Middle · Regular · Grades 6 to 8
L. A. Chaffin Middle School, Fort Smith, AR
Enrollment and teachers
- Students
- 753
- Teachers (FTE)
- 54.0
- Students per teacher
- 13.9
- Grades
- 6 to 8
This school's ratio is about the same as the district figure of 14.1. The Arkansas average across schools is 12.7. Ratios count all teachers, including specialists, so they are lower than typical class sizes.
School details
- Address
- 3025 Massard Rd, Fort Smith, AR 72903
- Phone
- (479)452-2226
- District
- Fort Smith School District
- County
- Sebastian County
- Level
- Middle
- Type
- Regular
- Status
- Open
- Charter
- No
- Locale
- City: Small
- NCES school ID
- 050633000358
School meals
- Free lunch
- 311
- Reduced-price lunch
- 106
- Free or reduced-price lunch
- 41755.4% of enrollment.
- Direct certification
- 69Students 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 Fort Smith School District
- Ramsey Middle School 801 students
- Dora Kimmons Middle School 753 students
- William O. Darby Middle School 711 students
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.