School district · Arkansas
Palestine Wheatley School District
Palestine Wheatley School District in Arkansas: 2 public schools with 826 students and 7.7 students per teacher in the 2024–25 school year. It spent $11,880 per student in FY2024.
- Schools
- 2
- Students
- 826
- Students per teacher
- 7.7
- AR 12.5 · US 15.1
- Spending per student
- $11,880
- AR $13.5K · US $17.6K
Staff
Full-time equivalents reported by the district. Ratios are students per staff member: lower means more staff for each student, not better results.
- Teachers (FTE)
- 107
- Counselors (FTE)
- 2.0
- Students per counselor
- 413
- AR 350 · US 357
- Psychologists (FTE)
- 0.0
- Librarians (FTE): 2.0
Money
Current spending pays for staff, services and supplies; buildings and debt are counted apart. It follows local costs and needs (special education, long bus routes), so it is a comparison, not a grade.
$7.4K15
$7.9K16
$7.7K17
$7.7K18
$7.8K19
$7.6K20
$8.8K21
$9.2K22
$12.3K23
$11.9K24
- Federal
- 14% · $1.6M
- State
- 77% · $8.5M
- Local
- 8.7% · $956K
Per student (FY2024)
- Instruction
- $6,728
- Support services
- $4,584
- Buildings and equipment (capital outlay)
- $990K
- Long-term debt
- $6.1M
Schools
Open public schools of the district in the 2024–25 school year.
Elementary schools: 1High schools: 1
| School | Grades | Students | Students / teacher |
|---|---|---|---|
Palestine-Wheatley Elementary SchoolFree meals for all | Pre-K–6 | 448 | 15.0 |
Palestine-Wheatley Senior HighFree meals for all | 7–12 | 378 | 4.9 |
Sources
- Address
- 7950 Hwy. 70 West, Palestine, AR 72372
- Phone
- (870)581-2646
- Public schools and school districts (National Center for Education Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau), 2024–25 school year. NCES Common Core of Data and EDGE public school geocodes; U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances and cartographic boundary files (places).
- Annual Survey of School System Finances (U.S. Census Bureau), FY2024. U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances (F-33).