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Blytheville Middle School

Public Grades 7-8
320th
SchoolDigger Rank ?
of 327 Arkansas Middle Schools
Better than 2% of Arkansas middle schools
Summary

Blytheville Middle School in Blytheville, AR, serves 172 students in grades 7 and 8 within the Blytheville School District, and it faces significant academic challenges, consistently ranking in the bottom 10% of all Arkansas middle schools over the past decade.

One of the most striking findings is the school's "spending vs. performance" paradox. Blytheville Middle School spends a notably high $24,193 per student (2023-2024), which is much more than the $20,178 spent by nearby Osceola Middle School. It also has a favorable student-teacher ratio of 11.2:1, smaller than Osceola's 12.1:1. Despite these resources, academic proficiency rates are critically low—for example, only 13.2% of students were proficient in English Language Arts in the 2025-2026 school year, compared to 19.7% at Osceola. This suggests that while funding and class sizes are strong, they are not translating into higher test scores, possibly because the impact of extreme economic hardship (100% of students qualify for free/reduced lunch) is profound.

There is a glimmer of hope: 8th graders consistently outperform the school's 7th graders, with 16.4% proficiency in ELA versus 12.7% in 2025-2026, indicating a possible cumulative positive effect. However, performance relative to the district is inconsistent, and the school's state percentile rank has remained between the 2nd and 8th percentile for ten years. For context, Blytheville Chickasaw Preparatory Academy (BCPA), a 6th-grade-only school in the same district, also struggles, confirming these challenges are district-wide. Osceola Middle School, despite similar demographics, achieves better outcomes with lower spending, showing that improvement is possible.

172
Students ?
11.2
Student/teacher ratio ?
$24,193
Per pupil spending ?
100%
Free/discounted lunch ?
 700 W Chickasawba
       Blytheville, AR  72315

(870) 762-2983

District: Blytheville School District


Students who attend Blytheville Middle School usually attend:

High:    Blytheville High School

Feeder schools for Blytheville Middle School:

Elementary:    Blytheville Elementary School
    Blytheville Primary School
Racial breakdown:

African American:
79.1%
White:
12.8%
Hispanic:
4.7%
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At a glance
▬ Ranking trend: Holding steady — 3rd percentile in 2016 → 2nd in 2026
Strengths
✓Small classes — about 11 students per teacher
Worth a look
!Test scores below the Arkansas average (13% vs 42% meeting standards)
!In the lower quartile statewide (2nd percentile)
!Mathematics scores 33 pts below the Arkansas average
Students meeting standards (2025-2026) ?
This school13%
District avg13%
Arkansas avg42%
320th of 327
Arkansas public middle schools ?
Bottom 2%▬ steady since 2016
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SchoolDigger rating ?
250th of 251Blytheville 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
20265.8320 of 3272.1%☆☆☆☆☆
202511.1303 of 3246.5%☆☆☆☆☆
20248.5316 of 3355.7%☆☆☆☆☆
20235.4317 of 3303.9%☆☆☆☆☆
20225.7304 of 3184.4%☆☆☆☆☆
20214.7315 of 3304.5%☆☆☆☆☆
20197.5301 of 3195.6%☆☆☆☆☆
20189.9294 of 3187.5%☆☆☆☆☆
201711.7297 of 3155.7%☆☆☆☆☆
20167.7304 of 3122.6%☆☆☆☆☆
20158.7273 of 2750.7%☆☆☆☆☆
20143.3271 of 2803.2%☆☆☆☆☆
20136.3265 of 2784.7%☆☆☆☆☆
20125.0258 of 2652.6%☆☆☆☆☆
20118.4250 of 2645.3%☆☆☆☆☆
20108.9240 of 2545.5%☆☆☆☆☆
20099.1224 of 2406.7%☆☆☆☆☆
200814.0202 of 2239.4%☆☆☆☆☆
200713.9207 of 2258.0%☆☆☆☆☆
20068.4196 of 2064.9%☆☆☆☆☆
20059.9195 of 2086.3%☆☆☆☆☆
By subject vs Arkansas (2025-2026) ?
Reading14%-27 vs state
English Language Arts13%-26 vs state
Science13%-31 vs state
Mathematics11%-33 vs state

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Frequently Asked Questions about Blytheville Middle School

Students who attend Blytheville Middle School usually go on to attend Blytheville High School

Students at Blytheville Middle School are 79% African American, 13% White, 5% Hispanic, 2% Two or more races, 1% Asian.

In the 2024-25 school year, 172 students attended Blytheville Middle School.

Blytheville Middle School ranks in the bottom 2.1% of Arkansas middle schools.


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Latest Arkansas data All new data »
2025–26 ATLAS test scoresNewJul 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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