QUITMAN MIDDLE SCHOOL

As an intimate middle school in QUITMAN, Arkansas, QUITMAN MIDDLE SCHOOL works with 210 students from grades 6 through 8, one of the schools within QUITMAN SCHOOL DISTRICT. That puts it 55% leaner than the typical public school in Arkansas, which averages around 464 students.

Within QUITMAN SCHOOL DISTRICT, which oversees 3 schools and 950 students, QUITMAN MIDDLE SCHOOL is one campus in the system.

Demographically, QUITMAN MIDDLE SCHOOL records that the student body is overwhelmingly White (92%). The remainder looks like 3% Hispanic, 2% multiracial. That composition is broadly in line with Cleburne County as a whole.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 15 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 14.3:1 students per teacher. The state averages about 13.9:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Roughly 55% of students at QUITMAN MIDDLE SCHOOL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), QUITMAN MIDDLE SCHOOL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 38.7% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 43.3%.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Cleburne County indicate median household income runs about $55,798, 18% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. QUITMAN MIDDLE SCHOOL is one of 10 public schools in Cleburne County (combined enrollment of about 3,434 students).

Nearest neighbor: QUITMAN HIGH SCHOOL, around 0.0 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 2 other public schools cluster around QUITMAN MIDDLE SCHOOL. On composite proficiency, QUITMAN MIDDLE SCHOOL comes 1st of 9 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 35.2%.

Geographically, the school is in a rural area.

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