Enrollment
287
Middle
DISTRICT 347 · STATE 464
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·YELLVILLE SUMMIT SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 051449005136
YELLVILLE-SUMMIT MIDDLE SCHOOL
1124 N PANTHER AVE, YELLVILLE, AR 72687 · (870) 449-6533 · Marion County
GRADES 05–08MIDDLE43-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL287 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 76% of Arkansas public middle schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A+Beats 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
Student : Teacher
10.9:1
26 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.4:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
99%
284 students
DISTRICT 99% · STATE 70%
Community
0
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 5 | 62 | 22% |
| Grade 6 | 76 | 26% |
| Grade 7 | 67 | 23% |
| Grade 8 | 82 | 29% |
Student demographics
9%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 9% · 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
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ATLAS 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3+4)English Language Arts
35.8%
AR avg 34.9% . -1.1pp since 2023
Math
28.6%
AR avg 38.9% . -10.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the ATLAS, Arkansas's statewide test, about 36 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 29 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 10 points.
ATLAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 35.8% | 28.6% |
| 2023-24 | 36.9% | 39.0% |
% 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of AR schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
40.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
23.1%
based on AR schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+17.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 40% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 23% typical for Arkansas schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 17 points, placing it in Arkansas's top 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 YELLVILLE-SUMMIT MIDDLE SCHOOL
YELLVILLE-SUMMIT MIDDLE SCHOOL's state test result (40.3% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| YELLVILLE-SUMMIT MIDDLE SCHOOL this school | 287 | 99.0% | 40.3% |
| MOUNTAIN VIEW MIDDLE SCHOOL MOUNTAIN VIEW | 335 | 99.1% | 41.3% |
| HECTOR MIDDLE SCHOOL HECTOR | 223 | 100.0% | N/A |
| FLIPPIN MIDDLE SCHOOL FLIPPIN | 222 | 100.0% | 43.2% |
| BOONEVILLE JR HIGH SCHOOL BOONEVILLE | 299 | 100.0% | 30.1% |
| LAMAR MIDDLE SCHOOL LAMAR | 294 | 99.0% | 34.8% |
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 YELLVILLE-SUMMIT MIDDLE SCHOOL ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Arkansas |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 40.3% | #83 of 207 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 28.6% | #149 of 208 ▼ 61 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 35.8% | #88 of 208 ▼ 12 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 287 | #158 of 217 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.9:1 | #18 of 188 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 9.4% | #183 of 188 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 99.0% | #47 of 210 |
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.
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 287 | 26.4 | 10.9:1 | 99% (284) |
| 2023-24 | 301 | 30 | 10.0:1 | 99% (298) |
| 2022-23 | 283 | 30.3 | 9.3:1 | 99% (280) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for YELLVILLE-SUMMIT MIDDLE SCHOOL.
About YELLVILLE-SUMMIT MIDDLE SCHOOL
YELLVILLE-SUMMIT MIDDLE SCHOOL is a small middle school in YELLVILLE, Arkansas, administered by YELLVILLE SUMMIT SCHOOL DISTRICT. A total of 287 students attend the school, which covers grades 5 through 8. Against the 464-student average for middle schools in Arkansas, enrollment here is 38% lower.
Federal data list 3 schools in YELLVILLE SUMMIT SCHOOL DISTRICT, with 1,041 students enrolled.
White students are the large majority at YELLVILLE-SUMMIT MIDDLE SCHOOL, with 95% of enrollment. Next come 2% multiracial. The White share in Marion County as a whole is similar, at about 92%. The chance that two students picked at random at YELLVILLE-SUMMIT MIDDLE SCHOOL belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 9%.
The school employs the equivalent of 26.4 full-time teachers, for a ratio of 10.9:1. The average ratio among middle schools in Arkansas is 13.9:1, higher than at this school. The free or reduced-price lunch rate at YELLVILLE-SUMMIT MIDDLE SCHOOL is 99%. Across public schools in Marion County, the average is about the same, 99%.
Measured against Arkansas public middle schools, YELLVILLE-SUMMIT MIDDLE SCHOOL receives an A-. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
YELLVILLE-SUMMIT MIDDLE SCHOOL scores 17.3 points above its predicted average proficiency rate on state tests: 40.3% actual versus 23.1% predicted. That puts it in the top 10% of Arkansas schools on BeatsExpectations.
County data help place the school in context: in Marion County, median household income is about $48,619, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 15%, and roughly 11% of residents are in poverty. YELLVILLE-SUMMIT MIDDLE SCHOOL is among the 8 public schools in Marion County.
The school nearest to YELLVILLE-SUMMIT MIDDLE SCHOOL is YELLVILLE-SUMMIT HIGH SCHOOL, at a distance of less than a tenth of a mile. Within five miles of YELLVILLE-SUMMIT MIDDLE SCHOOL, there are 2 other public schools. Ranked by average proficiency, YELLVILLE-SUMMIT MIDDLE SCHOOL places 5th out of 8 schools in its immediate area.
NCES describes the area around YELLVILLE-SUMMIT MIDDLE SCHOOL as Rural: Remote, meaning in rural territory far from an urban area.
Community posts for YELLVILLE-SUMMIT MIDDLE SCHOOL can cover sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Marion County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
17,228
Census ACS
Median income
$48,619
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
15%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
8
1,874 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in YELLVILLE SUMMIT SCHOOL DISTRICT
- YELLVILLE-SUMMIT ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 442 students
- YELLVILLE-SUMMIT HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 312 students
Other schools in YELLVILLE
- YELLVILLE-SUMMIT ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 442 students
- YELLVILLE-SUMMIT HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 312 students
Nearby schools
- YELLVILLE-SUMMIT HIGH SCHOOL0.0 mi · 312
- YELLVILLE-SUMMIT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.1 mi · 442
- FLIPPIN HIGH SCHOOL5.6 mi · 246
- FLIPPIN MIDDLE SCHOOL5.7 mi · 222
- FLIPPIN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL5.7 mi · 337
- COTTER HIGH SCHOOL9.7 mi · 324
Frequently asked questions
About YELLVILLE-SUMMIT MIDDLE SCHOOLWhat is the total enrollment at YELLVILLE-SUMMIT MIDDLE SCHOOL?
YELLVILLE-SUMMIT MIDDLE SCHOOL enrolls approximately 287 students in grades 05-08.
What age range does YELLVILLE-SUMMIT MIDDLE SCHOOL serve?
YELLVILLE-SUMMIT MIDDLE SCHOOL serves students from grade 05 through grade 08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at YELLVILLE-SUMMIT MIDDLE SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at YELLVILLE-SUMMIT MIDDLE SCHOOL is approximately 10.9:1 (26 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at YELLVILLE-SUMMIT MIDDLE SCHOOL?
At YELLVILLE-SUMMIT MIDDLE SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 95% White, 1% Hispanic, 0% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Is YELLVILLE-SUMMIT MIDDLE SCHOOL public or private?
YELLVILLE-SUMMIT MIDDLE SCHOOL is a public K-12 school, overseen by YELLVILLE SUMMIT SCHOOL DISTRICT.
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