Clarksville Middle School

Clarksville Middle School in Clarksville, AR, serves 370 students in grades 6 and 7 and is the largest middle school in its area, with a student-teacher ratio of 14.6:1 and a per-student spending of $13,081.

Academically, the school is currently ranked 224th out of 327 Arkansas middle schools (31st percentile) with a 2-star rating, a decline from its peak in 2020-2021 when it ranked 144th (56th percentile) and earned a 3-star rating. However, a bright spot is significant year-over-year improvement from 2024-2025 to 2025-2026, with proficiency rates rising across all subjects: English Language Arts increased by 7.0 percentage points to 32.1%, Reading by 7.5 points to 31.3%, Mathematics by 7.0 points to 37.4%, and Science by 3.9 points to 36.0%. Mathematics is a relative strength, with 37.4% of students proficient, just 6.7 points below the state average of 44.1%. In contrast, the school underperforms the state average in all subjects, and its 73.78% free/reduced lunch rate is higher than Ozark Middle School (55.64%) but lower than Lamar Middle School (98.98%) and Paris Middle School (100%). Notably, despite similar spending, Paris achieves higher proficiency rates (e.g., 40.1% vs. 32.1% in ELA), suggesting potential inefficiencies in resource allocation.

An interesting pattern is a 7th-grade "slump" in English Language Arts and Reading, where 7th graders underperform 6th graders (27.7% vs. 36.2% in ELA; 28.3% vs. 34.1% in Reading), but outperform them in Mathematics (39.5% vs. 35.7%) and Science (39.4% vs. 33.0%). This subject-specific variance warrants investigation into curriculum alignment. Overall, the school is part of the Clarksville School District and shows signs of recovery from a downward trend, with recent improvements suggesting that instructional changes may be taking effect.