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WEST MEMPHIS SCHOOL DISTRICT

West Memphis, Arkansas · Public School District · Open

Key statistics

4,511
Students enrolled
9
Public schools
354
Classroom teachers (FTE)
12.7:1
Students per teacher

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

Students

By grade

  • Pre-K 131
  • Kindergarten 363
  • Grade 1 353
  • Grade 2 364
  • Grade 3 391
  • Grade 4 372
  • Grade 5 352
  • Grade 6 316
  • Grade 7 315
  • Grade 8 313
  • Grade 9 344
  • Grade 10 313
  • Grade 11 311
  • Grade 12 273

By race/ethnicity

  • Black or African American 81%
  • White 15%
  • Hispanic/Latino 2%
  • Two or more races 1%
  • Asian <1%
  • American Indian or Alaska Native <1%
  • Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander <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

100% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch 4,509 of 4,511 students in the district's schools
  • Free lunch 100%
  • 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

$14,559 spent per student on day-to-day operations Arkansas median: $13,778 per student

Spending per student

  • Instruction $7,953
  • Support services $5,637
  • Other (food service, etc.) $968

Where the money comes from

  • Local 20%
  • State 58%
  • Federal 23%

Total revenue $85.0 milliontotal spending $82.9 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)

Suburb: Large

Total staff (FTE)

622

District office

301 SOUTH AVALON, West Memphis AR 72301

County

Crittenden County

Official website

NCES District ID

508040

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About WEST MEMPHIS SCHOOL DISTRICT

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

The West Memphis School District is committed to educating all students to the highest standards of excellence by providing a rigorous and varied curriculum in a safe environment that will empower them to become productive citizens of a culturally diverse society.
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