Summary:
In zip code 72704 of Fayetteville, Arkansas, there are three middle schools serving grades 5 through 8: John L Colbert Middle School, Holt Middle School, and Lisa Academy Fayetteville Middle School.
Lisa Academy Fayetteville Middle School is the standout for academic performance, achieving the highest proficiency rates in both Mathematics (65.6%) and Reading (57.3%), and it recently earned a 5-star ranking. This public charter school is much smaller, with only 31 students and a lower student-teacher ratio of 14:1, which likely contributes to its success. In contrast, Holt Middle School is a consistent performer within the highly-ranked Fayetteville School District, closely matching district averages and even outperforming them in Science (59.2%). John L Colbert Middle School, also in the Fayetteville School District, showed the most significant year-over-year improvement, with proficiency rates increasing across all subjects, including a 4.9-point jump in Mathematics.
A key takeaway is the inverse relationship between the percentage of students receiving free or reduced lunch and academic performance, with John L Colbert Middle School having the highest rate (62.45%) and the lowest test scores, while Lisa Academy Fayetteville Middle School has the lowest rate (45.16%) and the highest scores. Additionally, Lisa Academy Fayetteville Middle School significantly outperforms its own district, the Lisa Academy, suggesting it is an exceptional outlier. At Holt Middle School, 6th graders consistently outperform 5th graders, indicating strong skill-building, while at Lisa Academy, a dramatic drop-off in 7th-grade scores may be due to its very small student population.
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