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Decatur School District
A public school district in Decatur, Arkansas, with 3 operational schools in 2024–25.
The district in 2024–25
- 613
- Students enrolled
- 62.1
- Teachers, full-time equivalent
- Derived by NCES from the state’s counts.
- 118.6
- All staff, full-time equivalent
- $12,528
- Spending per pupil, fiscal year 2023
- Current expenditure over fall membership, both as the district reported them.
How this compares
- Students enrolled: 613 in 2024–25
- Ranks 9,938th of 17,800 districts by enrollment, and 190th of 263 in Arkansas. Larger than 44% of the 17,800 districts in the fifty states and DC that report an enrollment. The ranking →
- Current spending per pupil: $12,528 in fiscal year 2023
- More than 21% of the 17,189 districts with a spending figure. Current spending leaves out buildings and debt, and a district of a few pupils can spend far more per pupil than any large one.
Spending and revenue
Decatur School District spent $13,679 per pupil in fiscal year 2024, against $7,826 in fiscal year 2005
Current spending per pupil, each fiscal year: current expenditure over fall membership, both as the district reported them to NCES. In the dollars of each year, not adjusted for inflation. A year with no column is a year the survey has no figure for.
Source: The College Scorecard
About this chart
The figures
| Fiscal year | Spending per pupil | Current expenditure | Membership |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024 | $13,679 | $8.3 million | 608 |
| FY2023 | $12,528 | $7.8 million | 619 |
| FY2022 | $12,713 | $7.8 million | 610 |
| FY2021 | $11,976 | $6.8 million | 572 |
| FY2020 | $11,273 | $6.4 million | 572 |
| FY2019 | $10,685 | $6.3 million | 593 |
| FY2018 | $10,700 | $6.4 million | 600 |
| FY2017 | $10,710 | $6.8 million | 632 |
| FY2016 | $9,886 | $6.3 million | 641 |
| FY2015 | $9,933 | $5.8 million | 584 |
| FY2014 | $9,845 | $5.7 million | 580 |
| FY2013 | $9,366 | $5.3 million | 566 |
| FY2012 | $9,324 | $5.0 million | 531 |
| FY2011 | $9,280 | $5.0 million | 535 |
| FY2010 | $9,670 | $5.1 million | 530 |
| FY2009 | $8,918 | $4.8 million | 535 |
| FY2008 | $9,989 | $6.2 million | 619 |
| FY2007 | $8,313 | $5.3 million | 633 |
| FY2006 | $8,998 | $5.3 million | 590 |
| FY2005 | $7,826 | $4.5 million | 570 |
Revenue by source, fiscal year 2023
| Source | Revenue | Share of total |
|---|---|---|
| Federal | $1.8 million | 19.5% |
| State | $4.0 million | 44.7% |
| Local | $3.2 million | 35.9% |
| Total | $9.0 million |
Federal, state and local revenue as the F-33 records them. Each share is of the survey’s total revenue, so a part withheld does not inflate the others.
The district’s schools
3 operational schools, A to Z.
2 more columns on a wider screen
| School | Students |
|---|---|
| Decatur High School | 173 |
| Decatur Middle School | 162 |
| Decatur Northside Elementary | 278 |
The district’s entry
- Name as NCES lists it
- DECATUR SCHOOL DISTRICT
- Status
- Open
- Type
- Regular public school district that is not a component of a supervisory union
- Charter status
- Not a charter district
- Grades
- Pre-kindergarten to Grade 12
- NCES district ID
- 0504980
Elsewhere
- Public schools in Arkansas — enrollment, teachers and spending across the state, against the nation.
- Every school district in Arkansas — A to Z, each with its page.
- Arkansas on the American Factbook — the state’s entry, across every hub.
Sources
- Common Core of Data (CCD), 2024–25 — National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education · U.S. Government work · retrieved September 30, 2026
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (CCD), 2024–25.
- School District Finance Survey (F-33), fiscal years 2005 to 2024
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (CCD), "School District Finance Survey (F-33)," fiscal years 2005 to 2024.
Compiled automatically from Common Core of Data (CCD), 2024–25 and School District Finance Survey (F-33), fiscal years 2005 to 2024 by a checked SQL query · Editor: Kian O'Connor · How this site is built
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