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Gary E. Cobb Middle School, Texarkana, AR

Gary E. Cobb Middle School is a public middle school in Texarkana, part of Genoa Central School District. It enrolled 303 students in 2024-25, with 17.8 students per full-time teacher.Listed in NCES data as "GARY E. COBB MIDDLE SCHOOL".

Enrollment and teachers

Students
303
Teachers (FTE)
17.0
Students per teacher
17.8
Grades
4 to 6

This school's ratio is 6.0 higher than the district figure of 11.8. The Arkansas average across schools is 12.7. Ratios count all teachers, including specialists, so they are lower than typical class sizes.

This school17.8
District11.8
Arkansas12.7
United States15.3

School details

Address
11986 St Hwy 196, Texarkana, AR 71854
Phone
(870)653-7571
District
Genoa Central School District
County
Miller County
Level
Middle
Type
Regular
Status
Open
Charter
No
Locale
Rural: Distant
NCES school ID
050411000286
Location from NCES coordinates. Map data OpenStreetMap contributors. Open larger map

School meals

Counts of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, as reported to NCES.
Free lunch
82
Reduced-price lunch
34
Free or reduced-price lunch
11638.3% of enrollment.
Direct certification
32Students certified through programs such as SNAP, without an application.
Community Eligibility Provision
No

Schools in the Community Eligibility Provision (CEP) serve free meals to all students, so their free lunch counts often reflect direct certification or total enrollment. Free and reduced lunch shares are not comparable between CEP and non-CEP schools.

Related schools

Other middle schools in Genoa Central School District

Middle schools elsewhere in Texarkana

We publish official enrollment and staffing data, not ratings or test scores.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 and F-33 finance 2020, via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Last reviewed October 2026. Blank values are not available, not applicable or suppressed in the source. See the methodology.