WHITE HALL MIDDLE SCHOOL

Located at 8106 DOLLARWAY ROAD, in WHITE HALL, Arkansas, WHITE HALL MIDDLE SCHOOL is a large middle-grades school that hosts 721 students (grades 6 through 8), one of the schools within WHITE HALL SCHOOL DISTRICT. That puts it 55% larger than the typical public school in Arkansas, which averages around 464 students.

WHITE HALL SCHOOL DISTRICT runs 6 schools in total, collectively educating 3,046 students. WHITE HALL MIDDLE SCHOOL is one of those campuses.

Demographically, WHITE HALL MIDDLE SCHOOL reports that 60% of the student body identifies as White. Other groups include 26% Black, 5% multiracial, 3% Hispanic, 3% Asian. That is considerably more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 37%.

On the resource side, WHITE HALL MIDDLE SCHOOL shows 48 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 14.9:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.9:1, putting WHITE HALL MIDDLE SCHOOL higher than the state norm the norm. About 60% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is south of Jefferson County's rate of about 77%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, WHITE HALL MIDDLE SCHOOL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 36.8%, the actual is 32.0%, a residual of -4.7 points.

Zooming out to the county, Jefferson County reports that median household earnings sit near $51,096, roughly 20% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 15% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Jefferson County's 28 public schools (combined enrollment of about 8,520 students), WHITE HALL MIDDLE SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: TAYLOR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, around 0.4 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 7 other public schools cluster around WHITE HALL MIDDLE SCHOOL. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts WHITE HALL MIDDLE SCHOOL at 4th of 9; the average score across the group is 22.0%.

The school occupies a town-center site.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count changed only slightly: 707 students in 2018 compared to 721 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share edged down from 71% to 60%. Class-load math has fell: from 16.2:1 in 2018 to 14.9:1 in 2025.

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