📍 315 S College St, Dumas, Desha County, 71639
Dumas Junior High School is a State/Public serving middle age pupils, located in Dumas, Desha County. The school has 236 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Dumas School District school district. It serves grades 6–8 in a small-town setting. The school employs 22.6 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 10.4:1.
Dumas Junior High School enrolls 236 students across grades 6–8. The student body is 48% male and 52% female. A teaching staff of 22.6 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 10.4:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 64% Black or African American, 20% White and 14% Hispanic or Latino.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Black or African American | 152 | 64% |
| White | 47 | 20% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 32 | 14% |
| Two or more races | 4 | 1.7% |
| Asian | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
235 of the school's 236 students (100%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Dumas Junior High School is located in a small-town setting (NCES locale: Town, Remote). Virtual instruction: Supplemental Virtual. The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district VT-10.
Dumas Junior High School is one of 4 schools in DUMAS SCHOOL DISTRICT, based in DUMAS, Arkansas. The district serves 818 students district-wide and employs 96 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 236 students, Dumas Junior High School is larger than the district average of about 205 students per school.
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