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Rivercrest Junior High Preparatory Academy

Public, Charter Grades 7-8
Summary

Rivercrest Junior High Prep Academy is a public charter middle school located in Wilson, Arkansas, serving grades 7-8 with a total enrollment of 185 students. The school is part of the Rivercrest School District, which is ranked 124 out of 250 districts in Arkansas and has a 3-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Rivercrest Junior High Prep Academy has shown steady improvement in test scores over the past three years, outperforming the Rivercrest School District and the state of Arkansas in several subject areas, including Mathematics and Algebra. However, the school still lags behind the state in Science. The school has a high-poverty student population, with a 100% free and reduced lunch rate for the past three school years.

Compared to the nearby Osceola Middle School, which is part of the Osceola School District, Rivercrest Junior High Prep Academy consistently outperforms in test scores across all subject areas and grade levels. Rivercrest Junior High Prep Academy has also shown steady improvement in its statewide ranking, moving from 222 out of 330 Arkansas middle schools in 2022-2023 to 111 out of 324 in 2024-2025.

179
Students ?
15.0
Student/teacher ratio ?
100%
Free/discounted lunch ?
 1702 West State Highway 14
       Wilson, AR  72395

(870) 655-8111

District: Rivercrest School District

Racial breakdown:

White:
58.1%
African American:
24.6%
Hispanic:
14.0%
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At a glance
▲ Ranking trend: Improving — 33rd percentile in 2023 → 66th in 2025
Strengths
✓Ranking is trending up — up 33 percentile points since 2023
Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?
This school39%
District avg34%
Arkansas avg36%
Not ranked this year
Rivercrest Junior High Preparatory Academy did not have enough recent test-score data to be ranked. Check the trend below for past years.
166th of 251Rivercrest School District among Arkansas districts
Statewide rank percentile over time (100 = the top-ranked school in the state; click a legend item to add a student group)
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All Students

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankArkansas percentileRating
202560.4111 of 32465.7%★★★☆☆
202427.7268 of 33520.0%★☆☆☆☆
202336.0222 of 33032.7%★★☆☆☆
By subject vs Arkansas (2024-2025) ?
Algebra78%+47 vs state
Mathematics45%+6 vs state
Reading37%~ state avg
English Language Arts35%~ state avg
Science33%-5 vs state

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Students at Rivercrest Junior High Preparatory Academy are 58% White, 25% African American, 14% Hispanic, 3% Two or more races.

In the 2024-25 school year, 179 students attended Rivercrest Junior High Preparatory Academy.


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Latest Arkansas data All new data »
2025–26 ATLAS test scoresJul 13, 2026
2024–25 graduation ratesMar 5, 2026
2019–20 through 2023–24 school spending dataJan 6, 2026
2017–18 through 2024–25 dropout ratesJan 6, 2026


SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Arkansas Division of Elementary and Secondary Education.

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