📍 320r Mena St, Mena, Polk County, 71953
Mena Middle School is a State/Public serving middle age pupils, located in Mena, Polk County. The school has 375 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Teresa Warner. It is part of the Mena School District school district. It serves grades 6–8 in a small-town setting. The school employs 30.2 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 12.4:1.
Mena Middle School enrolls 375 students across grades 6–8. The student body is 53% male and 47% female. A teaching staff of 30.2 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 12.4:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 87% White, 5.6% Hispanic or Latino and 2.4% Two or more races.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 327 | 87% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 21 | 5.6% |
| Two or more races | 9 | 2.4% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 7 | 1.9% |
| Asian | 6 | 1.6% |
| Black or African American | 3 | <1% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 2 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
225 of the school's 375 students (60%) 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.
Mena Middle 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-40.
Mena Middle School is one of 5 schools in MENA SCHOOL DISTRICT, based in MENA, Arkansas. The district serves 1,703 students district-wide and employs 160 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 375 students, Mena Middle School is close to the district average of about 341 students per school.