SONORA MIDDLE SCHOOL

SONORA MIDDLE SCHOOL is a medium-sized junior high in SPRINGDALE, Arkansas, run under SPRINGDALE SCHOOL DISTRICT. The school instructs 668 students in grades 6 through 7. Compared to the state average of about 464 students per school, that is 44% larger than typical.

SPRINGDALE SCHOOL DISTRICT comprises 29 schools with combined enrollment of 22,685 students; SONORA MIDDLE SCHOOL is among them.

Looking at the student body, SONORA MIDDLE SCHOOL shows that the largest single group is Hispanic at 48%, but no single group is in the majority; the rest looks like 25% Pacific Islander, 22% White. That is visibly more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 19%.

On the income-and-resources front, SONORA MIDDLE SCHOOL records 46 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 14.6:1. That tracks the state average closely. Around 86% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Washington County runs at roughly 58%, so the school's eligibility rate is above the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, SONORA MIDDLE SCHOOL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 27.4%, the actual is 27.1%, a residual of -0.3 points.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Washington County put median household earnings sit near $70,639, about 35% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 9%. SONORA MIDDLE SCHOOL is one of 76 public schools in Washington County (combined enrollment of about 42,451 students).

The closest other public school is SONORA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, roughly 0.2 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, SONORA MIDDLE SCHOOL comes 5th of 9 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 27.9%.

The school occupies a rural site.

Trend over the last 7 years. SONORA MIDDLE SCHOOL's enrollment has edged down 5% since 2018, when it stood at 704 (now 668). The White share of enrollment ticked down from 27% to 22% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio grew from 12.1:1 in 2018 to 14.6:1 today.

Within the allk12 community for this school, members of the SONORA MIDDLE SCHOOL community share and discuss open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.