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SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WEST MEMPHIS SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 050804000532

WONDER JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL

1405 MADISON, WEST MEMPHIS, AR 72301 · (870) 735-8522 · Crittenden County
GRADES 07–09MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL511 STUDENTS
F
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Scored higher than 0% of Arkansas public middle schools
  • FTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
  • FBeats 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

Enrollment
511
Middle
DISTRICT 486 · STATE 464
Student : Teacher
11.3:1
45 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.1:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
511 students
DISTRICT 100% · STATE 70%
Community
5
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

GradeStudentsShare
Grade 715430%
Grade 817033%
Grade 918737%
Student demographics
7%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 32% · STATE 61% · US 70%
White
61%
DISTRICT 15% · STATE 57% · US 43%
Hispanic
61%
DISTRICT 2% · STATE 15% · US 30%
Black
49396%
DISTRICT 81% · STATE 19% · US 15%
Asian
10%
DISTRICT 0% · STATE 2% · US 6%
Two+
51%
DISTRICT 1% · STATE 5% · US 5%
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
Male
26452%
Female
24748%

School pathway

Students here typically continue to
WONDER JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL→THE ACADEMIES OF WEST MEMPHIS CHARTER SCHOOL
Based on grade levels within WEST MEMPHIS SCHOOL DISTRICT. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.

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Test scores

ATLAS 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3+4)
English Language Arts
8.0%
AR avg 34.9% . +1.1pp since 2023
Math
12.2%
AR avg 38.9% . +7.9pp since 2023

What this means: On the ATLAS, Arkansas's statewide test, about 8 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 12 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Arkansas schools, those numbers are about 35 and 39. Reading and writing scores are up about 1 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 8 points.

ATLAS results by year

School yearEnglish Language ArtsMath
2024-258.0%12.2%
2023-246.9%4.3%
% 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 · methodology
Tier
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of AR schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
7.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
22.7%
based on AR schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-15.5pp
below demographic expectation

What this means: About 7% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 23% typical for Arkansas schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.

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 WONDER JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL

WONDER JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL's state test result (7.2% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.

SchoolStudentsLow-incomeProficient
WONDER JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL this school511100.0%7.2%
PINE BLUFF JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL
PINE BLUFF
610100.0%8.1%
DUNBAR MAGNET MIDDLE SCHOOL
LITTLE ROCK
31599.0%7.5%
FORREST CITY JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL
FORREST CITY
270100.0%22.6%
CAMDEN FAIRVIEW MIDDLE SCHOOL
CAMDEN
42199.3%11.5%
WEST JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL
WEST MEMPHIS
461100.0%13.8%
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 WONDER JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL ranks

Among middle schools
MeasureThis schoolIn Arkansas
State test proficiency
ranked highest first
7.2%#205 of 207
Math proficiency
ranked highest first
12.2%#193 of 208
▲ 13
Reading proficiency
ranked highest first
8.0%#205 of 208
▲ 1
Enrollment
ranked largest first
511#87 of 217
Students per teacher
ranked fewest first
11.3:1#24 of 188
Diversity index
ranked most diverse first
6.9%#186 of 188
Free and reduced lunch
ranked highest share first
100%#20 of 210
Enrollment change since 2017-18
ranked fastest growth first
+30.4%#10 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 2024-25
Enrollment
511
+121 (+31%) vs 2020
+9% since 1990-91, when it was 470
Student : Teacher
11.3:1
was 10.3:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Enrollment and staffing by year

School yearStudentsTeachers (FTE)Students per teacherFree and reduced lunch
2024-2551145.211.3:1100% (511)
2023-2455249.411.2:1100% (552)
2022-2332032.59.9:1100% (320)
2020-213903810.3:1100% (390)
2017-1839244.38.8:135% (136)
2015-16424459.4:1100% (424)
2010-114833812.7:199% (480)
2000-015494312.8:177% (423)
1990-914703513.4:1N/A
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for WONDER JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL.

About WONDER JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL

WONDER JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL is a mid-sized middle-grades school with its address in WEST MEMPHIS, Arkansas. The school runs grades 7 through 9 and enrolls 511 students.

The 9 schools in WEST MEMPHIS SCHOOL DISTRICT enroll 4,511 students altogether, WONDER JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL among them.

Of every 100 students at WONDER JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL, about 96 are Black. For comparison, the population of Crittenden County is roughly 51% Black. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 7%.

For every teacher at WONDER JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL, there are about 11.3 students; the school has 45.2 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average for middle schools in Arkansas, 13.9:1, is higher. There are 511 students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, 100% of enrollment. The average for public schools in Crittenden County is 90%.

Among Arkansas public middle schools, WONDER JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL outscored 0%, which works out to an F on the allk12 Grade.

When test results are adjusted for free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, WONDER JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL ranks in the bottom 10% of Arkansas schools. It scores 7.2%; the prediction is 22.7%.

The school's county is Crittenden County. According to Census Bureau estimates, the median household earns about $55,358 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 17% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 16%. Public schools in Crittenden County number 19, with about 8,770 students.

Measured in a straight line, JACKSON WONDER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is about 0.8 miles from WONDER JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL. The five-mile area around WONDER JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL holds at least 8 other public schools. The nearest schools with test data average 16.0%, higher than WONDER JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL's 7.2%.

On the NCES locale scale, the school is Suburb: Large.

Enrollment figures show a rise of 121 students from 2020-21 to 2024-25. The school's ratio increased from 10.3:1 to 11.3:1 between 2020-21 and 2024-25.

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Crittenden County at a glance

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Population
47,266
Census ACS
Median income
$55,358
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
17%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
16%
Below federal line
Schools in county
19
8,770 students

Quick facts

School name
WONDER JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL
District
WEST MEMPHIS SCHOOL DISTRICT
Address
1405 MADISON, WEST MEMPHIS, AR 72301
Phone
(870) 735-8522
County
Crittenden County
Level
Middle
Grade range
07–09
Total enrollment
511
Teachers (FTE)
45
Student–teacher ratio
11.3:1
Free and reduced lunch
511 (100%)
Locale
21-Suburb: Large
NCES ID
050804000532
Charter school
No
Virtual school
No

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Frequently asked questions

About WONDER JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL
What is the total enrollment at WONDER JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL?
WONDER JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL enrolls approximately 511 students in grades 07-09.
What age range does WONDER JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL serve?
WONDER JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL serves students from grade 07 through grade 09.
How many students per teacher at WONDER JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL?
Approximately 11.3:1 students per teacher at WONDER JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL.
How diverse is WONDER JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL?
WONDER JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL reports a student body of 1% White, 1% Hispanic, 96% Black, 0% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Who oversees WONDER JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL?
WONDER JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL is overseen by WEST MEMPHIS SCHOOL DISTRICT in Crittenden County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.
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