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Best Public Schools in Zip Code 72821

Summary:

Zip code 72821 is home to a single school, Ozark Middle School, which serves 266 students in grades 6 and 7 within the Ozark School District.

As the only school in the area, Ozark Middle School presents a mixed academic profile with notable strengths and weaknesses. The school's standout performance is in Mathematics, where 48.9% of students are proficient, outperforming the state average by 4.8 percentage points. This is particularly evident in 7th grade, where 50.9% of students are proficient in math, a 6.7 percentage point advantage over the state. However, Science is a clear area of concern, with only 36.7% of students proficient—7.3 percentage points below the state average. The gap is most pronounced in 6th grade, where just 27.8% of students are proficient in Science compared to 46.9% in Math. The school also trails the state in English Language Arts (35.4% vs. 39.4%) and Reading (37.5% vs. 40.4%).

Despite these challenges, the school is on a strong upward trajectory. From the 2024-2025 to 2025-2026 school year, proficiency rates improved across all subjects, with the largest gains in English Language Arts (+8.6 percentage points) and Reading (+8.1 percentage points). The school's state ranking has also climbed from the 30th percentile to the 47th percentile over two years. With a student-teacher ratio of 15.6:1 and spending of $13,112 per student, the school serves a population where 55.64% of students qualify for free or reduced lunch, yet it is achieving above-average math results and showing rapid overall improvement.

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Cities Near Zip Code 72821

City	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Altus	0.17 mi	1	135^th
Ozark	4.88 mi	5	144^th
Hartman	6.13 mi	2	207^th
Paris	10.18 mi	3	110^th
Branch	12.61 mi	2	95^th

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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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