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Enrollment
412
Middle
DISTRICT 415 · STATE 464
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·POTTSVILLE SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 051170001180
POTTSVILLE JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL
250 APACHE DRIVE, POTTSVILLE, AR 72858 · (479) 968-6574 · Pope County
GRADES 07–09MIDDLE41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL412 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 71% of Arkansas public middle schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats 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
12.1:1
34 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.9:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
42%
175 students
DISTRICT 41% · 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 | 136 | 33% |
| Grade 8 | 131 | 32% |
| Grade 9 | 145 | 35% |
Student demographics
19%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 23% · 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
39.4%
AR avg 34.9% . -6.0pp since 2023
Math
49.1%
AR avg 38.9% . +5.5pp 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 49 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 6 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 6 points.
ATLAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 39.4% | 49.1% |
| 2023-24 | 45.4% | 43.6% |
% 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
48.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
44.0%
based on AR schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+4.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 48% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 44% 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 POTTSVILLE JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL
POTTSVILLE JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL's state test result (48.3% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| POTTSVILLE JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL this school | 412 | 42.5% | 48.3% |
| VILONIA MIDDLE SCHOOL VILONIA | 451 | 43.0% | 57.2% |
| BAUXITE MIDDLE SCHOOL BAUXITE | 413 | 40.0% | 43.5% |
| POTTSVILLE MIDDLE GRADE POTTSVILLE | 417 | 44.4% | 51.2% |
| GREENE CTY TECH JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL PARAGOULD | 521 | 44.1% | 40.5% |
| ELKINS MIDDLE SCHOOL ELKINS | 394 | 48.2% | 51.7% |
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 POTTSVILLE JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Arkansas | In Pope County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 48.3% | #42 of 207 | #2 of 6 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 49.1% | #52 of 208 ▲ 6 | #2 of 6 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 39.4% | #67 of 208 ▼ 39 | #4 of 6 ▼ 3 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 412 | #120 of 217 | #4 of 7 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.1:1 | #41 of 188 | #2 of 7 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 19.1% | #160 of 188 | #4 of 7 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 42.5% | #179 of 210 | #7 of 7 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +2.5% | #52 of 61 | N/A |
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
412
-38 (-8%) vs 2020
+17% since 2010-11, when it was 352
Student : Teacher
12.1:1
was 13.2:1
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 | 412 | 34 | 12.1:1 | 42% (175) |
| 2023-24 | 434 | 31.8 | 13.7:1 | 44% (191) |
| 2022-23 | 471 | 35.8 | 13.2:1 | 36% (169) |
| 2020-21 | 450 | 34 | 13.2:1 | 36% (163) |
| 2017-18 | 402 | 27.9 | 14.4:1 | 24% (97) |
| 2015-16 | 385 | 30 | 12.8:1 | 43% (167) |
| 2010-11 | 352 | 28 | 12.6:1 | 39% (136) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for POTTSVILLE JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL.
About POTTSVILLE JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL
POTTSVILLE JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL is a mid-sized middle school that serves part of POTTSVILLE, Arkansas. It teaches 412 students in grades 7 through 9.
POTTSVILLE JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL is one school in POTTSVILLE SCHOOL DISTRICT, a system of 4 schools with 1,838 students.
POTTSVILLE JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL is 90% White by enrollment. Other reported shares: 8% Hispanic. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 19%.
Its staff includes 34 full-time-equivalent teachers, for about 12.1 students per teacher. Compared with the 13.9:1 average for middle schools in Arkansas, this school's ratio is lower. Roughly 42% of students at POTTSVILLE JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL can receive free or reduced-price lunch. The average for public schools in Pope County is 64%.
Among Arkansas public middle schools, POTTSVILLE JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL outscored 71%, which works out to a B+ on the allk12 Grade.
POTTSVILLE JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL scores 48.3% on state tests, averaged across results. The predicted figure, based on its student poverty level, is 44.0%.
In Pope County, home to about 64,131 people, the median household earns about $57,344 a year, roughly 25% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 12% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Public schools in Pope County number 25, with about 10,311 students.
Among nearby public schools, POTTSVILLE HIGH SCHOOL is closest at about 0.3 miles. Other public schools within five miles number 4. Among 9 nearby schools that report test results, POTTSVILLE JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL ranks 3rd on proficiency.
POTTSVILLE JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL is in rural territory close to an urban area, a location NCES labels Rural: Fringe.
Enrollment decreased by 8% across 4 years, from 450 in 2020-21 to 412 in 2024-25. Its ratio of students to teachers was 13.2:1 in 2020-21, and 12.1:1 in 2024-25.
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Pope County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
64,131
Census ACS
Median income
$57,344
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
25%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
12%
Below federal line
Schools in county
25
10,311 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in POTTSVILLE SCHOOL DISTRICT
- POTTSVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 605 students
- POTTSVILLE MIDDLE GRADEMiddle · 417 students
- POTTSVILLE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 404 students
Other schools in POTTSVILLE
- POTTSVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 605 students
- POTTSVILLE MIDDLE GRADEMiddle · 417 students
- POTTSVILLE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 404 students
Nearby schools
- POTTSVILLE HIGH SCHOOL0.3 mi · 404
- POTTSVILLE MIDDLE GRADE1.1 mi · 417
- POTTSVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.2 mi · 605
- RUSSELLVILLE HIGH SCHOOL5.0 mi · 1,281
- ATKINS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL5.1 mi · 370
- ATKINS MIDDLE SCHOOL5.1 mi · 264
Frequently asked questions
About POTTSVILLE JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOLHow large is POTTSVILLE JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL?
POTTSVILLE JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL enrolls approximately 412 students in grades 07-09.
What age range does POTTSVILLE JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL serve?
POTTSVILLE JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL serves students from grade 07 through grade 09.
What is the student-teacher ratio at POTTSVILLE JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at POTTSVILLE JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL is approximately 12.1:1 (34 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at POTTSVILLE JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL?
At POTTSVILLE JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 90% White, 8% Hispanic, 1% Black, 0% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Is POTTSVILLE JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL public or private?
POTTSVILLE JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL is a public K-12 school, overseen by POTTSVILLE SCHOOL DISTRICT.
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