Regular local school district · Benton County
Gentry School District, AR: schools, enrollment and spending
Gentry School District runs 4 public schools with 1,753 students in grades K to 12. Its ratio of 10.6 students per teacher is 2.1 lower than the Arkansas figure of 12.7.Listed in NCES data as "GENTRY SCHOOL DISTRICT".
At a glance
- Schools
- 4
- Students
- 1,753
- Teachers (FTE)
- 165
- Students per teacher
- 10.6
- AR: 12.7 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 201 S. Giles, Gentry, AR 72734
- Phone
- (479)736-2253
- County
- Benton County
- Locale
- Rural: Fringe
- Grades offered
- K to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 0506540
- State district ID
- AR-0403000
- Total staff (FTE)
- 318
- School counselors (FTE)
- 6.0About 292 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 12.0
Students per teacher compared
This district10.6
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 (1,444), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $19.6 million
- Federal revenue
- $2.1 million
- State revenue
- $6.9 million
- Local revenue
- $10.5 million
- Total spending
- $17.3 million
- Spending per pupil
- $11,981
- Salaries
- $9.7 million55.9% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $23.5 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 10.9%
- State: 35.3%
- Local: 53.8%
Arkansas overall
- Federal: 16.0%
- State: 47.0%
- Local: 37.0%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$11,981
Arkansas$12,724
United States$16,826
Schools in Gentry School District
By level: 1 high, 1 middle, 2 elementary. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Gentry High School | High | 9 to 12 | 565 | 7.1 |
| Gentry Intermediate School | Elementary | 3 to 5 | 416 | 16.0 |
| Gentry Middle School | Middle | 6 to 8 | 425 | 13.7 |
| Gentry Primary School | Elementary | K to 2 | 347 | 13.3 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Benton County
- Bentonville School District 19,575 students
- Rogers School District 15,604 students
- Siloam Springs School District 4,702 students
- Arkansas Connections Academy 4,575 students
- Pea Ridge School District 2,670 students
- Gravette School District 2,133 students
- Founders Classical Academies of Arkansas 1,648 students
- Arkansas Arts Academy 945 students
- Decatur School District 613 students
- School for Advanced Studies-Northwest Arkansas 87 students
- Garfield Scholars' Academy 73 students
- Hope Academy of Northwest Arkansas 25 students
- Northwest Ark Community College Technical Center 0 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.