Summary:
Middle-school families in ZIP code 40258 have one listed option: Conway Middle, which serves grades 6–8, enrolls 678 students and is part of Jefferson County. The most important finding is that Conway’s 2025–26 proficiency rates were below state results in every tested subject and grade with an exact school score, by 29 to 38 percentage points.
There is no other listed school to compare with Conway, so it is both the area’s only school and its only candidate to stand out. Its largest gap was in grade 8 writing: 10% proficient, compared with 48% statewide, a 38-point difference. Reading was also notably low: grade 6 was 17% versus 54% statewide, a 37-point gap; grade 7 was 17% versus 50%, a 33-point gap; and grade 8 was 9% versus 40%, a 31-point gap. Math was 9% versus 39% in grade 7 and 8% versus 39% in grade 8.
The matched test results show a modestly wider average gap with the state from 2024–25 to 2025–26: Conway’s results changed by an average of 3 points downward, while the state’s changed by 2 points downward, widening the gap by about 1 point. The pattern was mixed: grade 7 reading improved by 2 points, while several other matched results declined. SchoolDigger ranked Conway 324th of 326 middle schools in 2025–26 and gave it 0 stars; it also received 0 stars in the two prior years, ranked 320th of 324 in 2023–24 and 319th of 320 in 2024–25. Chronic absenteeism was 46% in 2025–26, compared with 32% in the district and 24% statewide. For context, Conway’s 2024–25 student-teacher ratio was 18.9, and 68% of students were free/reduced lunch eligible that year. Since the list contains only one school, it cannot show how Conway compares with other schools in the zip code.
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