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POCAHONTAS SCHOOL DISTRICT

Pocahontas, Arkansas · Public School District · Open

Key statistics

1,971
Students enrolled
4
Public schools
168
Classroom teachers (FTE)
11.7:1
Students per teacher

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

Students

By grade

  • Pre-K 60
  • Kindergarten 151
  • Grade 1 167
  • Grade 2 171
  • Grade 3 154
  • Grade 4 139
  • Grade 5 120
  • Grade 6 143
  • Grade 7 159
  • Grade 8 146
  • Grade 9 151
  • Grade 10 163
  • Grade 11 122
  • Grade 12 125

By race/ethnicity

  • White 75%
  • Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander 14%
  • Two or more races 4%
  • Hispanic/Latino 4%
  • Black or African American 1%
  • American Indian or Alaska Native <1%
  • Asian <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

70% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch 1,370 of 1,971 students in the district's schools
  • Free lunch 54%
  • Reduced-price lunch 16%

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

$11,141 spent per student on day-to-day operations Arkansas median: $13,778 per student

Spending per student

  • Instruction $6,639
  • Support services $3,743
  • Other (food service, etc.) $759

Where the money comes from

  • Local 30%
  • State 55%
  • Federal 15%

Total revenue $26.5 milliontotal spending $23.0 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)

Town: Distant

Total staff (FTE)

332

District office

2300 NORTH PARK STREET, Pocahontas AR 72455

County

Randolph County

Official website

NCES District ID

511610

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About POCAHONTAS SCHOOL DISTRICT

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

District Mission Statement To prepare students to accept and succeed in the challenges of tomorrow, the Pocahontas School District is committed to: providing a safe, quality, learning environment in which all students master grade level content, perform at their highest academic ability , and develop positive and healthy self-worth; to distributing resources with fairness and accountability; and to engaging in cooperative relationships with district parents and patrons.
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