Summary:
The Flippin School District is home to one middle school, Flippin Middle School, which serves 222 students in grades 5 through 8 in a high-poverty area where 100% of students qualify for free or reduced lunch.
Flippin Middle School is a school of striking contrasts. Its most exceptional feature is a perfect 100% proficiency rate in Algebra for two consecutive years, far exceeding the district average of 45.6% and the state average of 36.9%. The school also performs well overall in Math (51% proficient vs. 44.1% state) and Science (52.4% proficient vs. 44% state), which is impressive given its student demographics. However, the school faces significant challenges in English Language Arts (ELA) and Reading, where overall proficiency rates of 36% and 37.8% respectively fall below state averages. The school's state ranking has declined over three years, dropping from the 82nd percentile (4 stars) to the 59th percentile (3 stars).
A critical finding is a clear grade-level performance gap. While 5th graders achieve strong results in ELA (51% proficient vs. 40.9% state) and Reading (46.8% proficient vs. 41.1% state), proficiency drops sharply by 8th grade, with only 19% proficient in ELA and 22.4% in Reading—both well below state averages. This pattern suggests the school effectively supports younger students but struggles to maintain progress in literacy through the upper grades. The school benefits from a low student-teacher ratio of 10.7:1 and relatively high spending of $13,840 per student, resources that could be leveraged to address this literacy decline. For parents, this means Flippin Middle School offers strong math and science foundations, but families should be aware of the need for targeted support in reading and writing as students approach 8th grade.
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