Enrollment
253
Middle
DISTRICT 262 · STATE 464
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·VALLEY SPRINGS SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 051335000678
VALLEY SPRINGS MIDDLE SCHOOL
7349 SCHOOL STR, VALLEY SPRINGS, AR 72682 · (870) 302-3061 · Boone County
GRADES 05–08MIDDLE42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL253 STUDENTS
A+
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Scored higher than 97% 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
13.0:1
19 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.3:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
47%
119 students
DISTRICT 52% · STATE 70%
Community
0
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 | 62 | 25% |
| Grade 6 | 68 | 27% |
| Grade 7 | 65 | 26% |
| Grade 8 | 58 | 23% |
Student demographics
7%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 10% · 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
VALLEY SPRINGS MIDDLE SCHOOL→VALLEY SPRINGS HIGH SCHOOL
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ATLAS 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3+4)English Language Arts
51.5%
AR avg 34.9% . -3.3pp since 2023
Math
62.6%
AR avg 38.9% . +3.1pp since 2023
What this means: On the ATLAS, Arkansas's statewide test, about 52 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 63 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 3 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 3 points.
ATLAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 51.5% | 62.6% |
| 2023-24 | 54.8% | 59.5% |
% 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of AR schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
59.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
42.3%
based on AR schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+17.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 59% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 42% typical for Arkansas schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 17 points, placing it in Arkansas's top 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 VALLEY SPRINGS MIDDLE SCHOOL
VALLEY SPRINGS MIDDLE SCHOOL's state test result (59.4% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| VALLEY SPRINGS MIDDLE SCHOOL this school | 253 | 47.0% | 59.4% |
| WEST FORK MIDDLE SCHOOL WEST FORK | 223 | 45.7% | 31.3% |
| QUITMAN MIDDLE SCHOOL QUITMAN | 210 | 54.8% | 42.3% |
| GARY E. COBB MIDDLE SCHOOL TEXARKANA | 303 | 38.3% | 53.2% |
| LAVACA MIDDLE SCHOOL LAVACA | 234 | 53.8% | 38.0% |
| OZARK MIDDLE SCHOOL ALTUS | 266 | 55.6% | 30.5% |
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 VALLEY SPRINGS MIDDLE SCHOOL ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Arkansas |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 59.4% | #9 of 207 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 62.6% | #11 of 208 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 51.5% | #14 of 208 ▼ 6 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 253 | #171 of 217 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.0:1 | #61 of 188 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 7.0% | #185 of 188 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 47.0% | #164 of 210 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -8.3% | #79 of 114 |
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
253
+23 (+10%) vs 2020
-17% since 2010-11, when it was 305
Student : Teacher
13.0:1
was 10.9:1
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 | 253 | 19.5 | 13.0:1 | 47% (119) |
| 2023-24 | 246 | 20.8 | 11.8:1 | 49% (121) |
| 2022-23 | 235 | 21.8 | 10.8:1 | 44% (103) |
| 2020-21 | 230 | 21 | 10.9:1 | 45% (104) |
| 2017-18 | 276 | 24.5 | 11.3:1 | 21% (57) |
| 2015-16 | 285 | 22 | 12.9:1 | 47% (133) |
| 2010-11 | 305 | 25 | 12.2:1 | 52% (158) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for VALLEY SPRINGS MIDDLE SCHOOL.
About VALLEY SPRINGS MIDDLE SCHOOL
This page covers VALLEY SPRINGS MIDDLE SCHOOL, a low-enrollment middle school in VALLEY SPRINGS, Arkansas. Enrollment totals 253 students across grades 5 through 8. On average, middle schools in Arkansas enroll around 464, and this school is 45% below that mark.
VALLEY SPRINGS SCHOOL DISTRICT has 787 students in 3 schools, and VALLEY SPRINGS MIDDLE SCHOOL is one of those schools.
The share of students at VALLEY SPRINGS MIDDLE SCHOOL who are White is 96%. Boone County residents are about 94% White, a similar share. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 7%.
The school had 19.5 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25. Its student-to-teacher ratio is 13.0:1. Across middle schools in Arkansas, the average ratio is 13.9:1. The eligibility rate for free or reduced-price meals is 47%. Compared with the 62% average for public schools in Boone County, the school's rate is lower.
VALLEY SPRINGS MIDDLE SCHOOL earns an A+ on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 97% of Arkansas public middle schools.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, VALLEY SPRINGS MIDDLE SCHOOL would score about 42.3%. It scores 59.4%, a top-10% result among Arkansas schools on BeatsExpectations.
The school's county is Boone County. According to Census Bureau estimates, the median household earns about $55,143 a year, roughly 17% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 8%. VALLEY SPRINGS MIDDLE SCHOOL shares Boone County with 17 other public schools.
VALLEY SPRINGS HIGH SCHOOL is less than a tenth of a mile away, making it the nearest public school. Other public schools within five miles number 4. On average proficiency, VALLEY SPRINGS MIDDLE SCHOOL is 1st of 7 nearby schools with test data.
Locale data from NCES put VALLEY SPRINGS MIDDLE SCHOOL in rural territory some distance from an urban area (Rural: Distant).
Federal enrollment counts rose from 230 (2020-21) to 253 (2024-25). In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 10.9:1; by 2024-25 it was 13.0:1.
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Boone County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
38,138
Census ACS
Median income
$55,143
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
17%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
18
5,818 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in VALLEY SPRINGS SCHOOL DISTRICT
- VALLEY SPRINGS ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 315 students
- VALLEY SPRINGS HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 219 students
Other schools in VALLEY SPRINGS
- VALLEY SPRINGS ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 315 students
- VALLEY SPRINGS HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 219 students
Other Valley Springs Middle schools
One other US public school is named Valley Springs Middle. VALLEY SPRINGS MIDDLE SCHOOL is the 2nd largest of the 2.
- Valley Springs MiddleArden, NC · 654 students
Nearby schools
- VALLEY SPRINGS HIGH SCHOOL0.0 mi · 219
- VALLEY SPRINGS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.0 mi · 315
- WESTERN GROVE ELEMENTARY4.6 mi · 153
- OZARK MOUNTAIN HIGH SCHOOL4.6 mi · 225
- HARRISON KINDERGARTEN8.1 mi · 177
- BRUNO-PYATT ELEMENTARY8.2 mi · 28
Frequently asked questions
About VALLEY SPRINGS MIDDLE SCHOOLHow many students attend VALLEY SPRINGS MIDDLE SCHOOL?
VALLEY SPRINGS MIDDLE SCHOOL enrolls approximately 253 students in grades 05-08.
Is VALLEY SPRINGS MIDDLE SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
VALLEY SPRINGS MIDDLE SCHOOL is a middle school covering grades 05-08.
How many students per teacher at VALLEY SPRINGS MIDDLE SCHOOL?
Approximately 13.0:1 students per teacher at VALLEY SPRINGS MIDDLE SCHOOL.
What is the racial breakdown of students at VALLEY SPRINGS MIDDLE SCHOOL?
At VALLEY SPRINGS MIDDLE SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 96% White, 2% Hispanic, 0% Black, 0% Asian, 1% Two or more.
What district is VALLEY SPRINGS MIDDLE SCHOOL in?
VALLEY SPRINGS MIDDLE SCHOOL is part of VALLEY SPRINGS SCHOOL DISTRICT.
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