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Jacksonville North Pulaski School District

Jacksonville, Arkansas · Public school district · #18 of 113 Arkansas districts by enrollment

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4,360

Students

2024-25 school year

Schools

2024-25 school year

$10,271

Spending per student

FY2020-21 · about the same as the Arkansas median

13.1

Students per teacher

2024-25 · Arkansas median 12.7

Jacksonville North Pulaski School District is a public school district based in Jacksonville, Arkansas, serving 4,360 students in 7 schools. By enrollment it ranks #18 of the 113 Arkansas districts with 1,000 or more students, larger than about 85% of them. Its schools average 623 students each, more than the Arkansas median of 479. It spends about $10,271 per student on day-to-day operations, about the state median. It has roughly 13.1 students per teacher.

How Jacksonville North Pulaski compares

Jacksonville North PulaskiArkansas median, districts with 1,000+ students

Spending per student$10,271

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

Instruction spending per student$5,101

Arkansas median $5,905 · 14% below · FY2020-21

Students per school623

Arkansas median 479 · 30% above · 2024-25

Students per teacher13.1

Arkansas median 12.7 · about the same · 2024-25

Students per counselor311

Arkansas median 365 · 15% below · 2024-25

Spending and staffing

Where the money comes from$62.2 million in revenue · FY2020-21

Federal 11%State 57%Local 32%

Measure	Jacksonville North Pulaski	Arkansas median	Year
Current spending per student	$10,271	$10,583	FY2020-21
Instruction spending per student	$5,101	$5,905	FY2020-21
Total spending	$73.9 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Total revenue	$62.2 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Teachers (full-time equivalent)	334	n/a	2024-25
Total staff (full-time equivalent)	710	n/a	2024-25
Students per teacher	13.1	12.7	2024-25
Students per counselor	311	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
Siloam Springs School DistrictSiloam Springs	4,702	6	$10,593	15.7	#16
West Memphis School DistrictWest Memphis	4,511	9	$11,777	12.7	#17
Jacksonville North Pulaski School DistrictJacksonville · this district	4,360	7	$10,271	13.1	#18
Sheridan School DistrictSheridan	4,208	7	$9,395	13.3	#19
Searcy School DistrictSearcy	3,973	6	$10,034	14.9	#20

Similar-size districts nationally

District	Students	Spending per student	Students per teacher
Winchester City Public SchoolsWinchester, VA	4,362	$14,620	17.9
Minooka CCSD 201Minooka, IL	4,361	$13,558	14.5
Person County SchoolsRoxboro, NC	4,361	$11,250	17.7
Stroudsburg Area School DistrictStroudsburg, PA	4,361	$19,868	12.2

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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