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Enrollment
459
Middle
DISTRICT 564 · STATE 464
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CONWAY SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 050459001198
RAY PHYLLIS SIMON MIDDLE SCHOOL
1600 E SIEBENMORGEN DR, CONWAY, AR 72034 · (501) 513-6120 · Faulkner County
GRADES 05–07MIDDLE13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL459 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
12.8:1
36 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.1:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
58%
268 students
DISTRICT 58% · 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 5 | 148 | 32% |
| Grade 6 | 156 | 34% |
| Grade 7 | 155 | 34% |
Student demographics
66%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 67% · 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
Based on grade levels within CONWAY SCHOOL DISTRICT. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
ATLAS 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3+4)English Language Arts
39.0%
AR avg 34.9% . -5.8pp since 2023
Math
37.1%
AR avg 38.9% . -3.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the ATLAS, Arkansas's statewide test, about 39 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 37 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Arkansas schools, those numbers are about 35 and 39. Reading and writing scores are down about 6 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 3 points.
ATLAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 39.0% | 37.1% |
| 2023-24 | 44.8% | 40.4% |
% 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
42.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
38.1%
based on AR schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+3.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 42% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 38% 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 RAY PHYLLIS SIMON MIDDLE SCHOOL
RAY PHYLLIS SIMON MIDDLE SCHOOL's state test result (42.1% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| RAY PHYLLIS SIMON MIDDLE SCHOOL this school | 459 | 58.4% | 42.1% |
| GOZA MIDDLE SCHOOL ARKADELPHIA | 560 | 59.1% | 32.5% |
| JOHN L COLBERT MIDDLE SCHOOL FAYETTEVILLE | 466 | 62.4% | 35.8% |
| WHITE HALL MIDDLE SCHOOL WHITE HALL | 721 | 60.1% | 31.9% |
| MONTICELLO MIDDLE SCHOOL MONTICELLO | 327 | 62.1% | 27.1% |
| BARTON JR. HIGH SCHOOL EL DORADO | 540 | 65.4% | 39.4% |
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 RAY PHYLLIS SIMON MIDDLE SCHOOL ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Arkansas | In Faulkner County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 42.1% | #79 of 207 | #6 of 8 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 37.1% | #107 of 208 ▼ 33 | #6 of 8 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 39.0% | #72 of 208 ▼ 43 | #6 of 8 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 459 | #100 of 217 | #6 of 8 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.8:1 | #56 of 188 | #2 of 8 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 66.0% | #17 of 188 | #2 of 8 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 58.4% | #128 of 210 | #3 of 8 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -0.2% | #114 of 114 | #6 of 6 |
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
459
-32 (-7%) vs 2020
-25% since 2010-11, when it was 611
Student : Teacher
12.8:1
was 14.4:1
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 | 459 | 35.7 | 12.8:1 | 58% (268) |
| 2023-24 | 498 | 36.6 | 13.6:1 | 61% (302) |
| 2022-23 | 490 | 39.7 | 12.4:1 | 64% (314) |
| 2020-21 | 491 | 34 | 14.4:1 | 59% (291) |
| 2017-18 | 460 | 37 | 12.4:1 | 28% (130) |
| 2015-16 | 468 | 35 | 13.4:1 | 57% (266) |
| 2010-11 | 611 | 45 | 13.6:1 | 63% (385) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for RAY PHYLLIS SIMON MIDDLE SCHOOL.
About RAY PHYLLIS SIMON MIDDLE SCHOOL
RAY PHYLLIS SIMON MIDDLE SCHOOL is the name of a medium-sized middle-grades school in CONWAY, Arkansas. A total of 459 students attend the school, which covers grades 5 through 7.
CONWAY SCHOOL DISTRICT has 16 schools and 10,212 students, and RAY PHYLLIS SIMON MIDDLE SCHOOL is one of those schools.
The most common group at RAY PHYLLIS SIMON MIDDLE SCHOOL is White students, at 47%. Enrollment also includes 32% Black, 10% Hispanic, 8% multiracial, and 3% Asian. The school's White share is 32 points below the 79% share among Faulkner County residents. The school's diversity index is 66%, meaning two students picked at random have a 66% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
At RAY PHYLLIS SIMON MIDDLE SCHOOL, 35.7 full-time-equivalent teachers work with students, a ratio of about 12.8:1. On average, middle schools in Arkansas have 13.9:1, compared with 12.8:1 here. Students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch make up 58% of enrollment.
RAY PHYLLIS SIMON MIDDLE SCHOOL sits between the top and bottom 10% of Arkansas schools on BeatsExpectations, with an actual average proficiency rate on state tests of 42.1% and a predicted 38.1%.
Among Faulkner County residents, the median household income is $67,289, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 35%, and roughly 10% of residents are in poverty. Besides RAY PHYLLIS SIMON MIDDLE SCHOOL, Faulkner County has 36 other public schools.
The shortest distance from RAY PHYLLIS SIMON MIDDLE SCHOOL to another public school is about 0.4 miles, to BOB COURTWAY MIDDLE SCHOOL. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. Nearby schools with test data average 37.6% proficiency; RAY PHYLLIS SIMON MIDDLE SCHOOL posts 42.1%.
Its NCES locale code is City: Small: the school is inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.
Enrollment is down 7% from 2020-21, when RAY PHYLLIS SIMON MIDDLE SCHOOL had 491 students, to 2024-25, when it had 459. From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio fell from 14.4:1 to 12.8:1.
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Faulkner County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
127,717
Census ACS
Median income
$67,289
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
35%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
37
18,977 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in CONWAY SCHOOL DISTRICT
- CONWAY HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,350 students
- CONWAY JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,568 students
- CARL STUART MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 752 students
- RUTH DOYLE MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 547 students
- CAROLYN LEWIS ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 514 students
- BOB COURTWAY MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 498 students
Other schools in CONWAY
- CONWAY HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,350 students
- CONWAY JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,568 students
- CARL STUART MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 752 students
- RUTH DOYLE MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 547 students
- CAROLYN LEWIS ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 514 students
- BOB COURTWAY MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 498 students
Nearby schools
- BOB COURTWAY MIDDLE SCHOOL0.4 mi · 498
- THEODORE JONES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.6 mi · 491
- PRESTON & FLORENCE MATTISON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.9 mi · 417
- CONWAY JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL2.5 mi · 1,568
- SALLIE CONE PRESCHOOL2.7 mi · 277
- IDA BURNS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.8 mi · 384
Frequently asked questions
About RAY PHYLLIS SIMON MIDDLE SCHOOLHow many students attend RAY PHYLLIS SIMON MIDDLE SCHOOL?
RAY PHYLLIS SIMON MIDDLE SCHOOL enrolls approximately 459 students in grades 05-07.
What grades does RAY PHYLLIS SIMON MIDDLE SCHOOL serve?
RAY PHYLLIS SIMON MIDDLE SCHOOL serves grades 05-07.
How many students per teacher at RAY PHYLLIS SIMON MIDDLE SCHOOL?
Approximately 12.8:1 students per teacher at RAY PHYLLIS SIMON MIDDLE SCHOOL.
What is the racial breakdown of students at RAY PHYLLIS SIMON MIDDLE SCHOOL?
At RAY PHYLLIS SIMON MIDDLE SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 47% White, 10% Hispanic, 32% Black, 3% Asian, 8% Two or more.
Is RAY PHYLLIS SIMON MIDDLE SCHOOL public or private?
RAY PHYLLIS SIMON MIDDLE SCHOOL is a public K-12 school, overseen by CONWAY SCHOOL DISTRICT.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.