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Watson Chapel School District
A public school district in Pine Bluff, Arkansas, with 4 operational schools in 2024–25.
The district in 2024–25
- 1,552
- Students enrolled
- 143.8
- Teachers, full-time equivalent
- Derived by NCES from the state’s counts.
- 319.8
- All staff, full-time equivalent
- $14,737
- Spending per pupil, fiscal year 2023
- Current expenditure over fall membership, both as the district reported them.
How this compares
- Students enrolled: 1,552 in 2024–25
- Ranks 5,567th of 17,800 districts by enrollment, and 80th of 263 in Arkansas. Larger than 68% of the 17,800 districts in the fifty states and DC that report an enrollment. The ranking →
- Current spending per pupil: $14,737 in fiscal year 2023
- More than 42% 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
Watson Chapel School District spent $13,120 per pupil in fiscal year 2024, against $6,606 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
About this chart
The figures
| Fiscal year | Spending per pupil | Current expenditure | Membership |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024 | $13,120 | $22.6 million | 1,725 |
| FY2023 | $14,737 | $26.5 million | 1,796 |
| FY2022 | $13,476 | $26.2 million | 1,942 |
| FY2021 | $10,617 | $22.8 million | 2,148 |
| FY2020 | $10,448 | $23.3 million | 2,233 |
| FY2019 | $9,834 | $24.3 million | 2,472 |
| FY2018 | $10,342 | $26.7 million | 2,582 |
| FY2017 | $9,694 | $25.1 million | 2,591 |
| FY2016 | $9,186 | $23.9 million | 2,605 |
| FY2015 | $8,378 | $23.3 million | 2,779 |
| FY2014 | $8,492 | $24.6 million | 2,892 |
| FY2013 | $8,632 | $25.8 million | 2,992 |
| FY2012 | $8,339 | $25.4 million | 3,047 |
| FY2011 | $8,128 | $25.3 million | 3,114 |
| FY2010 | $8,319 | $25.7 million | 3,088 |
| FY2009 | $8,095 | $25.2 million | 3,108 |
| FY2008 | $8,180 | $25.7 million | 3,145 |
| FY2007 | $7,806 | $25.8 million | 3,306 |
| FY2006 | $6,964 | $23.8 million | 3,419 |
| FY2005 | $6,606 | $21.6 million | 3,268 |
Revenue by source, fiscal year 2023
| Source | Revenue | Share of total |
|---|---|---|
| Federal | $7.9 million | 27.2% |
| State | $15.9 million | 55.2% |
| Local | $5.1 million | 17.6% |
| Total | $28.9 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
4 operational schools, A to Z.
2 more columns on a wider screen
| School | Students |
|---|---|
| Coleman Elementary School | 426 |
| Edgewood Elementary School | 199 |
| Watson Chapel High School | 593 |
| Watson Chapel Junior High School | 334 |
The district’s entry
- Name as NCES lists it
- WATSON CHAPEL 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
- Kindergarten to Grade 12
- NCES district ID
- 0513930
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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