Summary:
In zip code 72927, there is one middle school, Booneville Junior High School, serving grades 7 through 9 with 299 students in the Booneville School District, which is ranked 114th out of 251 districts in Arkansas.
Booneville Junior High School is a high-poverty school with 100% of students eligible for free or reduced lunch, but it offers a low student-teacher ratio of 11.7:1 and per-student spending of $12,242. The school has consistently earned a 2-star rating from the state, though it showed improvement from the 217th to the 172nd position statewide between 2023-2024 and 2024-2025, before slipping slightly to 184th in 2025-2026. A standout feature is its Geometry proficiency rate of 83.3% in 2025-2026, far exceeding the state average of 26.4%, though this likely reflects a small group of advanced 9th graders rather than the general student body. Overall Mathematics proficiency is 39.5%, which is below the state average.
The school shows positive year-over-year trends in core subjects, with English Language Arts proficiency rising from 27.2% to 33.1%, Reading from 30.0% to 31.4%, Mathematics from 30.0% to 39.5%, and Science from 42.2% to 44.0% between 2024-2025 and 2025-2026. However, Algebra remains a significant challenge, with only 25.8% of students proficient in 2025-2026, well below the state average of 36.9%. This is particularly acute for 9th graders, where only 11.3% are proficient, suggesting a remedial track that needs attention. Science proficiency matches the state average at 44%, while the school outperforms its district in Geometry but lags in Algebra.
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