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What's something WHITE HALL MIDDLE SCHOOL does better than most schools?
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Enrollment
721
Middle
DISTRICT 508 · STATE 464
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WHITE HALL SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 051414001247
WHITE HALL MIDDLE SCHOOL
8106 DOLLARWAY ROAD, WHITE HALL, AR 71602 · (870) 247-2711 · Jefferson County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE32-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL721 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
14.9:1
48 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.2:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
60%
433 students
DISTRICT 61% · 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 6 | 241 | 33% |
| Grade 7 | 242 | 34% |
| Grade 8 | 238 | 33% |
Student demographics
56%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 57% · 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
WHITE HALL MIDDLE SCHOOL→WHITE HALL HIGH SCHOOL
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within WHITE HALL SCHOOL DISTRICT. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
ATLAS 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3+4)English Language Arts
28.7%
AR avg 34.9% . -1.0pp since 2023
Math
27.4%
AR avg 38.9% . -2.1pp since 2023
What this means: On the ATLAS, Arkansas's statewide test, about 29 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 27 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 1 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 2 points.
ATLAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 28.7% | 27.4% |
| 2023-24 | 29.7% | 29.5% |
% 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
31.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
37.5%
based on AR schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-5.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 32% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 38% 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 WHITE HALL MIDDLE SCHOOL
WHITE HALL MIDDLE SCHOOL's state test result (31.9% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| WHITE HALL MIDDLE SCHOOL this school | 721 | 60.1% | 31.9% |
| RAY PHYLLIS SIMON MIDDLE SCHOOL CONWAY | 459 | 58.4% | 42.1% |
| SOUTHWEST MIDDLE SCHOOL SEARCY | 913 | 52.5% | 50.2% |
| GOZA MIDDLE SCHOOL ARKADELPHIA | 560 | 59.1% | 32.5% |
| WYNNE JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL WYNNE | 561 | 67.4% | 32.1% |
| CROSSETT MIDDLE SCHOOL CROSSETT | 445 | 64.0% | 18.5% |
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 WHITE HALL MIDDLE SCHOOL ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Arkansas |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 31.9% | #135 of 207 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 27.4% | #158 of 208 ▼ 22 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 28.7% | #137 of 208 ▼ 9 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 721 | #32 of 217 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.9:1 | #125 of 188 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 56.3% | #59 of 188 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 60.1% | #120 of 210 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +2.0% | #56 of 61 |
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
721
-18 (-2%) vs 2020
+41% since 1990-91, when it was 513
Student : Teacher
14.9:1
was 18.5:1
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 | 721 | 48.2 | 14.9:1 | 60% (433) |
| 2023-24 | 693 | 47.1 | 14.7:1 | 54% (372) |
| 2022-23 | 703 | 39.5 | 17.8:1 | 54% (378) |
| 2020-21 | 739 | 40 | 18.5:1 | 55% (410) |
| 2017-18 | 707 | 43.6 | 16.2:1 | 24% (170) |
| 2015-16 | 673 | 43 | 15.7:1 | 46% (308) |
| 2010-11 | 607 | 43 | 14.1:1 | 33% (203) |
| 2000-01 | 580 | 35 | 16.6:1 | 17% (96) |
| 1990-91 | 513 | 29 | 17.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for WHITE HALL MIDDLE SCHOOL.
About WHITE HALL MIDDLE SCHOOL
WHITE HALL MIDDLE SCHOOL is a middle-grades school in WHITE HALL, Arkansas, and it is part of WHITE HALL SCHOOL DISTRICT. Its enrollment is 721 students, spread over grades 6 through 8. On average, middle schools in Arkansas enroll around 464, and this school is 55% larger than that mark.
Federal data list 6 schools in WHITE HALL SCHOOL DISTRICT, with 3,046 students enrolled.
About 60% of the student body at WHITE HALL MIDDLE SCHOOL is White. Other groups include 26% Black, 5% multiracial, 3% Hispanic, and 3% Asian. By comparison, Jefferson County residents are about 37% White. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 56, compared with 70 nationally.
The school's 48.2 full-time-equivalent teachers translate to a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.9:1. Middle schools in Arkansas have an average ratio of 13.9:1. At WHITE HALL MIDDLE SCHOOL, 60% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25. For comparison, public schools in Jefferson County average 77%.
In Arkansas, WHITE HALL MIDDLE SCHOOL is in the middle band of BeatsExpectations: 31.9% actual against a predicted 37.5%.
In the surrounding county, Jefferson County, the median household earns about $51,096 a year, 20% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 15% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Counting WHITE HALL MIDDLE SCHOOL, Jefferson County has 28 public schools.
WHITE HALL MIDDLE SCHOOL is about 0.4 miles from TAYLOR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, its nearest public school. Around the school, 7 other public schools are within five miles. On proficiency, WHITE HALL MIDDLE SCHOOL is ahead of the 22.1% nearby average, ranking 4th of 9.
The school is in a town some distance from an urbanized area, according to its NCES locale (Town: Distant).
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment held near 721, starting from 739. There were fewer students per teacher in 2024-25 (14.9:1) than in 2020-21 (18.5:1).
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Jefferson County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
64,802
Census ACS
Median income
$51,096
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
20%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
15%
Below federal line
Schools in county
28
8,520 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in WHITE HALL SCHOOL DISTRICT
- WHITE HALL HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 954 students
- MOODY ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 408 students
- TAYLOR ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 373 students
- GANDY ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 366 students
- HARDIN ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 224 students
Other schools in WHITE HALL
- WHITE HALL HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 954 students
- MOODY ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 408 students
- TAYLOR ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 373 students
- GANDY ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 366 students
Nearby schools
- TAYLOR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.4 mi · 373
- GANDY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.2 mi · 366
- MOODY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.2 mi · 408
- WHITE HALL HIGH SCHOOL1.3 mi · 954
- MATTHEWS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL3.3 mi · 367
- PINE BLUFF JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL4.2 mi · 610
Frequently asked questions
About WHITE HALL MIDDLE SCHOOLHow many students attend WHITE HALL MIDDLE SCHOOL?
WHITE HALL MIDDLE SCHOOL enrolls approximately 721 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does WHITE HALL MIDDLE SCHOOL serve?
WHITE HALL MIDDLE SCHOOL serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at WHITE HALL MIDDLE SCHOOL?
Approximately 14.9:1 students per teacher at WHITE HALL MIDDLE SCHOOL.
What is the student diversity at WHITE HALL MIDDLE SCHOOL?
Student demographics at WHITE HALL MIDDLE SCHOOL are roughly 60% White, 3% Hispanic, 26% Black, 3% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Is WHITE HALL MIDDLE SCHOOL public or private?
WHITE HALL MIDDLE SCHOOL is a public K-12 school, overseen by WHITE HALL SCHOOL DISTRICT.
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