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Enrollment
550
Middle
DISTRICT 438 · STATE 464
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PRAIRIE GROVE SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 051176001426
PRAIRIE GROVE MIDDLE SCHOOL
240 VINEY GROVE ROAD, PRAIRIE GROVE, AR 72753 · (479) 846-4220 · Washington County
GRADES 04–06MIDDLE41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL550 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 69% 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.
- 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
17.8:1
31 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.7:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
48%
264 students
DISTRICT 45% · 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 | 203 | 37% |
| Grade 5 | 168 | 31% |
| Grade 6 | 179 | 33% |
Student demographics
37%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 36% · 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 PRAIRIE GROVE SCHOOL DISTRICT. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
ATLAS 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3+4)English Language Arts
43.2%
AR avg 34.9% . +3.1pp since 2023
Math
46.0%
AR avg 38.9% . -2.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the ATLAS, Arkansas's statewide test, about 43 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 46 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Arkansas schools, those numbers are about 35 and 39. Reading and writing scores are up about 3 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 2 points.
ATLAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 43.2% | 46.0% |
| 2023-24 | 40.1% | 48.3% |
% 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
47.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
42.0%
based on AR schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+5.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 47% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 42% 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 PRAIRIE GROVE MIDDLE SCHOOL
PRAIRIE GROVE MIDDLE SCHOOL's state test result (47.1% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| PRAIRIE GROVE MIDDLE SCHOOL this school | 550 | 48.0% | 47.1% |
| CABOT JUNIOR HIGH SOUTH CABOT | 699 | 49.5% | 44.7% |
| LAKESIDE MIDDLE SCHOOL HOT SPRINGS | 546 | 44.7% | 47.4% |
| AHLF JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL SEARCY | 576 | 49.5% | 46.6% |
| LAKESIDE JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL HOT SPRINGS | 581 | 47.3% | 52.0% |
| EAST END MIDDLE SCHOOL HENSLEY | 439 | 44.4% | 48.3% |
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 PRAIRIE GROVE MIDDLE SCHOOL ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Arkansas | In Washington County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 47.1% | #52 of 207 | #7 of 17 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 46.0% | #68 of 208 ▼ 19 | #8 of 17 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 43.2% | #51 of 208 ▲ 6 | #8 of 17 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 550 | #76 of 217 | #10 of 18 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.8:1 | #172 of 188 | #15 of 17 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 36.9% | #117 of 188 | #12 of 17 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 48.0% | #160 of 210 | #10 of 17 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -9.5% | #73 of 114 | #7 of 8 |
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
550
+230 (+72%) vs 2020
+88% since 1990-91, when it was 292
Student : Teacher
17.8:1
was 16.8:1
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 | 550 | 31 | 17.8:1 | 48% (264) |
| 2023-24 | 501 | 25.6 | 19.5:1 | 38% (191) |
| 2022-23 | 512 | 26 | 19.7:1 | 37% (187) |
| 2020-21 | 320 | 19 | 16.8:1 | 44% (141) |
| 2017-18 | 608 | 41.5 | 14.7:1 | 29% (177) |
| 2015-16 | 586 | 41 | 14.3:1 | 49% (285) |
| 2010-11 | 566 | 42 | 13.5:1 | 45% (255) |
| 2000-01 | 295 | 14 | 21.1:1 | 24% (71) |
| 1990-91 | 292 | 14 | 20.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for PRAIRIE GROVE MIDDLE SCHOOL.
About PRAIRIE GROVE MIDDLE SCHOOL
The public middle school PRAIRIE GROVE MIDDLE SCHOOL is located in PRAIRIE GROVE, Arkansas. Students in grades 4 through 6 make up the school's enrollment of 550 students.
PRAIRIE GROVE MIDDLE SCHOOL is in PRAIRIE GROVE SCHOOL DISTRICT, a district with 2,259 students across 4 schools.
Federal enrollment data show PRAIRIE GROVE MIDDLE SCHOOL is 78% White. The next largest groups are 11% Hispanic, 7% multiracial, and 2% Native American. The school's White share is 16 points above the 63% share among Washington County residents. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 37%.
The school's 31 full-time-equivalent teachers translate to a student-to-teacher ratio of 17.8:1. Middle schools in Arkansas have an average ratio of 13.9:1. At PRAIRIE GROVE MIDDLE SCHOOL, 48% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25. That rate is below the 58% average among public schools in Washington County.
PRAIRIE GROVE MIDDLE SCHOOL earns a B+ on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 69% of Arkansas public middle schools.
PRAIRIE GROVE MIDDLE SCHOOL's actual average proficiency rate across its state test results (47.1%) and its predicted rate (42.0%) put it outside the top and bottom 10% of Arkansas schools.
The county, Washington County, is where the school is located. The median household earns about $70,639 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 35%, and about 9% of people live in poverty. Counting PRAIRIE GROVE MIDDLE SCHOOL, Washington County has 76 public schools.
PRAIRIE GROVE HIGH SCHOOL, about 0.3 miles away, is the closest public school. Within five miles of PRAIRIE GROVE MIDDLE SCHOOL, there are 4 other public schools. PRAIRIE GROVE MIDDLE SCHOOL is 2nd of 9 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.
By NCES locale, the school is Rural: Fringe, or in rural territory close to an urban area.
PRAIRIE GROVE MIDDLE SCHOOL had 320 students in 2020-21 and 550 in 2024-25, according to federal records. Those counts may cover different grade spans.
Parents, students, and staff can share information on pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback here. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
Washington County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
256,765
Census ACS
Median income
$70,639
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
35%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
76
42,451 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in PRAIRIE GROVE SCHOOL DISTRICT
- PRAIRIE GROVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 763 students
- PRAIRIE GROVE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 620 students
- PRAIRIE GROVE JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOLMiddle · 326 students
Other schools in PRAIRIE GROVE
- PRAIRIE GROVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 763 students
- PRAIRIE GROVE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 620 students
- PRAIRIE GROVE JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOLMiddle · 326 students
Nearby schools
- PRAIRIE GROVE HIGH SCHOOL0.3 mi · 620
- PRAIRIE GROVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.5 mi · 763
- PRAIRIE GROVE JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL0.8 mi · 326
- LINCOLN HIGH SCHOOL4.8 mi · 338
- LINCOLN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL5.3 mi · 356
- LINCOLN MIDDLE SCHOOL5.5 mi · 401
Frequently asked questions
About PRAIRIE GROVE MIDDLE SCHOOLHow many students attend PRAIRIE GROVE MIDDLE SCHOOL?
PRAIRIE GROVE MIDDLE SCHOOL enrolls approximately 550 students in grades 04-06.
Is PRAIRIE GROVE MIDDLE SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
PRAIRIE GROVE MIDDLE SCHOOL is a middle school covering grades 04-06.
How many teachers does PRAIRIE GROVE MIDDLE SCHOOL have?
PRAIRIE GROVE MIDDLE SCHOOL employs 31 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 17.8:1.
What is the student diversity at PRAIRIE GROVE MIDDLE SCHOOL?
Student demographics at PRAIRIE GROVE MIDDLE SCHOOL are roughly 78% White, 11% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Who oversees PRAIRIE GROVE MIDDLE SCHOOL?
PRAIRIE GROVE MIDDLE SCHOOL is overseen by PRAIRIE GROVE SCHOOL DISTRICT in Washington County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.