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What's the one class at WALDRON MIDDLE SCHOOL every student should take?
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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
C-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 15% of Arkansas public middle schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-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
13.2:1
31 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.2:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
71%
290 students
DISTRICT 73% · 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 5 | 94 | 23% |
| Grade 6 | 88 | 22% |
| Grade 7 | 111 | 27% |
| Grade 8 | 116 | 28% |
Student demographics
39%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 40% · 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
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 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3+4)English Language Arts
21.3%
AR avg 34.9% . +0.9pp since 2023
Math
24.9%
AR avg 38.9% . -2.8pp since 2023
What this means: On the ATLAS, Arkansas's statewide test, about 21 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 25 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Arkansas schools, those numbers are about 35 and 39. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2023, while math scores are down about 3 points.
ATLAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 21.3% | 24.9% |
| 2023-24 | 20.4% | 27.7% |
% 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
26.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
33.5%
based on AR schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-7.4pp
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 →
Schools most like WALDRON MIDDLE SCHOOL
WALDRON MIDDLE SCHOOL's state test result (26.1% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| WALDRON MIDDLE SCHOOL this school | 409 | 70.9% | 26.1% |
| HUNTSVILLE MIDDLE SCHOOL HUNTSVILLE | 470 | 68.3% | 31.7% |
| LINCOLN MIDDLE SCHOOL LINCOLN | 401 | 74.8% | 33.7% |
| LAKE HAMILTON MIDDLE SCHOOL PEARCY | 633 | 66.5% | 40.0% |
| MENA MIDDLE SCHOOL MENA | 393 | 63.1% | 42.5% |
| POCAHONTAS UPPER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL POCAHONTAS | 402 | 74.4% | 28.0% |
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 WALDRON MIDDLE SCHOOL ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Arkansas |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 26.1% | #165 of 207 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 24.9% | #166 of 208 ▼ 22 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 21.3% | #171 of 208 ▲ 8 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 409 | #121 of 217 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.2:1 | #67 of 188 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 38.8% | #112 of 188 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 70.9% | #80 of 210 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -12.2% | #62 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
409
-29 (-7%) vs 2020
-13% since 1990-91, when it was 470
Student : Teacher
13.2:1
was 11.8:1
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 | 409 | 30.9 | 13.2:1 | 71% (290) |
| 2023-24 | 444 | 30.3 | 14.7:1 | 73% (326) |
| 2022-23 | 464 | 33.2 | 14.0:1 | 75% (347) |
| 2020-21 | 438 | 37 | 11.8:1 | 80% (349) |
| 2017-18 | 466 | 39.3 | 11.9:1 | 37% (171) |
| 2015-16 | 437 | 37 | 11.8:1 | 71% (309) |
| 2010-11 | 494 | 38 | 13.0:1 | 73% (363) |
| 2000-01 | 560 | 37 | 15.1:1 | 49% (276) |
| 1990-91 | 470 | 28 | 16.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for WALDRON MIDDLE SCHOOL.
About WALDRON MIDDLE SCHOOL
WALDRON MIDDLE SCHOOL is a middle-grades school located in WALDRON, Arkansas, in Scott County. It serves 409 students in grades 5 through 8.
WALDRON SCHOOL DISTRICT counts 1,493 students in its 4 schools, and WALDRON MIDDLE SCHOOL is one of them.
At 77%, White students outnumber all other groups at WALDRON MIDDLE SCHOOL combined. The school is also 15% Hispanic, 4% multiracial, and 2% Asian. WALDRON MIDDLE SCHOOL has a diversity index of 39%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
WALDRON MIDDLE SCHOOL's 30.9 full-time-equivalent teachers put its ratio at 13.2:1. Middle schools in Arkansas average about 13.9:1, a similar figure. The school's rate of free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 71%. That is close to the 70% average for public schools in Scott County.
The allk12 Grade for WALDRON MIDDLE SCHOOL is C-. Compared with Arkansas public middle schools, the school scored higher than 15% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, WALDRON MIDDLE SCHOOL would score about 33.5%. It scores 26.1%, 7.4 points below that figure.
Within Scott County, median household income is about $43,270, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 13%, and roughly 14% of residents are in poverty. The public schools of Scott County number 7 and enroll about 2,244.
The nearest other public school, WALDRON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, is about 0.1 miles away. In all, 3 other public schools sit within five miles of WALDRON MIDDLE SCHOOL. WALDRON MIDDLE SCHOOL places 6th of 9 on proficiency among the closest schools that report scores.
The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as Rural: Remote, meaning it is in rural territory far from an urban area.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, WALDRON MIDDLE SCHOOL went from 438 students to 409. The student-to-teacher ratio went up from 11.8:1 to 13.2:1.
Topics for discussion here include school safety, transportation, and start times. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
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.
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