WILSON INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL

WILSON INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL is one of the close-knit middle schools in MALVERN, Arkansas, overseen by MALVERN SCHOOL DISTRICT, with 272 students on its rolls from grades 5 through 6. That puts it 41% leaner than the typical public school in Arkansas, which averages around 464 students.

MALVERN SCHOOL DISTRICT comprises 4 schools with combined enrollment of 1,876 students; WILSON INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL is among them.

Looking at the student body, WILSON INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL shows that the most-represented group is White (47%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Other groups include 25% Black, 15% multiracial, 12% Hispanic. By comparison, Hot Spring County as a whole is about 82% White, so the school skews considerably less White than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school employs 16 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 17.1:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.9:1, putting WILSON INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL higher than the state norm the norm. Around 78% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Hot Spring County (around 64%), the school's rate is north of typical.

With demographic context factored in, WILSON INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 30.2%, the actual is 21.7%, a residual of -8.4 points.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Hot Spring County) shows that the typical household earns roughly $55,405 per year, about 18% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. In all, Hot Spring County runs 15 public schools (combined enrollment of about 5,410 students), of which WILSON INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL is one.

MALVERN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.0 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 5 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts WILSON INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL at 8th of 9; the average score across the group is 29.1%.

Geographically, the school is in a town-based area.

Five-year trend. WILSON INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL's enrollment has decreased 21% since 2018, when it stood at 345 (now 272). White enrollment moved from 54% to 47% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio widened from 13.5:1 in 2018 to 17.1:1 today.

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