RAMSEY MIDDLE SCHOOL

RAMSEY MIDDLE SCHOOL is a sizable junior high in FORT SMITH, Arkansas, one of the schools within FORT SMITH SCHOOL DISTRICT. The school hosts 801 students in grades 6 through 8. Compared to the state average of about 464 students per school, that is 73% above typical.

FORT SMITH SCHOOL DISTRICT comprises 27 schools with combined enrollment of 14,164 students; RAMSEY MIDDLE SCHOOL is among them.

In terms of who attends, RAMSEY MIDDLE SCHOOL logs that the largest single group is White at 49%, but no single group is in the majority; the rest breaks down as 19% Hispanic, 15% multiracial, 10% Black, 5% Asian. That is considerably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 68%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, RAMSEY MIDDLE SCHOOL lists 57 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 14.0:1. The state averages about 13.9:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Around 68% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), RAMSEY MIDDLE SCHOOL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 33.9%, the actual is 36.9%, a residual of +3.0 points.

In the area at large, Sebastian County reports that the typical household earns roughly $57,790 per year, 23% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. RAMSEY MIDDLE SCHOOL is one of 44 public schools in Sebastian County (combined enrollment of about 20,239 students).

Nearest neighbor: FAIRVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, around 0.2 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around RAMSEY MIDDLE SCHOOL. On composite proficiency, RAMSEY MIDDLE SCHOOL comes 3rd of 7 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 27.1%.

RAMSEY MIDDLE SCHOOL operates from a metropolitan location.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at RAMSEY MIDDLE SCHOOL has edged down 10%, going from 890 students in 2018 to 801 in 2025. The White share of enrollment ticked down from 61% to 49% over that span.

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