Ruth Barker Middle School
Bentonville, AR · Middle School · Grades 5-6
Ruth Barker Middle School is a middle school in Bentonville, AR with 494 students enrolled and a 62% proficiency rate. Part of Bentonville School District. NCES data from the U.S. Department of Education.
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About This School
Ruth Barker Middle School is a middle school located in Bentonville, Arkansas. The school serves 494 students in grades 5-6. The student-to-teacher ratio is 16.5:1.
According to EDFacts assessment data, 62% of students meet grade-level proficiency standards in combined math and reading.
30% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch.
Ruth Barker Middle School is part of the Bentonville School District in Arkansas.
How This School Compares
Ruth Barker Middle School has 494 students enrolled, making it smaller than the average school in Bentonville School District (778 students). Its 62% proficiency rate is 2 percentage points above the district average of 60%. Compared to the Arkansas state average of 43%, the school performs 20 points higher.
Frequently Asked Questions
Ruth Barker Middle School has 494 students enrolled in grades 5-6. The student-to-teacher ratio is 16.5:1.
According to EDFacts data, 62% of students at Ruth Barker Middle School meet grade-level proficiency standards in combined math and reading assessments.
Ruth Barker Middle School is part of the Bentonville School District in Bentonville, Arkansas. You can view all schools in this district on the district page.
All data on this page comes from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) Common Core of Data and EDFacts assessment results. These are official federal datasets published by the U.S. Department of Education.
School profiles are built from NCES directory data and EDFacts assessment results. Proficiency rates reflect combined math and reading performance. Graduation rates are reported for high schools with available data.
For this entity, the underlying data on this page comes from NCES Common Core of Data and EDFacts. The breakdown above is the federal record; the paragraphs below add the per-entity context that makes the headline numbers usable for a real decision rather than just a data lookup.
Every number on this page links back to NCES Common Core of Data and EDFacts; the methodology page describes the inputs, refresh cadence, and known limitations of the underlying data product.
For readers using this page as a decision input, the related-entity pages elsewhere on the site provide the comparison set. The most useful comparison for this entity is typically a peer within U.S. public schools and districts with similar size, similar exposure, or similar geography — not the national-level summary alone.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data, 2026.