Summary:
The Mansfield School District in Arkansas has only one middle school, Mansfield Middle School, which serves grades 6-8. While the school's performance has declined in recent years, falling from 113th out of 330 Arkansas middle schools in 2022-2023 to 179th out of 324 in 2024-2025, it still maintains some strengths, particularly in 8th grade Algebra proficiency.
Mansfield Middle School's overall academic performance, as measured by the percentage of students proficient or better in various subjects, is generally below the state averages. In 2024-2025, the school's proficiency rates were 31.5% in English Language Arts (vs. state average of 34.7%), 31.1% in Reading (vs. 35.3%), 41.9% in Mathematics (vs. 38.7%), and 31.6% in Science (vs. 38.1%). However, the school's Algebra proficiency rate for 8th grade students is higher than the state average (66.7% vs. 60.8%).
The school faces some demographic and socioeconomic challenges, with a high percentage of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch (69.7% in 2023-2024). Despite these challenges, the district's per-student spending for the 2018-2019 school year was $9,449, and the school has a relatively low student-teacher ratio of 10.6. While these resources may not be translating into improved academic outcomes, the school's focus on Algebra instruction in the upper grades appears to be a bright spot worth further investigation.
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