District profile / Arkansas

Fouke School District

Fouke, Arkansas · Public school district · #102 of 113 Arkansas districts by enrollment

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1,107

Students

2024-25 school year

Schools

2024-25 school year

$10,213

Spending per student

FY2020-21 · about the same as the Arkansas median

9.5

Students per teacher

2024-25 · Arkansas median 12.7

Fouke School District is a public school district based in Fouke, Arkansas, serving 1,107 students in 3 schools. By enrollment it ranks #102 of the 113 Arkansas districts with 1,000 or more students, larger than about 10% of them. Its schools average 369 students each, fewer than the Arkansas median of 479. It spends about $10,213 per student on day-to-day operations, about the state median. It has roughly 9.5 students per teacher.

How Fouke compares

FoukeArkansas median, districts with 1,000+ students

Spending per student$10,213

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

Instruction spending per student$5,326

Arkansas median $5,905 · 10% below · FY2020-21

Students per school369

Arkansas median 479 · 23% below · 2024-25

Students per teacher9.5

Arkansas median 12.7 · 25% below · 2024-25

Students per counselor369

Arkansas median 365 · about the same · 2024-25

Spending and staffing

Where the money comes from$12.8 million in revenue · FY2020-21

Federal 13%State 60%Local 27%

Measure	Fouke	Arkansas median	Year
Current spending per student	$10,213	$10,583	FY2020-21
Instruction spending per student	$5,326	$5,905	FY2020-21
Total spending	$12.3 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Total revenue	$12.8 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Teachers (full-time equivalent)	117	n/a	2024-25
Total staff (full-time equivalent)	207	n/a	2024-25
Students per teacher	9.5	12.7	2024-25
Students per counselor	369	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
McGehee School DistrictMcGehee	1,121	3	$11,322	11.7	#100
Riverview School DistrictSearcy	1,120	4	$11,978	8.5	#101
Fouke School DistrictFouke · this district	1,107	3	$10,213	9.5	#102
Bergman School DistrictHarrison	1,102	3	$9,373	8.5	#103
Lincoln School DistrictLincoln	1,095	3	$11,591	10.5	#104

Similar-size districts nationally

District	Students	Spending per student	Students per teacher
HopedaleHopedale, MA	1,108	$17,542	11.9
Brunswick Central School District (brittonkill)Troy, NY	1,108	$19,882	12.2
New Boston ISDNew Boston, TX	1,108	$13,339	10.0
Turner CountyAshburn, GA	1,107	$14,093	12.4

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.

Printed from Superintendent's Corner: https://superintendentscorner.com/district-ar-fouke-school-district