIGH SCHOOL0.1 mi · 349
- FOUKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.1 mi · 514
- ALBERT J. MURPHY JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL7.5 mi · 287
- GENOA CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL7.6 mi · 258
- GENOA CENTRAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL7.8 mi · 365
- GARY E. COBB MIDDLE SCHOOL7.8 mi · 303
Frequently asked questions
About PAULETTE SMITH MIDDLE SCHOOLHow many students attend PAULETTE SMITH MIDDLE SCHOOL?
PAULETTE SMITH MIDDLE SCHOOL enrolls approximately 244 students in grades 06-08.
Is PAULETTE SMITH MIDDLE SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
PAULETTE SMITH MIDDLE SCHOOL is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
How many teachers does PAULETTE SMITH MIDDLE SCHOOL have?
PAULETTE SMITH MIDDLE SCHOOL employs 24 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 10.2:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at PAULETTE SMITH MIDDLE SCHOOL?
At PAULETTE SMITH MIDDLE SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 94% White, 1% Hispanic, 0% Black, 2% Two or more.
Who oversees PAULETTE SMITH MIDDLE SCHOOL?
PAULETTE SMITH MIDDLE SCHOOL is overseen by FOUKE SCHOOL DISTRICT in Miller County.
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