State/Public Middle Open

William O. Darby Jr. High Sch.

616 N 14th St, Fort Smith, Sebastian County, 72901

700
Pupils
14.7
Pupil:teacher ratio

About this school

William O. Darby Jr. High Sch. is a State/Public serving middle age pupils, located in Fort Smith, Sebastian County. The school has 700 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Fort Smith School District school district. It serves grades 6–8 in an urban setting. The school employs 47.8 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 14.7:1.

School details

School district
Fort Smith School District

Enrollment & staffing

William O. Darby Jr. High Sch. enrolls 700 students across grades 6–8. The student body is 50% male and 50% female. A teaching staff of 47.8 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 14.7:1.

Male students
347 (50%)
Female students
353 (50%)
Teachers (FTE)
47.8
Student-teacher ratio
14.7:1
Grade span
6–8

Student demographics

By race and ethnicity, the student body is 50% Hispanic or Latino, 28% White and 13% Black or African American.

Race / ethnicityStudentsShare
Hispanic or Latino35150%
White19328%
Black or African American8913%
Two or more races507.1%
Asian121.7%
American Indian or Alaska Native4<1%
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander1<1%

Source: NCES Common Core of Data.

Free & reduced-price lunch

607 of the school's 700 students (87%) 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.

School setting & status

City, SmallGrades 6–8Supplemental VirtualTitle I

William O. Darby Jr. High Sch. is located in an urban setting (NCES locale: City, Small). 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-30.

School district: FORT SMITH SCHOOL DISTRICT

William O. Darby Jr. High Sch. is one of 27 schools in FORT SMITH SCHOOL DISTRICT, based in FORT SMITH, Arkansas. The district serves 14,045 students district-wide and employs 1,002 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 700 students, William O. Darby Jr. High Sch. is larger than the district average of about 520 students per school.

14,045
District students
27
Schools
1,002
Teachers (FTE)

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