RUSSELLVILLE JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL

Located at 2000 WEST PARKWAY, in RUSSELLVILLE, Arkansas, RUSSELLVILLE JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL is a big secondary school that instructs 808 students (grades 8 through 9), part of RUSSELLVILLE SCHOOL DISTRICT. That puts it 58% bigger than the typical public school in Arkansas, which averages around 510 students.

Across the 10 schools in RUSSELLVILLE SCHOOL DISTRICT (5,591 students total), RUSSELLVILLE JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On demographics, RUSSELLVILLE JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL lists that the largest single group is White, at 57% of enrollment. The remainder is composed of 31% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, 5% Black. The wider county runs roughly 84% White, putting the school's mix considerably less White than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, The school currently runs with 65 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 12.4:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 8.8:1 average. Around 63% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, RUSSELLVILLE JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 35.7% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 33.3%.

In the surrounding community, Pope County reports that median household income runs about $57,344, roughly 25% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 12%. Across Pope County's 25 public schools (combined enrollment of about 10,311 students), RUSSELLVILLE JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

DWIGHT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.8 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, RUSSELLVILLE JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL comes 4th of 8 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 35.5%.

Geographically, the school is in a rural area.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged up 5%: 772 students in 2018 compared to 808 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share edged up from 25% to 31%.

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