Middle · Arkansas

Ahlf Junior High School

Ahlf Junior High School, a public middle school in Searcy, Arkansas: grades 7–8, 576 students, 16.2 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of Searcy School District.

Size and class size

Compared with middle schools of the same state and the whole country. Students per teacher counts every full-time-equivalent teacher, not the size of each class.

Students
576
Teachers (FTE)
35.6
Students per teacher
16.2
Grades
7–8
Middle

More students per teacher than 80% of middle schools in Arkansas

Median 13.9 · 215 schools compared

More students per teacher than 64% of middle schools in the US

Median 14.6 · 15,584 schools compared

Larger than 69% of middle schools in Arkansas

Median 439 · 215 schools compared

Larger than 56% of middle schools in the US

Median 524 · 16,046 schools compared

State test results

Share of students scoring proficient or above on Arkansas's tests, grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year.

Reading and writing

Arkansas: 35%

41%proficient

A higher share proficient than 71% of middle schools in Arkansas

Median 33% · 214 middle schools compared

545 students tested, grades 7, 8 · ATLAS; proficient means Levels 3-4

Math

Arkansas: 39%

48%proficient

A higher share proficient than 70% of middle schools in Arkansas

Median 38% · 214 middle schools compared

482 students tested, grades 7, 8 · ATLAS; proficient means Levels 3-4

Each state sets its own test and its own bar for “proficient”, so results compare only within a state. Results also follow family income closely: a school's share reflects its students' circumstances as much as its teaching.

Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.

What it offers

Grades
Middle · Grades 7–8
Type
District school · Regular
Instruction
Some virtual classes
Area
Distant town

Which school a home is assigned to is decided by the district's attendance zones; check with Searcy School District.

Location

Address
308 W Vine, Searcy, AR 72143
Phone
(501)268-3158
City or town
Searcy

Nearby middle schools

The closest public middle schools by straight-line distance. Attendance zones are set by each district.

SchoolGradesStudentsStudents / teacherReadingMath
4–691318.445%56%
7–817911.022%26%
6–821612.130%42%
5–650917.036%44%
7–849112.943%55%
5–682817.145%59%

Reading and Math: share of tested students proficient or above on the state's own tests (grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year). Compare only within a state.

Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.

Sources

Analisa does not rate schools. Figures are what a school has (students, teachers, programs), placed among schools of the same level; state test results are compared only within a state.

NCES 051221000986