District profile / Arkansas

Emerson Taylor Bradley School District

Taylor, Arkansas · Public school district · #86 of 113 Arkansas districts by enrollment

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1,280

Students

2024-25 school year

Schools

2024-25 school year

$10,591

Spending per student

FY2020-21 · about the same as the Arkansas median

9.6

Students per teacher

2024-25 · Arkansas median 12.7

Emerson Taylor Bradley School District is a public school district based in Taylor, Arkansas, serving 1,280 students in 6 schools. By enrollment it ranks #86 of the 113 Arkansas districts with 1,000 or more students, larger than about 24% of them. Its schools average 213 students each, fewer than the Arkansas median of 479. It spends about $10,591 per student on day-to-day operations, about the state median. It has roughly 9.6 students per teacher.

How Emerson Taylor Bradley compares

Emerson Taylor BradleyArkansas median, districts with 1,000+ students

Spending per student$10,591

Arkansas median $10,583 · about the same · FY2020-21

Instruction spending per student$6,253

Arkansas median $5,905 · 6% above · FY2020-21

Students per school213

Arkansas median 479 · 56% below · 2024-25

Students per teacher9.6

Arkansas median 12.7 · 24% below · 2024-25

Students per counselor427

Arkansas median 365 · 17% above · 2024-25

Spending and staffing

Where the money comes from$12.7 million in revenue · FY2020-21

Federal 13%State 47%Local 40%

Measure	Emerson Taylor Bradley	Arkansas median	Year
Current spending per student	$10,591	$10,583	FY2020-21
Instruction spending per student	$6,253	$5,905	FY2020-21
Total spending	$12.6 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Total revenue	$12.7 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Teachers (full-time equivalent)	133	n/a	2024-25
Total staff (full-time equivalent)	232	n/a	2024-25
Students per teacher	9.6	12.7	2024-25
Students per counselor	427	365	2024-25

Spending: NCES school district finance survey (F-33), FY2020-21. Staffing and enrollment: NCES Common Core of Data, 2024-25. Via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. The Arkansas median compares districts with 1,000 or more students.

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Peer districts in Arkansas

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District	Students	Schools	Spending per student	Students per teacher	Rank
Blytheville School DistrictBlytheville	1,295	5	$12,762	13.4	#84
Ashdown School DistrictAshdown	1,281	3	$10,397	10.9	#85
Emerson Taylor Bradley School DistrictTaylor · this district	1,280	6	$10,591	9.6	#86
HARMONY GROVE SCHOOL DISTRICT (Saline)Benton	1,269	4	$9,125	11.2	#87
Drew Central School DistrictMonticello	1,262	3	$9,500	15.2	#88

Similar-size districts nationally

District	Students	Spending per student	Students per teacher
Regional School District 18Old Lyme, CT	1,281	$27,474	10.9
Southampton Union Free School DistrictSouthampton, NY	1,281	$46,041	8.0
Peotone CUSD 207UPeotone, IL	1,280	$16,316	12.4
Browning ElementaryBrowning, MT	1,280	$19,017	11.9

Peers are the districts closest in enrollment, so they can still differ in many other ways. Enrollment, school counts and phone numbers are from the NCES Common Core of Data, 2024-25.

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