District profile / Arkansas

Gosnell School District

Blytheville, Arkansas · Public school district · #94 of 113 Arkansas districts by enrollment

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1,215

Students

2024-25 school year

Schools

2024-25 school year

$10,992

Spending per student

FY2020-21 · about the same as the Arkansas median

12.5

Students per teacher

2024-25 · Arkansas median 12.7

Gosnell School District is a public school district based in Blytheville, Arkansas, serving 1,215 students in 2 schools. By enrollment it ranks #94 of the 113 Arkansas districts with 1,000 or more students, larger than about 17% of them. Its schools average 608 students each, more than the Arkansas median of 479. It spends about $10,992 per student on day-to-day operations, about the state median. It has roughly 12.5 students per teacher.

How Gosnell compares

GosnellArkansas median, districts with 1,000+ students

Spending per student$10,992

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

Instruction spending per student$6,350

Arkansas median $5,905 · 8% above · FY2020-21

Students per school608

Arkansas median 479 · 27% above · 2024-25

Students per teacher12.5

Arkansas median 12.7 · about the same · 2024-25

Students per counselor304

Arkansas median 365 · 17% below · 2024-25

Spending and staffing

Where the money comes from$13.5 million in revenue · FY2020-21

Federal 18%State 67%Local 15%

Measure	Gosnell	Arkansas median	Year
Current spending per student	$10,992	$10,583	FY2020-21
Instruction spending per student	$6,350	$5,905	FY2020-21
Total spending	$13.6 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Total revenue	$13.5 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Teachers (full-time equivalent)	97	n/a	2024-25
Total staff (full-time equivalent)	218	n/a	2024-25
Students per teacher	12.5	12.7	2024-25
Students per counselor	304	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
Gosnell School DistrictBlytheville · this district	1,215	2	$10,992	12.5	#94
Genoa Central School DistrictTexarkana	1,213	4	$9,285	11.8	#95
Smackover Norphlet School DistrictSmackover	1,208	3	$10,823	10.2	#96
Rivercrest School DistrictWilson	1,205	3	$12,029	11.2	#97
Dover School DistrictDover	1,205	3	$10,592	8.4	#98

Similar-size districts nationally

District	Students	Spending per student	Students per teacher
South Knox School CorporationVincennes, IN	1,215	$9,835	17.4
Durand Area SchoolsDurand, MI	1,215	$11,066	15.8
Sanborn Regional School DistrictKingston, NH	1,215	$21,558	10.0
Closter Public School DistrictCloster, NJ	1,215	$19,953	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-gosnell-school-district