Rivercrest Junior High Prep Academy is a public charter middle school in Wilson, Arkansas, serving 193 students in grades 7-8. The school is part of the Rivercrest School District, which is ranked 190 out of 252 districts in the state and has a 1-star rating from SchoolDigger.
Rivercrest Junior High Prep Academy has consistently underperformed the state and district averages in standardized test scores across all subjects and grade levels. However, the school's strongest performance is in Algebra, where 66.6% of students were proficient or better, compared to the district's 23.4% and the state's 26.8%. The school serves a high-poverty student population, with a 100% free and reduced-price lunch rate. The school's student-teacher ratio has fluctuated, ranging from 10:1 in 2021-2022 to 13.7:1 in 2022-2023.
The closest comparable school is Osceola Middle School, which is part of the Osceola School District, located about 10 miles away. Osceola Middle School also performs poorly, ranking 312 out of 335 Arkansas middle schools in the 2023-2024 school year and having similarly low proficiency rates across all subjects. Both schools serve high-poverty student populations, with free and reduced-price lunch rates of 100% and 98.78%, respectively. The consistently low academic performance and rankings of these schools suggest a need for targeted interventions and support to improve student outcomes in this region.
In the 2023-24 school year, 185 students attended Rivercrest Junior High Prep Academy.
Students at Rivercrest Junior High Prep Academy are 58% White, 26% African American, 12% Hispanic, 2% Two or more races, 1% Asian.
Rivercrest School District
Rivercrest Junior High Prep Academy ranks in the bottom 20.0% of Arkansas middle schools.