Best Middle Schools in Arkansas

The top 22 middle schools (grades 6-8) in Arkansas, ranked by enrollment from NCES data with EDFacts proficiency rates where available. Average proficiency across this list is 62%.

#	School	City	Enrollment	Proficiency
1	Elmwood Middle School	Rogers, AR	1,007	62%
2	Cabot Middle School North	Cabot, AR	907	62%
3	Valley View Intermediate School	Jonesboro, AR	893	65%
4	Grimsley Junior High School	Centerton, AR	887	66%
5	Marion Visual & Performing Arts Magnet School	West Memphis, AR	762	33%
6	Mcnair Middle School	Fayetteville, AR	746	66%
7	Visual & Performing Art Magnet	Jonesboro, AR	736	33%
8	Creekside Middle School	Bentonville, AR	674	66%
9	J William Fulbright Junior High School	Bentonville, AR	666	66%
10	Bright Field Middle School	Bentonville, AR	646	62%
11	Northwest Arkansas Classical Academy	Bentonville, AR	637	69%
12	Greenwood Junior High School	Greenwood, AR	632	64%
13	Lincoln Junior High School	Bentonville, AR	632	63%
14	Spring Hill Middle School	Bentonville, AR	593	65%
15	Maumelle Charter Middle School	Maumelle, AR	571	69%
16	Founders Classical Academies of Arkansas Rogers	Rogers, AR	514	63%
17	Ruth Barker Middle School	Bentonville, AR	494	62%
18	Parkers Chapel Elem. School	El Dorado, AR	487	64%
19	Fordyce Elementary Schools	Fordyce, AR	371	61%
20	Harmony Grove Middle School	Benton, AR	269	64%
21	Gary E. Cobb Middle School	Texarkana, AR	257	62%
22	Weiner Elementary	Weiner, AR	101	72%

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is the best middle school in Arkansas?

The largest middle school in Arkansas is Elmwood Middle School in Rogers with 1,007 students and a 62% proficiency rate. Rankings are based on NCES Common Core of Data enrollment and EDFacts proficiency results.

How many middle schools are in Arkansas?

This page shows the top 22 middle schools (grades 6-8) in Arkansas by enrollment. Browse the full state directory to see all schools.

What does the proficiency rate measure?

Proficiency rate is the percentage of students meeting grade-level standards on combined math and reading assessments, as reported by EDFacts. Data is district-level and applied to each school in the district.

Where does this data come from?

Enrollment and school characteristics come from the NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency rates come from EDFacts assessment results. Both are official federal datasets published by the U.S. Department of Education.

The this entity category groups every U.S. K-12 school outcomes and enrollment entity sharing this attribute. The list above is the data; the paragraphs below explain what the grouping means against the broader NCES Common Core of Data and EDFacts distribution and how to read the relative rankings within the category.

For readers using this category as a starting point, the per-entity detail pages linked from the table above carry the underlying NCES Common Core of Data and EDFacts data in full. The category-level view is the filter; the per-entity pages are the actual answer.

Sources: NCES Common Core of Data, EDFacts

Last updated: June 2026

Schools are ranked by enrollment within the state. Proficiency rates come from EDFacts assessment results, district-level figures applied to each school in the district.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data, 2026.