NCES CCD 2024-25 11 schools AR

Best-Resourced Schools in West Memphis, AR

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11 public K-12 schools in West Memphis from NCES Common Core of Data: enrollment, grade span, demographics, and Civil Rights Data Collection statistics for every active campus.

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11
Schools
5,536
Students
37.6/100
Avg Resource Index
13.9:1
Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

Middle-of-corpus city profile

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, West Memphis has more public-school enrollment than 60% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. West Memphis sits in the broad middle of the national city distribution rather than at a single obvious extreme. Its scale, average Resource Investment Index, and staffing position need to be read together: a middle placement on one measure does not cancel a stronger or weaker result on another. The percentile panel makes those dimensions explicit, and the school table shows where the city aggregate breaks into materially different campus profiles.

Combined-grade campuses shape the local portfolio

6 of West Memphis's 11 listed schools use NCES's combined or “other” grade-level classification. Citywide averages therefore blend campuses serving unusually broad or nonstandard grade spans with conventional elementary, middle, and high schools. Grade configuration is a first-order comparison here, not a minor label.

Economic need crosses separate district systems

96.6% of enrollment in reporting West Memphis schools is eligible for free lunch, while the city list spans 2 districts. That pairing makes a citywide average especially easy to misread: the need measure follows students, but staffing decisions, calendars, program rules, and federal allocations are administered through separate district structures. The 29-point gap between West Junior High School and Marion Visual & Performing Arts Magnet School shows how much reported resource capacity can vary inside the same municipal label. Compare schools within the same district first, then use the city view to see how those local systems differ.

City enrollment
Top 40%
School count
Top 35%
Resource Index average
35th percentile
Teacher staffing
68th percentile

The Academies of West Memphis Charter School accounts for 16.2% of all West Memphis public-school enrollment

That concentration means West Memphis-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade level: High. The share measures enrollment concentration only; it does not establish how districts allocate programs, capital, or staff. Enrollment-weighted aggregates give this entity more weight than any smaller peer, while an unweighted entity average treats every record equally.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

West Memphis school enrollment varies 3.9× across entities

West Memphis school enrollment ranges from 228 students (lowest) to 897 students (highest), a spread of 669 students. That relatively narrow ratio reflects an unusually homogeneous school portfolio for a city this size. Per-school staffing and program breadth can differ sharply at opposite ends of that enrollment range, so the city average should not be treated as a typical campus.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

West Memphis reports 96.6% free-lunch eligibility

The reported share is above 87.5%, so economic need is widespread across the measured student population. Title I operates under the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA, 2015), but its statutory allocation uses additional LEA-level counts and rules not represented by this average. This percentage is an economic-need context measure; it does not establish a Title I award, show dollars received, or describe how funds are distributed among campuses.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

West Memphis student-teacher ratio is 13.9:1 — low (typically associated with smaller schools or per-school staffing investment that often correlates with stronger per-student supports)

student-teacher ratio is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: the ratio counts FTE classroom teachers against total enrollment, push-in specialists, English-language aides, special-education co-teachers, and counselors are not included in most reporting Lower values often correlate with smaller scale and population characteristics rather than higher resource budgets per se.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data, Public School Universe

# School Score
1. West Junior High School 53
2. The Academies of West Memphis Charter School 46
3. Weaver Elementary School 45
4. East Junior High School 44
5. Faulk Elementary School 43
6. Richland Elementary School 38
7. Maddux Elementary School 34
8. Wonder Junior High School 33
9. Bragg Elementary School 28
10. Jackson/Wonder Elementary School 26
11. Marion Visual & Performing Arts Magnet School 24

Most racially and ethnically mixed schools in West Memphis

Ranked by the Simpson student-body diversity index (0-100) from NCES race and ethnicity data, where higher means a more evenly mixed student body. It measures mix, not quality.

  1. 1 Bragg Elementary School 52.5/100
  2. 2 Richland Elementary School 52.5/100
  3. 3 West Junior High School 44.1/100
  4. 4 Marion Visual & Performing Arts Magnet School 42.8/100
  5. 5 The Academies of West Memphis Charter School 28.0/100

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Which West Memphis school has the highest Resource Investment Index? ▼

West Junior High School has the highest Resource Investment Index among the West Memphis schools in this federal-data comparison at 53/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.

How many schools are in West Memphis, AR? ▼

West Memphis has 11 public schools with a total enrollment of 5,536 students. 1 are charter schools. Average student-teacher ratio: 13.9:1.

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Data from NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 and Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC) 2021-22. The Resource Investment Index uses reported student-teacher ratio, counselor access, gifted programs, and attendance; it is not an academic rating. Cities must include at least five schools to be listed. This public-data comparison is for informational purposes: verify current enrollment, attendance boundaries, and programs with the school district before acting. See the guide to understanding NCES data.