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Enrollment
581
Middle
DISTRICT 561 · STATE 464
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·EL DORADO SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 050568000281
WASHINGTON MIDDLE SCHOOL
601 MLK JR. BLVD, EL DORADO, AR 71730 · (870) 864-5032 · Union County
GRADES 05–06MIDDLE33-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL581 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 26% of Arkansas public middle schools
- CTest 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
13.3:1
44 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.6:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
67%
390 students
DISTRICT 74% · 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 | 285 | 49% |
| Grade 6 | 296 | 51% |
Student demographics
63%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 64% · 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
32.9%
AR avg 34.9% . -0.6pp since 2023
Math
23.5%
AR avg 38.9% . -1.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the ATLAS, Arkansas's statewide test, about 33 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 24 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 1 points.
ATLAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 32.9% | 23.5% |
| 2023-24 | 33.5% | 24.8% |
% 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
31.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
34.9%
based on AR schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-3.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 31% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 35% 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 MIDDLE SCHOOL
WASHINGTON MIDDLE SCHOOL's state test result (31.2% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| WASHINGTON MIDDLE SCHOOL this school | 581 | 67.1% | 31.2% |
| BARTON JR. HIGH SCHOOL EL DORADO | 540 | 65.4% | 39.4% |
| NETTLETON JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL JONESBORO | 566 | 74.0% | 24.5% |
| GOZA MIDDLE SCHOOL ARKADELPHIA | 560 | 59.1% | 32.5% |
| PULASKI HEIGHTS MIDDLE SCHOOL LITTLE ROCK | 585 | 59.0% | 32.8% |
| MAUMELLE MIDDLE SCHOOL MAUMELLE | 498 | 58.8% | 18.7% |
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 MIDDLE SCHOOL ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Arkansas |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 31.2% | #139 of 207 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 23.5% | #169 of 208 ▼ 10 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 32.9% | #106 of 208 ▼ 5 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 581 | #64 of 217 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.3:1 | #70 of 188 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 63.0% | #31 of 188 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 67.1% | #93 of 210 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -13.3% | #55 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
581
-48 (-8%) vs 2020
-6% since 1990-91, when it was 615
Student : Teacher
13.3:1
was 13.7:1
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 | 581 | 43.5 | 13.3:1 | 67% (390) |
| 2023-24 | 586 | 41.1 | 14.3:1 | 100% (585) |
| 2022-23 | 536 | 49.5 | 10.8:1 | 100% (535) |
| 2020-21 | 629 | 46 | 13.7:1 | 100% (629) |
| 2017-18 | 670 | 51.1 | 13.1:1 | 29% (193) |
| 2015-16 | 720 | 50 | 14.4:1 | 67% (480) |
| 2010-11 | 698 | 47 | 14.8:1 | 62% (436) |
| 2000-01 | 559 | 49 | 11.4:1 | 53% (297) |
| 1990-91 | 615 | 39 | 15.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for WASHINGTON MIDDLE SCHOOL.
About WASHINGTON MIDDLE SCHOOL
WASHINGTON MIDDLE SCHOOL is a medium-sized middle school in EL DORADO, Arkansas, one of the schools in EL DORADO SCHOOL DISTRICT. A federal count lists 581 students at the school, in grades 5 through 6. An average school in this group (middle schools in Arkansas) has about 464 students.
EL DORADO SCHOOL DISTRICT enrolls 3,921 students, and its 6 schools include WASHINGTON MIDDLE SCHOOL.
WASHINGTON MIDDLE SCHOOL has no majority group; Black students are the largest, at 48%. Other students are 36% White, 12% Hispanic, and 4% multiracial. By comparison, Union County residents are about 32% Black. The school's diversity index is 63%, meaning two students picked at random have a 63% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
Federal data list 43.5 full-time-equivalent teachers at WASHINGTON MIDDLE SCHOOL in 2024-25, for a ratio of 13.3:1. For comparison, middle schools in Arkansas average 13.9:1. The lunch program counts 67% of students at WASHINGTON MIDDLE SCHOOL as eligible for free or reduced-price meals.
Measured against Arkansas public middle schools, WASHINGTON MIDDLE SCHOOL receives a C. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
After adjusting for student poverty, WASHINGTON MIDDLE SCHOOL lands between the top and bottom 10% of Arkansas schools. Its average proficiency rate on state tests is 31.2%; the prediction is 34.9%.
Within Union County, the median household income is $55,259, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 19% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 15%. In all, Union County has 15 public schools and roughly 6,933 students.
Nearby, HUGH GOODWIN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is about 1.3 miles away. Within five miles of WASHINGTON MIDDLE SCHOOL, there are 5 other public schools. On average proficiency, WASHINGTON MIDDLE SCHOOL is 5th of 6 nearby schools with test data.
The NCES locale for WASHINGTON MIDDLE SCHOOL is Town: Remote, which covers schools in a town far from an urbanized area.
WASHINGTON MIDDLE SCHOOL's enrollment declined from 629 in 2020-21 to 581 in 2024-25.
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Union County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
37,900
Census ACS
Median income
$55,259
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
19%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
15%
Below federal line
Schools in county
15
6,933 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in EL DORADO SCHOOL DISTRICT
- EL DORADO HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,235 students
- YOCUM ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 580 students
- BARTON JR. HIGH SCHOOLMiddle · 540 students
- HUGH GOODWIN ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 508 students
- NORTHWEST ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 477 students
Other schools in EL DORADO
- EL DORADO HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,235 students
- YOCUM ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 580 students
- BARTON JR. HIGH SCHOOLMiddle · 540 students
- HUGH GOODWIN ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 508 students
- PARKERS CHAPEL ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 491 students
- NORTHWEST ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 477 students
Other Washington Middle schools
30 other US public schools in 17 states are named Washington Middle. WASHINGTON MIDDLE SCHOOL is the 11th largest of the 31.
- Washington MiddleSalinas, CA · 1,082 students
- Washington MiddleLong Beach, CA · 849 students
- Washington Middle SchoolYakima, WA · 748 students
- Washington Middle SchoolOLYMPIA, WA · 702 students
- Washington Middle SchoolAurora, IL · 690 students
Nearby schools
- HUGH GOODWIN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.3 mi · 508
- BARTON JR. HIGH SCHOOL1.3 mi · 540
- YOCUM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.6 mi · 580
- NORTHWEST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.2 mi · 477
- EL DORADO HIGH SCHOOL2.7 mi · 1,235
- PARKERS CHAPEL HIGH SCHOOL5.0 mi · 356
Frequently asked questions
About WASHINGTON MIDDLE SCHOOLHow large is WASHINGTON MIDDLE SCHOOL?
WASHINGTON MIDDLE SCHOOL enrolls approximately 581 students in grades 05-06.
What age range does WASHINGTON MIDDLE SCHOOL serve?
WASHINGTON MIDDLE SCHOOL serves students from grade 05 through grade 06.
What is the student-teacher ratio at WASHINGTON MIDDLE SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at WASHINGTON MIDDLE SCHOOL is approximately 13.3:1 (44 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at WASHINGTON MIDDLE SCHOOL?
At WASHINGTON MIDDLE SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 36% White, 12% Hispanic, 48% Black, 1% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Is WASHINGTON MIDDLE SCHOOL public or private?
WASHINGTON MIDDLE SCHOOL is a public K-12 school, overseen by EL DORADO SCHOOL DISTRICT.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.