Summary:
The city of Pleasant Plains, Arkansas has only one public high school, Midland High School, which serves grades 7-12 with a total enrollment of 240 students. The school is part of the Midland School District, which is ranked 157 out of 250 school districts in Arkansas and has a 2-star rating from SchoolDigger.
Midland High School's academic performance is generally below the state averages in Arkansas, with proficiency rates in English Language Arts, Reading, and Mathematics all lower than the state averages. The school's strongest performance is in Science, where the overall proficiency rate is 46.3%, slightly above the state average of 38.1%. However, Algebra and Geometry proficiency rates are particularly low, with only 3% and 13.5% of students, respectively, scoring proficient or better in 2024-2025.
The school has a high percentage of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, at 59.58% in 2023-2024, and a relatively low student-teacher ratio of 4.8. While the school's per-student spending for the 2018-2019 school year was $12,374, this does not seem to be translating into improved academic outcomes. Midland High School's statewide ranking has also declined over the past three school years, from 179 out of 305 high schools in 2023-2024 to 196 out of 291 high schools in 2024-2025, indicating that the school is not keeping pace with improvements in other Arkansas high schools.
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