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Enrollment
409
Middle
DISTRICT 373 · STATE 464
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WALDRON SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 051368001121
WALDRON MIDDLE SCHOOL
2075 RICE ST., WALDRON, AR 72958 · (479) 637-4549 · Scott County
GRADES 05–08MIDDLE43-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL409 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
13.2:1
31 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.2:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
71%
290 students
DISTRICT 73% · STATE 70%
Community
3
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. 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
WALDRON MIDDLE SCHOOL→WALDRON HIGH SCHOOL
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within WALDRON SCHOOL DISTRICT. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
ATLAS 2023-24 . % Proficient (Level 3+4)English Language Arts
20.4%
AR avg 33.9%
Math
27.7%
AR avg 36.5%
What this means: On the ATLAS, Arkansas's statewide test, about 20 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 28 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Arkansas schools, those numbers are about 34 and 36.
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
25.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
32.9%
based on AR schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-7.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 26% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 33% 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 →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
409
-57 (-12%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
13.2:1
was 11.9:1
% White
77%
was 77%
% Hispanic
15%
was 15%
% Black
1%
was 1%
% Asian
2%
was 3%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About WALDRON MIDDLE SCHOOL
WALDRON MIDDLE SCHOOL is a middle school of mid-tier scale in WALDRON, Arkansas, run under WALDRON SCHOOL DISTRICT, hosting 409 students in grades 5 through 8.
WALDRON SCHOOL DISTRICT comprises 4 schools with combined enrollment of 1,493 students; WALDRON MIDDLE SCHOOL is among them.
Looking at the student body, WALDRON MIDDLE SCHOOL records that White students make up the majority at 77%. The remainder breaks down as 15% Hispanic, 4% multiracial, 2% Asian.
Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 31 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.2:1 students per teacher. That tracks the state average closely. An estimated 71% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.
Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, WALDRON MIDDLE SCHOOL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 32.9%, the actual is 25.9%, a residual of -7.0 points.
In the area at large, community-level numbers for Scott County indicate median household earnings sit near $43,270, about 13% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 14%. Across Scott County's 7 public schools (combined enrollment of about 2,244 students), WALDRON MIDDLE SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.
Nearest neighbor: WALDRON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, around 0.1 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 3 other public schools cluster around WALDRON MIDDLE SCHOOL. On composite proficiency, WALDRON MIDDLE SCHOOL comes 6th of 7 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 32.0%.
The campus sits in a rural setting.
Trend over the last 7 years. WALDRON MIDDLE SCHOOL's enrollment has shrank 12% since 2018, when it stood at 466 (now 409). The student-to-teacher ratio grew from 11.9:1 in 2018 to 13.2:1 today.
On the community side, recent activity here tends to focus on open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
Scott County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
9,816
Census ACS
Median income
$43,270
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
13%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
14%
Below federal line
Schools in county
7
2,244 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in WALDRON SCHOOL DISTRICT
- WALDRON ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 648 students
- WALDRON HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 401 students
- ADVENTURE ONLINE ACADEMYCombined · 35 students
Other schools in WALDRON
- WALDRON ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 648 students
- WALDRON HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 401 students
- ADVENTURE ONLINE ACADEMYCombined · 35 students
Nearby schools
- WALDRON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.1 mi · 648
- WALDRON HIGH SCHOOL0.3 mi · 401
- ADVENTURE ONLINE ACADEMY0.9 mi · 35
- ARKANSAS CONSOLIDATED HIGH SCHOOL-MANSFIELD10.8 mi · 36
- MANSFIELD HIGH SCHOOL12.9 mi · 214
- MANSFIELD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL13.1 mi · 278
Frequently asked questions
About WALDRON MIDDLE SCHOOLHow large is WALDRON MIDDLE SCHOOL?
WALDRON MIDDLE SCHOOL enrolls approximately 409 students in grades 05-08.
What grades does WALDRON MIDDLE SCHOOL serve?
WALDRON MIDDLE SCHOOL serves grades 05-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at WALDRON MIDDLE SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at WALDRON MIDDLE SCHOOL is approximately 13.2:1 (31 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at WALDRON MIDDLE SCHOOL?
At WALDRON MIDDLE SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 77% White, 15% Hispanic, 1% Black, 2% Asian, 4% Two or more.
What district is WALDRON MIDDLE SCHOOL in?
WALDRON MIDDLE SCHOOL is part of WALDRON SCHOOL DISTRICT.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.