Summary:
In zip code 72042, there is one middle school, Dewitt Middle School, serving grades 6 through 8 with 271 students in the Dewitt, Arkansas area.
Dewitt Middle School is part of the Dewitt School District and has shown strong improvement over the past year. The school's overall proficiency rates jumped significantly from the 2024-2025 school year to 2025-2026 across all core subjects, including English Language Arts (from 31.4% to 39.8%), Reading (from 30.3% to 41.1%), Mathematics (from 46% to 51.1%), and Science (from 35.1% to 44.8%). The school's standout strength is in Mathematics, where 51.1% of all students are proficient, outpacing the state average of 44.1%. This is especially notable in 8th grade, where 62.5% of students are proficient in math compared to 36.2% statewide, and in Algebra, where 80% of 8th graders are proficient—well above the state average of 73.9% and more than double the district's overall Algebra proficiency rate of 33.8%.
The school has a favorable student-teacher ratio of 12.7:1 and spends $10,983 per student. While 7th graders consistently outperform state averages in all subjects, 8th graders show a mixed picture—excelling in math but lagging in English Language Arts (31.7% vs. 37.2% state) and Science (36.6% vs. 42.9% state). The school has maintained a consistent 3-star state ranking over the last three years, with a current percentile rank of 66, indicating solid performance relative to other Arkansas middle schools.
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