Des Arc School District 鈥� Prairie County, AR

Key statistics

658

Students enrolled

2

Public schools

47

Classroom teachers (FTE)

13.9:1

Students per teacher

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

Students

By grade

Pre-K 23
Kindergarten 41
Grade 1 62
Grade 2 57
Grade 3 39
Grade 4 61
Grade 5 43
Grade 6 53
Grade 7 53
Grade 8 52
Grade 9 50
Grade 10 34
Grade 11 50
Grade 12 40

By race/ethnicity

White 88%
Black or African American 9%
Hispanic/Latino 2%
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

74% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch 486 of 658 students in the district's schools

Free lunch 49%
Reduced-price lunch 25%

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

$11,960 spent per student on day-to-day operations Arkansas median: $13,778 per student

Spending per student

Instruction $7,198
Support services $4,009
Other (food service, etc.) $752

Where the money comes from

Local 33%
State 58%
Federal 10%

Total revenue $9.1 milliontotal spending $8.5 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: Distant

Total staff (FTE)

107

District office

600 MAIN STREET, Des Arc AR 72040

Phone

(870) 256-4164

County

Prairie County

Official website

NCES District ID

505190

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About DES ARC SCHOOL DISTRICT

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

The mission of the Des Arc Public School is for staff, parents, and students to work together as students learn the skills necessary to become competent citizens. The school鈥檚 role in the mission includes providing educational opportunities that promote academic achievement and social, physical and emotional development.