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LITTLE ROCK SCHOOL DISTRICT

Little Rock, Arkansas · Public School District · Open

Key statistics

21,086
Students enrolled
38
Public schools
1,408
Classroom teachers (FTE)
15.0:1
Students per teacher

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

Students

By grade

  • Pre-K 1,521
  • Kindergarten 1,526
  • Grade 1 1,574
  • Grade 2 1,523
  • Grade 3 1,591
  • Grade 4 1,562
  • Grade 5 1,545
  • Grade 6 1,411
  • Grade 7 1,367
  • Grade 8 1,483
  • Grade 9 1,675
  • Grade 10 1,542
  • Grade 11 1,441
  • Grade 12 1,325

By race/ethnicity

  • Black or African American 58%
  • White 18%
  • Hispanic/Latino 18%
  • Asian 3%
  • Two or more races 2%
  • 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

79% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch 16,577 of 21,086 students in the district's schools
  • Free lunch 73%
  • Reduced-price lunch 6%

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

$17,548 spent per student on day-to-day operations Arkansas median: $13,778 per student

Spending per student

  • Instruction $9,308
  • Support services $7,505
  • Other (food service, etc.) $734

Where the money comes from

  • Local 56%
  • State 28%
  • Federal 16%

Total revenue $396.6 milliontotal spending $506.8 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)

City: MidsizeStudents: 97% city, 2% suburb, 2% rural

Total staff (FTE)

3,308

District office

810 WEST MARKHAM ST, Little Rock AR 72201

County

Pulaski County

Official website

NCES District ID

509000

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About LITTLE ROCK SCHOOL DISTRICT

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

"The mission of the Little Rock School District is to equip all students with the skills and knowledge to realize their aspirations, think critically and independently, learn continuously, and face the future as productive contributing citizens. This mission is accomplished through open access to a diverse, innovative and challenging curriculum in a secure environment with a staff dedicated to excellence and empowered with the trust and support of our community."
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