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Best Middle Schools in Zip Code 72821

Summary:

In zip code 72821 (Altus, Arkansas), there is one middle school, Ozark Middle School, which serves grades 6 and 7 with a total enrollment of 266 students as part of the Ozark School District.

Ozark Middle School shows a clear strength in Mathematics, where 48.9% of students were proficient in the 2025-2026 school year, outperforming the state average of 44.1%. However, the school struggles significantly in Science, with only 36.7% of students proficient compared to the state average of 44.0%, driven largely by a very low 6th-grade score of 27.8%. The school also trails the state in English Language Arts (35.4% vs. 39.4%) and Reading (37.5% vs. 40.4%). Notably, 7th graders outperform 6th graders in both Math and Science, with 7th graders actually matching the state average in Science while 6th graders fall nearly 15 points behind.

Despite these challenges, the school has shown impressive year-over-year improvement from 2024-2025 to 2025-2026, with proficiency rates jumping by 8.6 points in English Language Arts, 8.1 points in Reading, 5.3 points in Math, and 3.1 points in Science. This upward trend is reflected in the school's state ranking, which has climbed from the 30th percentile in 2023-2024 to the 47th percentile in 2025-2026. The school has a student-teacher ratio of 15.6:1, a free/reduced lunch rate of 55.64%, and per-student spending of $13,112. Compared to its district, the middle school performs better in Math and Science but slightly worse in English Language Arts.

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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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