Berryville Intermediate Sch, Berryville AR

Original Research by School Decision on Berryville Intermediate Sch

Berryville Intermediate School serves students in grades three through five as part of the Berryville School District in northwest Arkansas. Located within the small city of Berryville, one of two county seats of Carroll County, the school draws from a community that is notably diverse for the region, with a significant Hispanic population and a sizable Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander community, alongside a white majority. A substantial share of students come from households with lower incomes, as reflected in the proportion qualifying for free or reduced-price lunch. The school operates as a traditional public school and is not a charter or magnet.

On the state assessment administered in the 2024-25 school year, the school’s performance across math, English language arts, and science shows that a minority of students met the proficiency benchmark in each subject and grade. In mathematics, the share of students scoring proficient or above increased across the three grades, with the fifth-grade cohort posting a higher rate than the third and fourth grades. A similar pattern appears in English language arts, where the fifth-grade proficiency rate was clearly higher than the third and fourth grades. In science, the fifth-grade rate also stood above the lower grades. While the upward trend within the school is noteworthy, overall proficiency rates remain below half across nearly every tested subject and grade. When compared with other school districts within Carroll County, Berryville Intermediate School’s composite proficiency index places it below the midpoint of the county’s districts. A parent looking at these results may want to ask the school about its approach to supporting students who are not yet at the proficient level, and about how instruction is tailored to help students make progress across the elementary years.

Because the school serves only intermediate grades, there is no graduation rate to report, and data on chronic absenteeism and discipline were not available in the current records. The school’s enrollment is modest for its grade band, with several hundred students spread across three grade levels. The student body is majority white, with a substantial Hispanic population and a notable Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander group. The school’s setting in Berryville means it is part of a small-town environment where historic downtown square serves as a retail and civic hub, and where major employers include a Tyson Foods poultry plant and two handgun manufacturers. Housing values in the area are somewhat above the national benchmark, though the district brief reports no recent major changes to district policies, facilities, or programming that would specifically affect Berryville Intermediate School.

Overall, Berryville Intermediate School presents as a school where academic proficiency rates are lower than those in several nearby districts, though there is some evidence of growth from third to fifth grade. Families considering the school will want to understand the academic support structures in place, particularly for the many students who are not yet meeting state standards. The school serves a diverse and lower-income student population within a small city that has a distinct economic base and community character.

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Academic performance

How students perform on state tests, by grade, set against the district.

Math

Grade 330%

School 30% · District 30%

▼ 7 pts below state median

Grade 438%

School 38% · District 38%

▼ 2 pts below state median

Grade 547%

School 47% · District 47%

▲ 14 pts above state median

English language arts

Grade 330%

School 30% · District 30%

▼ 3 pts below state median

Grade 432%

School 32% · District 32%

▼ 4 pts below state median

Grade 539%

School 39% · District 39%

▲ 6 pts above state median

Science

Grade 336%

School 36% · District 36%

▼ 1 pts below state median

Grade 432%

School 32% · District 32%

▼ 4 pts below state median

Grade 541%

School 41% · District 41%

▲ 8 pts above state median

This schoolBERRYVILLE SCHOOL DISTRICT, same grade

Graduation rate (ACGR) reflects the federally published Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate for the most recent year available. We refresh this data annually at the close of each academic year in June. The federal source publishes a banded rate (for example, "90-94%") instead of an exact number for cohorts small enough to risk identifying individual students. The state distribution chart, where shown, plots every school in the state with a published rate or band; schools whose rate is federally suppressed are excluded. Where the federal source publishes a band rather than an exact rate, the school is placed within its band using a stable, ID-derived offset, so its position is consistent across visits.

Proficiency by household income

English language arts

Grade 3Lower-income27%Higher-income55%28 pp gap

Grade 4Lower-income26%Higher-income60%33 pp gap

Grade 5Lower-income25%Higher-income70%45 pp gap

Mathematics

Grade 3Lower-income29%Higher-income65%35 pp gap

Grade 4Lower-income29%Higher-income65%36 pp gap

Grade 5Lower-income33%Higher-income62%29 pp gap