Regular local school district · Yell County
Dardanelle School District, AR: schools, enrollment and spending
Dardanelle School District runs 4 public schools with 2,116 students in grades K to 12. Its ratio of 11.6 students per teacher is 1.1 lower than the Arkansas figure of 12.7.Listed in NCES data as "DARDANELLE SCHOOL DISTRICT".
At a glance
- Schools
- 4
- Students
- 2,116
- Teachers (FTE)
- 182
- Students per teacher
- 11.6
- AR: 12.7 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 102 South Front Street, Dardanelle, AR 72834
- Phone
- (479)229-4111
- County
- Yell County
- Locale
- Town: Remote
- Grades offered
- K to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 0504930
- State district ID
- AR-7504000
- Total staff (FTE)
- 351
- School counselors (FTE)
- 5.0About 423 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 7.0
Students per teacher compared
This district11.6
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 (2,075), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $24.5 million
- Federal revenue
- $4.3 million
- State revenue
- $15.6 million
- Local revenue
- $4.7 million
- Total spending
- $22.7 million
- Spending per pupil
- $10,928
- Salaries
- $13.0 million57.4% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $9.6 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 17.3%
- State: 63.4%
- Local: 19.2%
Arkansas overall
- Federal: 16.0%
- State: 47.0%
- Local: 37.0%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$10,928
Arkansas$12,724
United States$16,826
Schools in Dardanelle School District
By level: 1 high, 1 middle, 2 elementary. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Dardanelle High School | High | 9 to 12 | 686 | 7.8 |
| Dardanelle Intermediate School | Elementary | 4 to 5 | 315 | 16.6 |
| Dardanelle Middle School | Middle | 6 to 8 | 500 | 14.7 |
| Dardanelle Primary School | Elementary | K to 3 | 615 | 15.8 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Yell County
- Danville School District 824 students
- Two Rivers School District 707 students
- Western Yell County School District 298 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.