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Parents: what's one thing you'd want the POCAHONTAS JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL administration to hear?
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Enrollment
456
Middle
DISTRICT 429 · STATE 464
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·POCAHONTAS SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 051161001438
POCAHONTAS JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL
2405 NORTH PARK STREET, POCAHONTAS, AR 72455 · (870) 892-4573 · Randolph County
GRADES 07–09MIDDLE32-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL456 STUDENTS
D
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 7% of Arkansas public middle schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- FBeats 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
12.6:1
36 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.6:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
67%
304 students
DISTRICT 69% · 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 | 159 | 35% |
| Grade 8 | 146 | 32% |
| Grade 9 | 151 | 33% |
Student demographics
47%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 42% · 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
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Test scores
ATLAS 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3+4)English Language Arts
18.3%
AR avg 34.9% . -4.6pp since 2023
Math
17.6%
AR avg 38.9% . -3.8pp since 2023
What this means: On the ATLAS, Arkansas's statewide test, about 18 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 18 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 5 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 4 points.
ATLAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 18.3% | 17.6% |
| 2023-24 | 22.9% | 21.4% |
% 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of AR schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
19.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
35.0%
based on AR schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-15.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 19% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 35% typical for Arkansas schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 POCAHONTAS JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL
POCAHONTAS JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL's state test result (19.4% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| POCAHONTAS JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL this school | 456 | 66.7% | 19.4% |
| POCAHONTAS UPPER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL POCAHONTAS | 402 | 74.4% | 28.0% |
| MENA MIDDLE SCHOOL MENA | 393 | 63.1% | 42.5% |
| HUNTSVILLE MIDDLE SCHOOL HUNTSVILLE | 470 | 68.3% | 31.7% |
| MAYFLOWER MIDDLE SCHOOL MAYFLOWER | 304 | 63.8% | 30.0% |
| BISMARCK MIDDLE SCHOOL BISMARCK | 338 | 69.5% | 43.7% |
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 POCAHONTAS JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Arkansas |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 19.4% | #185 of 207 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 17.6% | #183 of 208 ▼ 15 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 18.3% | #182 of 208 ▼ 18 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 456 | #101 of 217 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.6:1 | #50 of 188 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 46.8% | #93 of 188 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 66.7% | #95 of 210 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -5.2% | #95 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
456
+15 (+3%) vs 2020
-2% since 2000-01, when it was 463
Student : Teacher
12.6:1
was 12.3:1
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 | 456 | 36.3 | 12.6:1 | 67% (304) |
| 2023-24 | 478 | 38.7 | 12.4:1 | 58% (279) |
| 2022-23 | 503 | 37.6 | 13.4:1 | 53% (266) |
| 2020-21 | 441 | 36 | 12.3:1 | 59% (258) |
| 2017-18 | 481 | 32.6 | 14.8:1 | 37% (180) |
| 2015-16 | 475 | 31 | 15.3:1 | 55% (261) |
| 2010-11 | 442 | 32 | 13.8:1 | 60% (265) |
| 2000-01 | 463 | 23 | 20.1:1 | 40% (187) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for POCAHONTAS JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL.
About POCAHONTAS JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL
POCAHONTAS, Arkansas, is home to POCAHONTAS JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL, a mid-sized middle school. Its enrollment is 456 students, spread over grades 7 through 9.
POCAHONTAS JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL is a school in POCAHONTAS SCHOOL DISTRICT. The district has 4 schools and 1,971 students.
The share of White students at POCAHONTAS JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL is 71%, a majority. The school is also 15% Pacific Islander, 4% Hispanic, 4% multiracial, and 3% Native American. That is lower than the 89% White share among all Randolph County residents. A diversity index of 47% means there is a 47% chance two randomly chosen students at POCAHONTAS JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL are from different groups.
Based on 36.3 full-time-equivalent teachers, POCAHONTAS JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL has a ratio of 12.6:1. Compared with the 13.9:1 average for middle schools in Arkansas, this school's ratio is lower. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch stands at 67%. It compares with 76% for public schools in Randolph County.
POCAHONTAS JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL holds a D allk12 Grade, placing it above 7% of Arkansas public middle schools.
Test results at POCAHONTAS JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL are 15.7 points below what its student poverty level predicts. The average proficiency rate across its state test results is 19.4%, compared with a predicted 35.0%, which ranks in the bottom 10% in Arkansas.
For the population of Randolph County, median household income comes to about $50,911, 12% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 17% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Randolph County counts 7 public schools with about 2,565 students.
The closest school to POCAHONTAS JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL is POCAHONTAS UPPER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, located less than a tenth of a mile away. The count of other public schools within five miles is 3. Of 8 schools in the immediate area with test results, POCAHONTAS JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL ranks 8th on average proficiency.
The NCES locale for POCAHONTAS JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL is Town: Distant, which covers schools in a town some distance from an urbanized area.
The 2020-21-to-2024-25 change in enrollment was a 3% rise, from 441 to 456.
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Randolph County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
18,838
Census ACS
Median income
$50,911
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
12%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
17%
Below federal line
Schools in county
7
2,565 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in POCAHONTAS SCHOOL DISTRICT
- POCAHONTAS ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 703 students
- POCAHONTAS HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 410 students
- POCAHONTAS UPPER ELEMENTARY SCHOOLMiddle · 402 students
Other schools in POCAHONTAS
- POCAHONTAS ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 703 students
- POCAHONTAS HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 410 students
- POCAHONTAS UPPER ELEMENTARY SCHOOLMiddle · 402 students
- BLACK RIVER TECHNICAL COLLEGE CAREER CENTER (TOPPS)High
Nearby schools
- POCAHONTAS UPPER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.1 mi · 402
- POCAHONTAS HIGH SCHOOL0.2 mi · 410
- POCAHONTAS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.6 mi · 703
- MAYNARD HIGH SCHOOL10.6 mi · 253
- MAYNARD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL10.7 mi · 341
- IMBODEN AREA CHARTER SCHOOL12.1 mi · 70
Frequently asked questions
About POCAHONTAS JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOLHow many students attend POCAHONTAS JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL?
POCAHONTAS JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL enrolls approximately 456 students in grades 07-09.
What age range does POCAHONTAS JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL serve?
POCAHONTAS JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL serves students from grade 07 through grade 09.
How many students per teacher at POCAHONTAS JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL?
Approximately 12.6:1 students per teacher at POCAHONTAS JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL.
What is the racial breakdown of students at POCAHONTAS JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL?
At POCAHONTAS JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 71% White, 4% Hispanic, 2% Black, 1% Asian, 4% Two or more.
What district is POCAHONTAS JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL in?
POCAHONTAS JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL is part of POCAHONTAS SCHOOL DISTRICT.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.