Summary:
In zip code 72106, there is one middle school, Mayflower Middle School, serving grades 5 through 8 with 304 students in the Mayflower, Arkansas area.
Mayflower Middle School is part of the Mayflower School District, which holds a 3-star rating and ranks 118th out of 251 districts statewide. The school has shown strong year-over-year academic improvement, with proficiency rates rising in every subject from the 2024-2025 to the 2025-2026 school year. Science saw the largest gain, jumping 8.1 percentage points to 37.6% proficiency. Despite this progress, the school's overall scores remain below state averages in English Language Arts (32.3% vs. 39.4%), Reading (33.4% vs. 40.4%), Mathematics (31.9% vs. 44.1%), and Science (37.6% vs. 44.0%). The school has a student-teacher ratio of 14.8:1 and per-student spending of $9,965, with 63.82% of students qualifying for free or reduced lunch.
A standout finding is the exceptional performance of the 8th grade class, which outperformed the state average in every subject in 2025-2026, including Mathematics (42.5% vs. 36.2%) and Science (45.3% vs. 42.9%). In contrast, the 5th grade shows a critical weakness in Mathematics, with only 14.5% proficiency compared to the state average of 45.0%. The school's state ranking has fluctuated, dropping from the 54th percentile in 2023-2024 to the 41st percentile in 2025-2026, but the consistent test score improvements suggest the school is on a positive trajectory that may not yet be fully reflected in its ranking.
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