WEST JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL

WEST JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL is a middle-grades school of moderately sized scale in WEST MEMPHIS, Arkansas, part of WEST MEMPHIS SCHOOL DISTRICT, enrolling 461 students in grades 7 through 9.

WEST MEMPHIS SCHOOL DISTRICT runs 9 schools in total, collectively educating 4,511 students. WEST JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, WEST JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL shows that Black students make up the majority at 70%. The remainder comes out to 26% White, 3% Hispanic. That is visibly more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 51%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, WEST JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL has 42 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 10.9:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 13.9:1 average. Roughly 100% of students at WEST JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Crittenden County runs at roughly 90%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, WEST JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 22.3% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 13.4%.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Crittenden County indicate median household earnings sit near $55,358, about 17% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 16%. WEST JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL is one of 19 public schools in Crittenden County (combined enrollment of about 8,770 students).

Nearest neighbor: BRAGG ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, around 0.1 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around WEST JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), WEST JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL ranks 4th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 14.8%.

The school occupies a bedroom-community site.

Looking at the recent track record. WEST JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL's enrollment has remained close to its prior level since 2018, when it stood at 466 (now 461). Over the same period, the Black share edged up from 42% to 70%. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 12.3:1 in 2018 to 10.9:1 today.

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