PEA RIDGE MIDDLE SCHOOL

Located at 1391 WESTON, in PEA RIDGE, Arkansas, PEA RIDGE MIDDLE SCHOOL is a middle-of-the-pack middle school that caters to 444 students (grades 5 through 6), part of PEA RIDGE SCHOOL DISTRICT.

PEA RIDGE SCHOOL DISTRICT comprises 5 schools with combined enrollment of 2,670 students; PEA RIDGE MIDDLE SCHOOL is among them.

On demographics, PEA RIDGE MIDDLE SCHOOL lists that the student body is overwhelmingly White (84%). Beyond that, the school reports 11% Hispanic, 3% Black. The wider county runs roughly 60% White, putting the school's mix visibly more White than the area baseline.

On the resource side, On paper, PEA RIDGE MIDDLE SCHOOL has 20 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 21.9:1. The state averages around 13.9:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. An estimated 32% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, PEA RIDGE MIDDLE SCHOOL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 46.9%; this one delivers 42.7%.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for Benton County put median household income runs about $93,506, 38% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. PEA RIDGE MIDDLE SCHOOL is one of 88 public schools in Benton County (combined enrollment of about 57,071 students).

PEA RIDGE JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. 4 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts PEA RIDGE MIDDLE SCHOOL at 5th of 7; the average score across the group is 51.4%.

Geographically, the school is in a town-based area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at PEA RIDGE MIDDLE SCHOOL has declined 8%, going from 485 students in 2018 to 444 in 2025. Class-load math has widened: from 12.5:1 in 2018 to 21.9:1 in 2025.

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