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Enrollment
913
Middle
DISTRICT 745 · STATE 464
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SEARCY SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 051221001533
SOUTHWEST MIDDLE SCHOOL
1000 W BEEBE CAPPS, SEARCY, AR 72143 · (501) 268-3125 · White County
GRADES 04–06MIDDLE32-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL913 STUDENTS
A
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Scored higher than 87% of Arkansas public middle schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Arkansas public middle schools
Student : Teacher
18.4:1
50 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.3:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
52%
479 students
DISTRICT 54% · 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 4 | 327 | 36% |
| Grade 5 | 285 | 31% |
| Grade 6 | 301 | 33% |
Student demographics
51%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 51% · 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
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within SEARCY SCHOOL DISTRICT. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
ATLAS 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3+4)English Language Arts
44.6%
AR avg 34.9% . +2.1pp since 2023
Math
56.3%
AR avg 38.9% . -1.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the ATLAS, Arkansas's statewide test, about 45 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 56 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Arkansas schools, those numbers are about 35 and 39. Reading and writing scores are up about 2 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 1 points.
ATLAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 44.6% | 56.3% |
| 2023-24 | 42.5% | 57.6% |
% 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
50.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
40.3%
based on AR schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+9.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 50% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 40% 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 SOUTHWEST MIDDLE SCHOOL
SOUTHWEST MIDDLE SCHOOL's state test result (50.2% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| SOUTHWEST MIDDLE SCHOOL this school | 913 | 52.5% | 50.2% |
| CABOT MIDDLE SCHOOL SOUTH CABOT | 747 | 53.9% | 44.9% |
| NORTHRIDGE MIDDLE SCHOOL VAN BUREN | 713 | 51.3% | 47.5% |
| CABOT JUNIOR HIGH SOUTH CABOT | 699 | 49.5% | 44.7% |
| CABOT MIDDLE SCHOOL NORTH CABOT | 828 | 48.3% | 49.2% |
| AHLF JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL SEARCY | 576 | 49.5% | 46.6% |
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 SOUTHWEST MIDDLE SCHOOL ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Arkansas | In White County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 50.2% | #32 of 207 | #2 of 6 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 56.3% | #24 of 208 ▼ 7 | #1 of 6 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 44.6% | #43 of 208 no change | #1 of 6 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 913 | #6 of 217 | #1 of 6 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.4:1 | #176 of 188 | N/A |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 51.4% | #83 of 188 | N/A |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 52.5% | #148 of 210 | #5 of 6 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -7.8% | #82 of 114 | N/A |
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
913
-44 (-5%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
18.4:1
was 16.5:1
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 | 913 | 49.6 | 18.4:1 | 52% (479) |
| 2023-24 | 879 | 56.9 | 15.4:1 | 54% (478) |
| 2022-23 | 910 | 59.1 | 15.4:1 | 50% (457) |
| 2020-21 | 957 | 58 | 16.5:1 | 55% (527) |
| 2017-18 | 990 | 60.3 | 16.4:1 | 26% (259) |
| 2015-16 | 889 | 60 | 14.8:1 | 59% (521) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for SOUTHWEST MIDDLE SCHOOL.
About SOUTHWEST MIDDLE SCHOOL
SOUTHWEST MIDDLE SCHOOL is a high-enrollment middle-grades school in SEARCY, Arkansas. Classes run from 4 through 6, and the school has 913 students. Against the 464-student average for middle schools in Arkansas, enrollment here is 97% higher.
SOUTHWEST MIDDLE SCHOOL is run by SEARCY SCHOOL DISTRICT, whose 6 schools enroll 3,973 students.
SOUTHWEST MIDDLE SCHOOL's enrollment is 67% White. Other groups make up 11% Black, 10% multiracial, 9% Hispanic, and 2% Asian. County-wide, 87% of White County residents are White. By the diversity index, SOUTHWEST MIDDLE SCHOOL comes in at 51%.
Its 49.6 full-time-equivalent teachers give the school a ratio of 18.4:1. The average ratio among middle schools in Arkansas is 13.9:1, lower than at this school. The school's lunch program data list 52% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price meals.
allk12 grades SOUTHWEST MIDDLE SCHOOL an A. The grade compares the school only with Arkansas public middle schools, because each state gives its own test.
Test results at SOUTHWEST MIDDLE SCHOOL are 9.9 points above what its free or reduced-price lunch share predicts (50.2% actual, 40.3% predicted).
Recent Census Bureau figures for White County show that median household income is about $55,249, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 20%, and about 14% of people live in poverty. SOUTHWEST MIDDLE SCHOOL is one of 27 public schools in White County, which together enroll about 12,342 students.
Nearby, AHLF JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL is about 0.6 miles away. SOUTHWEST MIDDLE SCHOOL is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. Local comparison: SOUTHWEST MIDDLE SCHOOL ranks 2nd of 9 nearby schools, at 50.2% versus a 35.6% average.
NCES lists the school's locale as Town: Distant. That means it sits in a town some distance from an urbanized area.
The student count in 2024-25 was 913, 5% below the 957 of 2020-21. By 2024-25, the school had 18.4 students per teacher, compared with 16.5 in 2020-21.
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White County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
77,838
Census ACS
Median income
$55,249
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
20%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
14%
Below federal line
Schools in county
27
12,342 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in SEARCY SCHOOL DISTRICT
- SEARCY HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,220 students
- AHLF JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOLMiddle · 576 students
- MCRAE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 445 students
- SIDNEY DEENER ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 421 students
- WESTSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 398 students
Other schools in SEARCY
- SEARCY HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,220 students
- AHLF JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOLMiddle · 576 students
- MCRAE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 445 students
- SIDNEY DEENER ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 421 students
- WESTSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 398 students
- RIVERVIEW HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 340 students
Other Southwest Middle schools
14 other US public schools in 10 states are named Southwest Middle. SOUTHWEST MIDDLE SCHOOL is the 4th largest of the 15.
- SOUTHWEST MIDDLEORLANDO, FL · 1,290 students
- Southwest Middle SchoolCharlotte, NC · 1,205 students
- SOUTHWEST MIDDLE SCHOOLPALM BAY, FL · 997 students
- Southwest MiddleGastonia, NC · 832 students
- SOUTHWEST MIDDLEBALLWIN, MO · 803 students
Nearby schools
- AHLF JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL0.6 mi · 576
- MCRAE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.7 mi · 445
- SEARCY HIGH SCHOOL0.8 mi · 1,220
- WESTSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.4 mi · 398
- SIDNEY DEENER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.0 mi · 421
- RIVERVIEW HIGH SCHOOL3.4 mi · 340
Frequently asked questions
About SOUTHWEST MIDDLE SCHOOLHow many students attend SOUTHWEST MIDDLE SCHOOL?
SOUTHWEST MIDDLE SCHOOL enrolls approximately 913 students in grades 04-06.
What age range does SOUTHWEST MIDDLE SCHOOL serve?
SOUTHWEST MIDDLE SCHOOL serves students from grade 04 through grade 06.
What is the student-teacher ratio at SOUTHWEST MIDDLE SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at SOUTHWEST MIDDLE SCHOOL is approximately 18.4:1 (50 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at SOUTHWEST MIDDLE SCHOOL?
At SOUTHWEST MIDDLE SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 67% White, 9% Hispanic, 11% Black, 2% Asian, 10% Two or more.
Is SOUTHWEST MIDDLE SCHOOL public or private?
SOUTHWEST MIDDLE SCHOOL is a public K-12 school, overseen by SEARCY SCHOOL DISTRICT.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.