Regular local school district · Sharp County
Cave City School District, AR: schools, enrollment and spending
Cave City School District runs 3 public schools with 1,239 students in grades PK to 12. Its ratio of 9.8 students per teacher is 2.9 lower than the Arkansas figure of 12.7.Listed in NCES data as "CAVE CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT".
At a glance
- Schools
- 3
- Students
- 1,239
- Teachers (FTE)
- 127
- Students per teacher
- 9.8
- AR: 12.7 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 711 N. Main, Cave City, AR 72521
- Phone
- (870)283-5391
- County
- Sharp County
- Locale
- Rural: Distant
- Grades offered
- PK to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 0504050
- State district ID
- AR-6802000
- Total staff (FTE)
- 236
- School counselors (FTE)
- 2.0About 620 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 5.0
- Charter schools
- 2
Students per teacher compared
This district9.8
Arkansas12.7
United States15.3
2020 finance data
From the F-33 School District Finance Survey for fiscal year 2020, in nominal dollars. Enrollment used for per-pupil figures is the finance survey count (1,232), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $14.9 million
- Federal revenue
- $2.7 million
- State revenue
- $8.9 million
- Local revenue
- $3.3 million
- Total spending
- $14.0 million
- Spending per pupil
- $11,395
- Salaries
- $7.5 million53.4% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $5.8 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 17.9%
- State: 59.9%
- Local: 22.1%
Arkansas overall
- Federal: 16.0%
- State: 47.0%
- Local: 37.0%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$11,395
Arkansas$12,724
United States$16,826
Schools in Cave City School District
By level: 1 high, 1 middle, 1 elementary. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Cave City Elementary School | Elementary | PK to 5 | 605 | 15.5 |
| Cave City High Career & Collegiate Preparatory SchoolCharter | High | 9 to 12 | 375 | 6.0 |
| Cave City Middle School Career and Collegiate PreparatoryCharter | Middle | 6 to 8 | 259 | 10.8 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Sharp County
- Highland School District 1,499 students
More in Arkansas
Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 and F-33 finance 2020, via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Last reviewed October 2026. Finance figures are 2020 finance data in nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation. Blank values are not available, not applicable or suppressed in the source. See the methodology.