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Alumni: what's one memory from PINKSTON MIDDLE SCHOOL that still sticks with you?
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Enrollment
546
Middle
DISTRICT 636 · STATE 464
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MOUNTAIN HOME SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 050004300742
PINKSTON MIDDLE SCHOOL
1301 SOUTH COLLEGE, MOUNTAIN HOME, AR 72653 · (870) 425-1236 · Baxter County
GRADES 06–07MIDDLE33-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL546 STUDENTS
B
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 62% of Arkansas public middle schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+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
14.1:1
39 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.5:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
40%
216 students
DISTRICT 47% · 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 6 | 290 | 53% |
| Grade 7 | 256 | 47% |
Student demographics
18%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 18% · 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
PINKSTON MIDDLE SCHOOL→MOUNTAIN HOME CAREER ACADEMIES
Based on grade levels within MOUNTAIN HOME SCHOOL DISTRICT. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
ATLAS 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3+4)English Language Arts
39.0%
AR avg 34.9% . -2.7pp since 2023
Math
50.7%
AR avg 38.9% . +1.8pp since 2023
What this means: On the ATLAS, Arkansas's statewide test, about 39 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 51 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 2 points.
ATLAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 39.0% | 50.7% |
| 2023-24 | 41.7% | 48.9% |
% 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
45.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
45.1%
based on AR schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+0.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 46% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 45% 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 PINKSTON MIDDLE SCHOOL
PINKSTON MIDDLE SCHOOL's state test result (45.9% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| PINKSTON MIDDLE SCHOOL this school | 546 | 39.6% | 45.9% |
| GREENE CTY TECH JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL PARAGOULD | 521 | 44.1% | 40.5% |
| SHERIDAN MIDDLE SCHOOL SHERIDAN | 564 | 41.7% | 43.4% |
| BAUXITE MIDDLE SCHOOL BAUXITE | 413 | 40.0% | 43.5% |
| GRAVETTE MIDDLE SCHOOL GRAVETTE | 508 | 40.9% | 50.9% |
| GREENBRIER MIDDLE SCHOOL GREENBRIER | 583 | 46.7% | 56.9% |
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 PINKSTON MIDDLE SCHOOL ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Arkansas |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 45.9% | #58 of 207 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 50.7% | #45 of 208 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 39.0% | #71 of 208 ▼ 22 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 546 | #79 of 217 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.1:1 | #94 of 188 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 17.5% | #169 of 188 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 39.6% | #183 of 210 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -14.2% | #52 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
546
-68 (-11%) vs 2020
+2% since 1990-91, when it was 533
Student : Teacher
14.1:1
was 15.0:1
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 | 546 | 38.7 | 14.1:1 | 40% (216) |
| 2023-24 | 564 | 41.7 | 13.5:1 | 42% (235) |
| 2022-23 | 624 | 39.6 | 15.8:1 | 46% (285) |
| 2020-21 | 614 | 41 | 15.0:1 | 49% (299) |
| 2017-18 | 636 | 43.5 | 14.6:1 | 28% (175) |
| 2015-16 | 604 | 43 | 14.1:1 | 52% (313) |
| 2010-11 | 625 | 44 | 14.2:1 | 54% (338) |
| 2000-01 | 899 | 61 | 14.7:1 | 40% (359) |
| 1990-91 | 533 | 29 | 18.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for PINKSTON MIDDLE SCHOOL.
About PINKSTON MIDDLE SCHOOL
PINKSTON MIDDLE SCHOOL is a middle school in MOUNTAIN HOME, Arkansas, reachable at (870) 425-1236. The school offers grades 6 through 7 and enrolls 546 students.
Federal data list 6 schools in MOUNTAIN HOME SCHOOL DISTRICT, with 3,817 students enrolled.
White students are 91% of those enrolled at PINKSTON MIDDLE SCHOOL. Beyond that, enrollment is 4% Hispanic and 3% multiracial. That is in line with Baxter County, where about 92% of residents are White. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 18, compared with 70 nationally.
The student-to-teacher ratio is 14.1:1. The school has 38.7 full-time-equivalent teachers. It is about the same as the 13.9:1 average for middle schools in Arkansas. Federal data show 40% of students (216) are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The gap from the 52% average for public schools in Baxter County is 12 points.
On the allk12 Grade, PINKSTON MIDDLE SCHOOL lands at B, ahead of 62% of Arkansas public middle schools.
On the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure, PINKSTON MIDDLE SCHOOL is within a point of the average proficiency rate across its state test results predicted for its free or reduced-price lunch share: 45.9% actual, 45.1% predicted. That is outside both the top and bottom 10% in Arkansas.
In Baxter County, home to about 42,407 people, the median household earns about $48,452 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 19% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 9%. PINKSTON MIDDLE SCHOOL shares Baxter County with 10 other public schools.
PINKSTON MIDDLE SCHOOL is about 0.1 miles from MOUNTAIN HOME KINDERGARTEN, its nearest public school. There are 5 other public schools within five miles. PINKSTON MIDDLE SCHOOL ranks 3rd of 7 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 45.9% against a local average of 38.2%.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is Town: Remote: in a town far from an urbanized area.
In 2024-25, the school enrolled 546, down from 614 in 2020-21.
The discussion board for PINKSTON MIDDLE SCHOOL is open to topics like pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
Baxter County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
42,407
Census ACS
Median income
$48,452
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
19%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
11
4,984 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in MOUNTAIN HOME SCHOOL DISTRICT
- MOUNTAIN HOME CAREER ACADEMIESHigh · 1,523 students
- HACKLER INTERMEDIATE SCHOOLElementary · 837 students
- NELSON WILKS HERRON ELEMENTARYElementary · 559 students
- MOUNTAIN HOME KINDERGARTENElementary · 300 students
- GUY BERRY COLLEGE AND CAREER ACADEMYHigh · 52 students
Other schools in MOUNTAIN HOME
- MOUNTAIN HOME CAREER ACADEMIESHigh · 1,523 students
- HACKLER INTERMEDIATE SCHOOLElementary · 837 students
- NELSON WILKS HERRON ELEMENTARYElementary · 559 students
- MOUNTAIN HOME KINDERGARTENElementary · 300 students
- GUY BERRY COLLEGE AND CAREER ACADEMYHigh · 52 students
- ARKANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY-MOUNTAIN HOME CAREER CENTERHigh
Nearby schools
- MOUNTAIN HOME KINDERGARTEN0.1 mi · 300
- GUY BERRY COLLEGE AND CAREER ACADEMY0.5 mi · 52
- MOUNTAIN HOME CAREER ACADEMIES1.1 mi · 1,523
- HACKLER INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL1.4 mi · 837
- NELSON WILKS HERRON ELEMENTARY1.6 mi · 559
- AMANDA GIST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL8.4 mi · 374
Frequently asked questions
About PINKSTON MIDDLE SCHOOLHow large is PINKSTON MIDDLE SCHOOL?
PINKSTON MIDDLE SCHOOL enrolls approximately 546 students in grades 06-07.
What grades does PINKSTON MIDDLE SCHOOL serve?
PINKSTON MIDDLE SCHOOL serves grades 06-07.
What is the student-teacher ratio at PINKSTON MIDDLE SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at PINKSTON MIDDLE SCHOOL is approximately 14.1:1 (39 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at PINKSTON MIDDLE SCHOOL?
At PINKSTON MIDDLE SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 91% White, 4% Hispanic, 0% Black, 1% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Is PINKSTON MIDDLE SCHOOL public or private?
PINKSTON MIDDLE SCHOOL is a public K-12 school, overseen by MOUNTAIN HOME SCHOOL DISTRICT.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.