PRAIRIE GROVE MIDDLE SCHOOL

PRAIRIE GROVE MIDDLE SCHOOL is an average-sized middle school in PRAIRIE GROVE, Arkansas, overseen by PRAIRIE GROVE SCHOOL DISTRICT. The school enrolls 550 students in grades 4 through 6.

Within PRAIRIE GROVE SCHOOL DISTRICT, which oversees 4 schools and 2,259 students, PRAIRIE GROVE MIDDLE SCHOOL is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, PRAIRIE GROVE MIDDLE SCHOOL logs that White students make up the majority at 78%. The remainder looks like 11% Hispanic, 7% multiracial, 2% Native American. The wider county runs roughly 63% White, putting the school's mix visibly more White than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, The school employs 31 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 17.8:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.9:1, putting PRAIRIE GROVE MIDDLE SCHOOL higher than the state norm the norm. Roughly 48% of students at PRAIRIE GROVE MIDDLE SCHOOL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is south of Washington County's rate of about 58%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), PRAIRIE GROVE MIDDLE SCHOOL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 41.1%, the actual is 44.4%, a residual of +3.3 points.

In the broader community, Washington County reports that median household earnings sit near $70,639, about 35% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 9%. Across Washington County's 76 public schools (combined enrollment of about 42,451 students), PRAIRIE GROVE MIDDLE SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: PRAIRIE GROVE HIGH SCHOOL, around 0.3 miles off. Within five miles, there are 4 other public schools. On composite proficiency, PRAIRIE GROVE MIDDLE SCHOOL comes 3rd of 9 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 35.1%.

PRAIRIE GROVE MIDDLE SCHOOL operates from a low-density location.

Over the past 7-year window. PRAIRIE GROVE MIDDLE SCHOOL's enrollment has declined 10% since 2018, when it stood at 608 (now 550). White enrollment moved from 89% to 78% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio grew from 14.7:1 in 2018 to 17.8:1 today.

Within the allk12 community for this school, recent activity here tends to focus on pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.