HAMBURG MIDDLE SCHOOL

Located at 1109 CUB DR, in HAMBURG, Arkansas, HAMBURG MIDDLE SCHOOL is a cozy middle school that caters to 344 students (grades 6 through 8), run under HAMBURG SCHOOL DISTRICT. Compared to the state average of about 464 students per school, that is 26% below typical.

HAMBURG SCHOOL DISTRICT comprises 5 schools with combined enrollment of 1,697 students; HAMBURG MIDDLE SCHOOL is among them.

In terms of who attends, HAMBURG MIDDLE SCHOOL logs that White students make up the majority at 57%; the rest is composed of 20% Hispanic, 20% Black, 2% multiracial. By comparison, Ashley County as a whole is about 69% White, so the school skews visibly less White than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, HAMBURG MIDDLE SCHOOL has 23 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 14.8:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 13.9:1 average. Roughly 69% of students at HAMBURG MIDDLE SCHOOL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

With demographic context factored in, HAMBURG MIDDLE SCHOOL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 33.7%, the actual is 25.5%, a residual of -8.1 points.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Ashley County indicate median household income runs about $44,266, about 13% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 17% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Ashley County's 8 public schools (combined enrollment of about 3,317 students), HAMBURG MIDDLE SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: HAMBURG HIGH SCHOOL, around 0.2 miles off. 3 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts HAMBURG MIDDLE SCHOOL at 4th of 8; the average score across the group is 24.6%.

Geographically, the school is in a countryside area.

Looking at the recent track record. HAMBURG MIDDLE SCHOOL's enrollment has decreased 8% since 2018, when it stood at 373 (now 344). The Hispanic share of enrollment ticked up from 16% to 20% over that span. Class-load math has widened: from 12.0:1 in 2018 to 14.8:1 in 2025.

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