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WATSON CHAPEL SCHOOL DISTRICT

Pine Bluff, Arkansas · Public School District · Open

Key statistics

1,552
Students enrolled
4
Public schools
144
Classroom teachers (FTE)
10.8:1
Students per teacher

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

Students

By grade

  • Kindergarten 86
  • Grade 1 113
  • Grade 2 97
  • Grade 3 115
  • Grade 4 100
  • Grade 5 114
  • Grade 6 96
  • Grade 7 110
  • Grade 8 128
  • Grade 9 123
  • Grade 10 148
  • Grade 11 162
  • Grade 12 160

By race/ethnicity

  • Black or African American 88%
  • White 8%
  • Hispanic/Latino 2%
  • Two or more races 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

69% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch 1,067 of 1,552 students in the district's schools
  • Free lunch 59%
  • Reduced-price lunch 10%

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

$13,120 spent per student on day-to-day operations Arkansas median: $13,778 per student

Spending per student

  • Instruction $5,842
  • Support services $6,445
  • Other (food service, etc.) $833

Where the money comes from

  • Local 25%
  • State 61%
  • Federal 13%

Total revenue $30.1 milliontotal spending $27.2 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

KG to 12

Locale (NCES)

Town: Distant

Total staff (FTE)

320

District office

4100 CAMDEN ROAD, Pine Bluff AR 71603

County

Jefferson County

Official website

NCES District ID

513930

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About WATSON CHAPEL SCHOOL DISTRICT

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

MISSION: To provide a well-rounded curriculum that will allow all students the opportunity to raise their achievement levels in literacy, math, and science, become productive members of society, and live healthy lives.
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