PRAIRIE GROVE JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL

Located at 806 N MOCK ST, in PRAIRIE GROVE, Arkansas, PRAIRIE GROVE JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL is a compact intermediate school that enrolls 326 students (grades 7 through 8), overseen by PRAIRIE GROVE SCHOOL DISTRICT. By comparison, Arkansas's public schools average about 464 students each, so PRAIRIE GROVE JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL sits 30% leaner than that benchmark.

PRAIRIE GROVE JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL is one of 4 schools operated by PRAIRIE GROVE SCHOOL DISTRICT, a district that serves 2,259 students overall.

On demographics, PRAIRIE GROVE JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL records that 81% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority; the rest looks like 9% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, 2% Native American. The wider county runs roughly 63% White, putting the school's mix considerably more White than the area baseline.

On the resource side, On paper, PRAIRIE GROVE JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL has 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 13.7:1. That tracks the state average closely. About 46% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Washington County runs at roughly 58%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat below the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), PRAIRIE GROVE JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 42.0%, the actual is 44.4%, a residual of +2.5 points.

In the surrounding community, Washington County reports that the typical household earns roughly $70,639 per year, roughly 35% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 9%. PRAIRIE GROVE JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL is one of 76 public schools in Washington County (combined enrollment of about 42,451 students).

Nearest neighbor: PRAIRIE GROVE HIGH SCHOOL, around 0.5 miles off. Within five miles, there are 5 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts PRAIRIE GROVE JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL at 4th of 8; the average score across the group is 41.6%.

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

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