Middle · Arkansas
William O. Darby Middle School
William O. Darby Middle School, a public middle school in Fort Smith, Arkansas: grades 6–8, 711 students, 12.5 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of Fort Smith 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
- 711
- Teachers (FTE)
- 56.9
- Students per teacher
- 12.5
- Grades
- 6–8
- Middle
Fewer students per teacher than 67% of middle schools in Arkansas
Median 13.9 · 215 schools compared
Fewer students per teacher than 71% of middle schools in the US
Median 14.6 · 15,584 schools compared
Larger than 83% of middle schools in Arkansas
Median 439 · 215 schools compared
Larger than 70% 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%29%proficient
A lower share proficient than 64% of middle schools in Arkansas
Median 33% · 214 middle schools compared
715 students tested, grades 6, 7, 8 · ATLAS; proficient means Levels 3-4
Math
Arkansas: 39%29%proficient
A lower share proficient than 70% of middle schools in Arkansas
Median 38% · 214 middle schools compared
624 students tested, grades 6, 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 6–8
- Type
- District school · Regular
- Instruction
- Some virtual classes
- Area
- Small city
Which school a home is assigned to is decided by the district's attendance zones; check with Fort Smith School District.
Location
- Address
- 616 N 14TH St, Fort Smith, AR 72901
- Phone
- (479)783-4159
- City or town
- Fort Smith
- County
- Sebastian County
Nearby middle schools
The closest public middle schools by straight-line distance. Attendance zones are set by each district.
Sources
- Public schools and school districts (National Center for Education Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau), 2024–25 school year. NCES Common Core of Data and EDGE public school geocodes; U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances and cartographic boundary files (places).
- State Assessment Data Repository (Education Data Center), 2024–25 school year. 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 v3.1.
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.
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