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What's the most underrated thing about WASHINGTON JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL that outsiders don't know?
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Enrollment
709
Middle
DISTRICT 672 · STATE 464
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BENTONVILLE SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 050306000074
WASHINGTON JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL
1501 NE WILDCAT WAY, BENTONVILLE, AR 72712 · (479) 254-5345 · Benton County
GRADES 07–08MIDDLE13-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL709 STUDENTS
A+
allk12 Grade
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.
- ABeats 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
15.7:1
45 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.0:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
21%
150 students
DISTRICT 20% · 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 7 | 351 | 50% |
| Grade 8 | 358 | 50% |
Student demographics
38%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
Test scores
ATLAS 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3+4)English Language Arts
58.1%
AR avg 34.9% . -2.2pp since 2023
Math
65.9%
AR avg 38.9% . -2.6pp since 2023
What this means: On the ATLAS, Arkansas's statewide test, about 58 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 66 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 2 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 3 points.
ATLAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 58.1% | 65.9% |
| 2023-24 | 60.3% | 68.5% |
% 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
65.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
52.0%
based on AR schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+13.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 66% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 52% 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 WASHINGTON JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL
WASHINGTON JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL's state test result (65.8% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| WASHINGTON JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL this school | 709 | 21.2% | 65.8% |
| OLD HIGH MIDDLE SCHOOL BENTONVILLE | 618 | 17.2% | 63.7% |
| MCNAIR MIDDLE SCHOOL FAYETTEVILLE | 670 | 21.5% | 65.5% |
| WOODLAND JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL FAYETTEVILLE | 765 | 29.8% | 62.4% |
| FARMINGTON JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL FARMINGTON | 680 | 29.0% | 47.0% |
| BROOKLAND JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL BROOKLAND | 701 | 27.8% | 32.7% |
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 WASHINGTON JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Arkansas | In Benton County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 65.8% | #4 of 207 | #4 of 20 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 65.9% | #5 of 208 ▼ 1 | #4 of 20 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 58.1% | #7 of 208 ▼ 2 | #6 of 20 ▼ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 709 | #36 of 217 | #8 of 22 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.7:1 | #144 of 188 | #11 of 19 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 37.9% | #116 of 188 | #15 of 19 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 21.2% | #205 of 210 | #15 of 20 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -3.9% | #101 of 114 | #8 of 8 |
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
709
+1 (+0%) vs 2020
+19% since 1990-91, when it was 596
Student : Teacher
15.7:1
was 15.1:1
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 | 709 | 45.1 | 15.7:1 | 21% (150) |
| 2023-24 | 681 | 45.8 | 14.9:1 | 22% (148) |
| 2022-23 | 693 | 49.2 | 14.1:1 | 25% (171) |
| 2020-21 | 708 | 47 | 15.1:1 | 18% (128) |
| 2017-18 | 738 | 59.9 | 12.3:1 | 17% (124) |
| 2015-16 | 728 | 63 | 11.6:1 | 29% (208) |
| 2010-11 | 1,011 | 70 | 14.4:1 | 24% (242) |
| 2000-01 | 739 | 59 | 12.5:1 | 19% (144) |
| 1990-91 | 596 | 31 | 19.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for WASHINGTON JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL.
About WASHINGTON JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL
WASHINGTON JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL is a large middle-grades school in BENTONVILLE, Arkansas, (ZIP code 72712). Grades offered run from 7 through 8, with 709 students enrolled. The average among middle schools in Arkansas is roughly 464 students; this school is 53% larger than that.
BENTONVILLE SCHOOL DISTRICT (24 schools, 19,575 students) runs WASHINGTON JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL.
At WASHINGTON JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL, White students make up 78% of the student body. The remaining shares are 12% Hispanic and 5% multiracial. Benton County as a whole is about 60% White, so the school's share is higher. WASHINGTON JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL's diversity index is 38%, against a US figure of 70%.
The school reports 45.1 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to about 15.7 students per teacher. The school has more students per teacher than the 13.9:1 average for middle schools in Arkansas. The free or reduced-price lunch share, often used to gauge student poverty, is 21%. The average for public schools in Benton County is 37%.
WASHINGTON JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL is graded A+ by allk12, scoring above 97% of Arkansas public middle schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
After adjusting for student poverty, WASHINGTON JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL lands between the top and bottom 10% of Arkansas schools. Its average proficiency rate on state tests is 65.8%; the prediction is 52.0%.
Among Benton County residents, the median household income is $93,506, about 38% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 5%. Besides WASHINGTON JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL, Benton County has 87 other public schools.
Of nearby public schools, APPLE GLEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the closest, at about 0.2 miles. WASHINGTON JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. WASHINGTON JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL comes in 3rd of 8 nearby schools on average proficiency.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is City: Small: inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.
Enrollment was essentially flat over 4 years: 708 in 2020-21, 709 in 2024-25.
Parents and students can post about sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater at WASHINGTON JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Benton County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
303,632
Census ACS
Median income
$93,506
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
38%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
88
57,071 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in BENTONVILLE SCHOOL DISTRICT
- BENTONVILLE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,579 students
- BENTONVILLE WEST HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,661 students
- GRIMSLEY JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOLMiddle · 846 students
- CENTERTON GAMBLE ELEMENTARYElementary · 725 students
- LINCOLN JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOLMiddle · 723 students
- J. WILLIAM FULBRIGHT JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOLMiddle · 718 students
Other schools in BENTONVILLE
- ARKANSAS CONNECTIONS ACADEMY HIGHCombined · 4,575 students
- BENTONVILLE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,579 students
- BENTONVILLE WEST HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,661 students
- GRIMSLEY JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOLMiddle · 846 students
- LINCOLN JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOLMiddle · 723 students
- J. WILLIAM FULBRIGHT JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOLMiddle · 718 students
Other Washington Junior High schools
6 other US public schools in 5 states are named Washington Junior High. WASHINGTON JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL is the largest of the 7.
- Washington Jr High SchoolNaperville, IL · 551 students
- Washington Jr High SchoolRock Island, IL · 529 students
- Washington Junior High SchoolToledo, OH · 504 students
- Washington Junior High SchoolWashington, IN · 357 students
- Washington Junior High SchoolWashington, PA · 205 students
Nearby schools
- APPLE GLEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.2 mi · 497
- R.E. BAKER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.1 mi · 309
- OLD HIGH MIDDLE SCHOOL1.2 mi · 618
- ARKANSAS CONNECTIONS ACADEMY HIGH1.3 mi · 4,575
- THE INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL AT MARY MAE JONES1.4 mi · 567
- BENTONVILLE HIGH SCHOOL1.5 mi · 3,579
Frequently asked questions
About WASHINGTON JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOLHow many students attend WASHINGTON JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL?
WASHINGTON JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL enrolls approximately 709 students in grades 07-08.
Is WASHINGTON JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
WASHINGTON JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL is a middle school covering grades 07-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at WASHINGTON JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at WASHINGTON JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL is approximately 15.7:1 (45 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at WASHINGTON JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL?
At WASHINGTON JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 78% White, 12% Hispanic, 1% Black, 2% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Who oversees WASHINGTON JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL?
WASHINGTON JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL is overseen by BENTONVILLE SCHOOL DISTRICT in Benton County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.