The top reported proficiency rate is 32% in Science. The lowest is 18% in Math.
Original Research by School Decision on Clarksville Junior High School
Clarksville Junior High School serves eighth and ninth graders in the Clarksville School District, a system that divides its students across six grade-level buildings from primary through high school. This junior high sits in the middle of that progression, taking students after they leave the middle school and before they enter tenth through twelfth grades at the high school. The school is located in Clarksville, the Johnson County seat, a city that mixes residential neighborhoods with commercial corridors along Main Street and Rogers Avenue. The University of the Ozarks, a private liberal arts college, is a local anchor. Interstate 40 and US Highway 64 cross the city, and the Arkansas River borders it to the south. Publicly reported sources describe Clarksville as experiencing modest population growth and attracting investment. A few years ago the Clarksville district was the first in Arkansas to give every student in grades seven through twelve a take-home laptop computer, a technology initiative that likely still shapes classroom practice at this school. An EF4 tornado struck the city in the recent past, causing significant damage to building facades along Rogers Avenue and on East Main Street, meaning some parts of the community are in a rebuilding phase.
The student body is moderately sized for a building that covers two grades. About half the students are white, a substantial portion are Hispanic, and a notable share are Asian, with smaller groups of Black, Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander, and multiracial students. A large majority of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, indicating a high level of economic need in the school community.
State assessment results are available only for the eighth grade, and they show modest levels of proficiency. In English language arts roughly three out of ten students scored at the proficient level or above. In math just under two out of ten did. In science about three out of ten did. No testing data for ninth graders was reported, and multi-year trends are not available to show whether performance is moving up or down. The comparison fact set that places this school among districts within Johnson County shows its overall proficiency across tested subjects falls below the midpoint of those three districts. The school does not serve high school grades, so it has no graduation rate to report.
We looked for details on course offerings, career pathways, or special programs at this school, but the available data did not include any program descriptions. Parents who want to know about electives, advanced coursework, or extracurricular options will need to ask the school directly. No information on discipline rates, teacher staffing levels, or attendance patterns was present in the data either, so those are open questions.
Clarksville Junior High School occupies a transition point in a district that separates grades into distinct buildings. Its student population is diverse and faces substantial economic challenges, and its academic proficiency rates sit below the midpoint of other districts in the county. Families considering this school may want to find out what academic supports are in place and what opportunities exist beyond the tested subjects.
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