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PALESTINE WHEATLEY SCHOOL DISTRICT

Palestine, Arkansas · Public School District · Open

Key statistics

826
Students enrolled
2
Public schools
107
Classroom teachers (FTE)
7.7:1
Students per teacher

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

Students

By grade

  • Pre-K 30
  • Kindergarten 56
  • Grade 1 45
  • Grade 2 52
  • Grade 3 74
  • Grade 4 59
  • Grade 5 64
  • Grade 6 68
  • Grade 7 76
  • Grade 8 55
  • Grade 9 79
  • Grade 10 54
  • Grade 11 47
  • Grade 12 67

By race/ethnicity

  • White 85%
  • Black or African American 10%
  • Hispanic/Latino 3%
  • Asian 1%
  • Two or more races <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

99% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch 820 of 826 students in the district's schools
  • Free lunch 99%
  • 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

$11,880 spent per student on day-to-day operations Arkansas median: $13,778 per student

Spending per student

  • Instruction $6,728
  • Support services $4,584
  • Other (food service, etc.) $568

Where the money comes from

  • Local 21%
  • State 64%
  • Federal 14%

Total revenue $11.0 milliontotal spending $11.0 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: Distant

Total staff (FTE)

162

District office

7950 HWY. 70 WEST, Palestine AR 72372

County

St. Francis County

Official website

NCES District ID

500051

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About PALESTINE WHEATLEY SCHOOL DISTRICT

Description provided by the district or community — not part of the NCES dataset.

Welcome to the Palestine-Wheatley School District Where quality education is our number-one goal. By offering an exciting, dynamic education experience, we provide learning opportunities not found elsewhere. Smaller student-to-teacher ratios also ensure more one-on-one education.
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