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TRUMANN MIDDLE SCHOOL
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Test scores
ATLAS 2023-24 . % Proficient (Level 3+4)What this means: On the ATLAS, Arkansas's statewide test, about 22 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 29 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Arkansas schools, those numbers are about 34 and 36.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 26% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 22% 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%.
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About TRUMANN MIDDLE SCHOOL
TRUMANN MIDDLE SCHOOL is a moderately sized intermediate school in TRUMANN, Arkansas, operated by TRUMANN SCHOOL DISTRICT. The school instructs 418 students in grades 4 through 7.
TRUMANN SCHOOL DISTRICT runs 4 schools in total, collectively educating 1,507 students. TRUMANN MIDDLE SCHOOL is one of those campuses.
In terms of who attends, TRUMANN MIDDLE SCHOOL reports that 71% of the student body identifies as White; the rest consists of 10% Black, 10% Hispanic, 8% multiracial. By comparison, Poinsett County as a whole is about 85% White, so the school skews meaningfully less White than its surroundings.
Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, TRUMANN MIDDLE SCHOOL has 27 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 15.5:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 13.9:1 average. About 100% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is north of Poinsett County's rate of about 91%.
On a demographically-adjusted basis, TRUMANN MIDDLE SCHOOL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 22.3%, the actual is 25.5%, a residual of +3.2 points.
Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Poinsett County put median household income runs about $46,707, roughly 11% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 14% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Poinsett County runs 13 public schools (combined enrollment of about 3,732 students), of which TRUMANN MIDDLE SCHOOL is one.
The closest other public school is TRUMANN PREK AND PARENT CENTER, roughly 0.3 miles away. Within five miles, there are 3 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts TRUMANN MIDDLE SCHOOL at 4th of 7; the average score across the group is 29.1%.
The campus sits in a town-based setting.
Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 15%: 494 students in 2018 compared to 418 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share decreased from 78% to 71%. Class-load math has widened: from 13.3:1 in 2018 to 15.5:1 in 2025.
On this page, members of the TRUMANN 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.
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