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NEWPORT SCHOOL DISTRICT

Newport, Arkansas · Public School District · Open

Key statistics

1,239
Students enrolled
3
Public schools
123
Classroom teachers (FTE)
10.1:1
Students per teacher

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data. School year: 2024-25.

Students

By grade

  • Pre-K 113
  • Kindergarten 117
  • Grade 1 103
  • Grade 2 95
  • Grade 3 91
  • Grade 4 92
  • Grade 5 80
  • Grade 6 84
  • Grade 7 70
  • Grade 8 73
  • Grade 9 75
  • Grade 10 92
  • Grade 11 75
  • Grade 12 79

By race/ethnicity

  • White 49%
  • Black or African American 30%
  • Two or more races 10%
  • Hispanic/Latino 9%
  • Asian 1%
  • American Indian or Alaska Native <1%

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (fall membership), school year 2024-25. Race/ethnicity as reported by the state.

Free and reduced-price lunch

40% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch 339 of 845 students in the district's schools
  • Free lunch 40%
  • Reduced-price lunch 0%

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data, school year 2024-25. Eligibility as reported by the state. Schools that serve free meals to every student may count all of them as eligible, so figures are not comparable from state to state.

Spending and revenue

$14,682 spent per student on day-to-day operations Arkansas median: $13,778 per student

Spending per student

  • Instruction $8,491
  • Support services $5,383
  • Other (food service, etc.) $809

Where the money comes from

  • Local 34%
  • State 39%
  • Federal 27%

Total revenue $22.1 milliontotal spending $22.5 million

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, School District Finance Survey (F-33), school year 2023-24. Day-to-day spending is NCES's current expenditures: it leaves out construction, equipment, debt and payments to charter or private schools. Per student is per fall enrollment of that year.

District details

Grades served

PK to 12

Locale (NCES)

Rural: FringeStudents: 82% rural, 18% town

Total staff (FTE)

219

District office

406 WILKERSON DRIVE, Newport AR 72112

County

Jackson County

Official website

NCES District ID

500023

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