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Van Buren School District

A public school district in Van Buren, Arkansas, with 11 operational schools in 2024–25.

The district in 2024–25

5,703
Students enrolled
419.1
Teachers, full-time equivalent
Derived by NCES from the state’s counts.
897.3
All staff, full-time equivalent
$11,315
Spending per pupil, fiscal year 2023
Current expenditure over fall membership, both as the district reported them.

How this compares

Students enrolled: 5,703 in 2024–⁠25
Ranks 1,676th of 17,800 districts by enrollment, and 14th of 263 in Arkansas. Larger than 90% of the 17,800 districts in the fifty states and DC that report an enrollment. The ranking →
Current spending per pupil: $11,315 in fiscal year 2023
More than 11% 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

Van Buren School District spent $11,711 per pupil in fiscal year 2024, against $6,999 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: NCES

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The figures

Van Buren School District spent $11,711 per pupil in fiscal year 2024, against $6,999 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.
Fiscal yearSpending per pupilCurrent expenditureMembership
FY2024$11,711$68.0 million5,809
FY2023$11,315$66.9 million5,911
FY2022$11,226$64.0 million5,700
FY2021$10,923$60.1 million5,506
FY2020$9,442$54.2 million5,737
FY2019$9,258$54.0 million5,832
FY2018$9,008$53.1 million5,898
FY2017$8,823$52.0 million5,897
FY2016$8,845$52.2 million5,897
FY2015$8,827$52.2 million5,908
FY2014$8,727$51.9 million5,942
FY2013$8,389$50.3 million5,999
FY2012$8,451$50.7 million6,002
FY2011$8,458$50.8 million6,005
FY2010$8,327$49.3 million5,922
FY2009$7,779$46.3 million5,955
FY2008$7,568$45.0 million5,943
FY2007$7,735$45.4 million5,867
FY2006$7,265$41.7 million5,742
FY2005$6,999$38.9 million5,561

Revenue by source, fiscal year 2023

Revenue to Van Buren School District by source, fiscal year 2023, as the district reported it to NCES
SourceRevenueShare of total
Federal$15.8 million19.7%
State$40.7 million50.7%
Local$23.7 million29.5%
Total$80.3 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

11 operational schools, A to Z.

2 more columns on a wider screen

Schools in Van Buren School District
SchoolStudents
Butterfield Trail Middle School557
Central Elementary School466
James R. Tate Elementary School459
King Elementary School437
Northridge Middle School713
Oliver Springs Elementary School441
Parkview Elementary School437
Rena Elementary School414
River Valley Virtual Academy79
Van Buren Freshman Academy468
Van Buren High School1,232

The district’s entry

Name as NCES lists it
VAN BUREN 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
0513410

Elsewhere

Sources

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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