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Pottsville Junior High School

Serves grades 7 - 9

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Raw data sources:
  • Test Scores: Edfacts (U.S. Department of Education), State departments of education.
  • Expenditures: National Center for Education Statistics.
  • Educational Environment: American Community Survey (U.S. Census Bureau).
Date(s) & Update Frequency:
  • Test data: Reflects 2021 – 2022 school year.
  • Expenditures: 2020
  • Educational Environment: 2021 (latest available). Updated annually.
  • All data updated July 2023

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School Overview

Address
250 Apache Dr
Pottsville, AR 72858
Phone
(479) 968-6334
District
POTTSVILLE SCHOOL DISTRICT
County
POPE COUNTY
Type of School
Regular elementary or secondary
Magnet School
No
Charter School
No
Students Enrolled
433
Classroom Teachers
36

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to Arkansas

9

(10 is best)

Better than 82.7% of all AR schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S.

7

(10 is best)

Pottsville Junior High School Test Scores (No Child Left Behind Tests)

Grade 7

60 50 40 30 20 10 0
47%
37%
42%
35%
51%
38%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Grade 8

70 60 50 40 30 20 10 0
80 60 40 20 0
54%
44%
63%
51%
44%
37%
54%
44%
63%
51%
44%
37%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Grade 9

60 50 40 30 20 10 0
42%
32%
49%
36%
35%
28%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Class Size (number of students per classroom teacher)

17.5 15 12.5 10 7.5 5 2.5 0
12
11
13
16
    AVG FOR THIS SCHOOL
    AVG FOR DISTRICT
    AVG FOR STATE
    AVG FOR NATION
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT BY GRADE NUMBER OF STUDENTS PERCENTAGE
Grade 7 148 34.2%
Grade 8 157 36.3%
Grade 9 128 29.6%
Total 433 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/Racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 85.6% 89.3% 61.8%
Black 2.3% 1.5% 20.3%
Hispanic 9.5% 7.8% 14.5%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 1.4% 1.0% 1.8%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 1.2% 0.4% 1.6%
Economic Groups This School This District This State
Economically disadvantaged 39.3% 42.3% 65.1%
Free lunch eligible 29.3% 31.2% 57.6%
Reduced lunch eligible 9.9% 11.1% 7.5%
POPULATION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
POPULATION 5,911 3,045,637
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 83.4 58
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 5.1% 6.0%
5-19 YEARS OLD 25.9% 19.9%
20-44 YEARS OLD 32.8% 32.2%
45-64 YEARS OLD 22.9% 24.7%
65 OR OLDER 13.2% 17.2%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households 2,170 1,171,694
Single Parent Households With Children 17.6% 9.1%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 87.8% 88.2%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 26.1% 24.7%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 11.8% 11.2%
$100,000 - $149,999 16.3% 13.7%
$75,000 - $99,999 6.2% 12.4%
$50,000 - $74,999 16.2% 17.6%
$30,000 - $49,999 20.6% 18.4%
$15,000 - $29,999 17.5% 15.3%
$15,000 or less 11.3% 11.4%

Education Expenditures

For this District Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $5,700 $10,043,400 58.8%
Support Expenditures
Student $322 $567,364 3.3%
Staff $553 $974,386 5.7%
General Administration $213 $375,306 2.2%
School Administration $455 $801,710 4.7%
Operation $723 $1,273,926 7.5%
Transportation $301 $530,362 3.1%
Other $146 $257,252 1.5%
Total Support $2,714 $4,782,068 28.0%
Non-instructional Expenditures $1,283 $2,260,646 13.2%
Total Expenditures $9,697 $17,086,114 100.0%
For the State Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $5,727 $2,804,752,896 47.6%
Support Expenditures
Student $549 $268,820,846 4.6%
Staff $746 $365,434,036 6.2%
General Administration $243 $119,218,647 2.0%
School Administration $544 $266,301,512 4.5%
Operation $1,088 $532,680,088 9.0%
Transportation $374 $183,122,164 3.1%
Other $319 $156,438,260 2.7%
Total Support $3,863 $1,891,966,093 32.1%
Non-instructional Expenditures $2,444 $1,197,134,852 20.3%
Total Expenditures $12,034 $5,893,783,948 100.0%
For the Nation Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $7,794 $384,567,026,223 49.5%
Support Expenditures
Student $841 $41,500,431,613 5.3%
Staff $665 $32,787,987,253 4.2%
General Administration $269 $13,273,339,703 1.7%
School Administration $756 $37,281,585,830 4.8%
Operation $1,191 $58,747,506,944 7.6%
Transportation $504 $24,858,475,672 3.2%
Other $491 $24,247,526,162 3.1%
Total Support $4,716 $232,696,768,378 29.9%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,247 $160,183,697,619 20.6%
Total Expenditures $15,757 $777,446,989,564 100.0%