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Teachers: what resource would make the biggest difference at POTTSVILLE MIDDLE GRADE this year?
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Enrollment
417
Middle
DISTRICT 415 · STATE 464
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·POTTSVILLE SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 051170000401
POTTSVILLE MIDDLE GRADE
6926 RIVER ROAD, POTTSVILLE, AR 72858 · (479) 890-6631 · Pope County
GRADES 04–06MIDDLE41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL417 STUDENTS
A-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 84% of Arkansas public middle schools
- ATest 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
15.7:1
27 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.9:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
44%
185 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 4 | 150 | 36% |
| Grade 5 | 131 | 31% |
| Grade 6 | 136 | 33% |
Student demographics
23%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
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within POTTSVILLE SCHOOL DISTRICT. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
ATLAS 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3+4)English Language Arts
42.2%
AR avg 34.9% . +0.2pp since 2023
Math
60.0%
AR avg 38.9% . +1.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the ATLAS, Arkansas's statewide test, about 42 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 60 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Arkansas schools, those numbers are about 35 and 39. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2023, while math scores are up about 1 points.
ATLAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 42.2% | 60.0% |
| 2023-24 | 42.0% | 59.0% |
% 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
51.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
43.3%
based on AR schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+7.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 51% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 43% 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 MIDDLE GRADE
POTTSVILLE MIDDLE GRADE's state test result (51.2% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| POTTSVILLE MIDDLE GRADE this school | 417 | 44.4% | 51.2% |
| POTTSVILLE JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL POTTSVILLE | 412 | 42.5% | 48.3% |
| VILONIA MIDDLE SCHOOL VILONIA | 451 | 43.0% | 57.2% |
| BAUXITE MIDDLE SCHOOL BAUXITE | 413 | 40.0% | 43.5% |
| PRAIRIE GROVE JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL PRAIRIE GROVE | 326 | 45.7% | 48.4% |
| 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 MIDDLE GRADE ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Arkansas | In Pope County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 51.2% | #26 of 207 | #1 of 6 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 60.0% | #15 of 208 no change | #1 of 6 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 42.2% | #56 of 208 ▼ 9 | #2 of 6 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 417 | #117 of 217 | #3 of 7 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.7:1 | #139 of 188 | #7 of 7 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 22.6% | #154 of 188 | #3 of 7 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 44.4% | #174 of 210 | #6 of 7 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -3.7% | #102 of 114 | 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
417
-9 (-2%) vs 2020
+22% since 2000-01, when it was 342
Student : Teacher
15.7:1
was 17.0:1
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 | 417 | 26.6 | 15.7:1 | 44% (185) |
| 2023-24 | 405 | 25.3 | 16.0:1 | 46% (187) |
| 2022-23 | 407 | 27.8 | 14.7:1 | 44% (179) |
| 2020-21 | 426 | 25 | 17.0:1 | 43% (184) |
| 2017-18 | 433 | 30.2 | 14.3:1 | 24% (102) |
| 2015-16 | 395 | 30 | 13.2:1 | 47% (185) |
| 2010-11 | 413 | 30 | 13.8:1 | 46% (189) |
| 2000-01 | 342 | 21 | 16.3:1 | 41% (139) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for POTTSVILLE MIDDLE GRADE.
About POTTSVILLE MIDDLE GRADE
POTTSVILLE MIDDLE GRADE is a middle-grades school with a street address in POTTSVILLE, Arkansas. The student body numbers 417 students, from grades 4 through 6.
In POTTSVILLE SCHOOL DISTRICT, 4 schools enroll a combined 1,838 students.
White students make up 87% of enrollment at POTTSVILLE MIDDLE GRADE. The remaining students are 11% Hispanic. For comparison, Pope County is about 84% White. Pick two students at random and there is a 23% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Federal records show a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.7:1 at POTTSVILLE MIDDLE GRADE, with 26.6 full-time-equivalent teachers. On average, middle schools in Arkansas have 13.9:1, compared with 15.7:1 here. The count of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch equals 44% of enrollment. On average, public schools in Pope County report 64%.
allk12 grades POTTSVILLE MIDDLE GRADE an A-. The grade compares the school only with Arkansas public middle schools, because each state gives its own test.
POTTSVILLE MIDDLE GRADE sits between the top and bottom 10% of Arkansas schools on BeatsExpectations, with an actual average proficiency rate on state tests of 51.2% and a predicted 43.3%.
Across Pope County, the median household income is $57,344, about 25% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 12% of residents are in poverty. In all, Pope County has 25 public schools and roughly 10,311 students.
The closest other public school is POTTSVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, about 0.1 miles away. POTTSVILLE MIDDLE GRADE has 5 other public schools within five miles. Local comparison: POTTSVILLE MIDDLE GRADE ranks 2nd of 8 nearby schools, at 51.2% versus a 38.5% average.
POTTSVILLE MIDDLE GRADE is in rural territory close to an urban area, a location NCES labels Rural: Fringe.
Over 4 years, enrollment stayed close to where it was, going from 426 to 417. From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio fell from 17.0:1 to 15.7:1.
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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 JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOLMiddle · 412 students
- POTTSVILLE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 404 students
Other schools in POTTSVILLE
- POTTSVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 605 students
- POTTSVILLE JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOLMiddle · 412 students
- POTTSVILLE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 404 students
Nearby schools
- POTTSVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.1 mi · 605
- POTTSVILLE JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL1.1 mi · 412
- POTTSVILLE HIGH SCHOOL1.3 mi · 404
- RUSSELLVILLE HIGH SCHOOL3.9 mi · 1,281
- OAKLAND HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL4.6 mi · 503
- CRAWFORD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL5.0 mi · 399
Frequently asked questions
About POTTSVILLE MIDDLE GRADEHow large is POTTSVILLE MIDDLE GRADE?
POTTSVILLE MIDDLE GRADE enrolls approximately 417 students in grades 04-06.
Is POTTSVILLE MIDDLE GRADE an elementary, middle, or high school?
POTTSVILLE MIDDLE GRADE is a middle school covering grades 04-06.
How many teachers does POTTSVILLE MIDDLE GRADE have?
POTTSVILLE MIDDLE GRADE employs 27 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.7:1.
How diverse is POTTSVILLE MIDDLE GRADE?
POTTSVILLE MIDDLE GRADE reports a student body of 87% White, 11% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Asian, 0% Two or more.
What district is POTTSVILLE MIDDLE GRADE in?
POTTSVILLE MIDDLE GRADE is part of POTTSVILLE SCHOOL DISTRICT.
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