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Little Rock School District, AR: schools, enrollment and spending

Little Rock School District runs 38 public schools with 21,086 students in grades PK to 12. Its ratio of 15.0 students per teacher is 2.3 higher than the Arkansas figure of 12.7.Listed in NCES data as "LITTLE ROCK SCHOOL DISTRICT".

At a glance

Schools: 38
Students: 21,086
Teachers (FTE): 1,407
Students per teacher: 15.0; AR: 12.7 · US: 15.3

Address: 810 West Markham St, Little Rock, AR 72201
Phone: (501)447-1000
County: Pulaski County
Locale: City: Midsize
Grades offered: PK to 12
Agency type: Regular local school district
NCES district ID: 0509000
State district ID: AR-6001000
Total staff (FTE): 3,307
School counselors (FTE): 59.0About 357 students per counselor.
School administrators (FTE): 93.0

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Students per teacher compared

This district15.0

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 (21,612), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.

Total revenue: $344.5 million
Federal revenue: $57.2 million
State revenue: $95.8 million
Local revenue: $191.5 million
Total spending: $334.4 million
Spending per pupil: $15,475
Salaries: $173.3 million51.8% of total spending.
Long-term debt (end of year): $283.1 million

Where revenue came from

Federal: 16.6%
State: 27.8%
Local: 55.6%

Arkansas overall

Federal: 16.0%
State: 47.0%
Local: 37.0%

Spending per pupil compared

This district$15,475

Arkansas$12,724

United States$16,826

Schools in Little Rock School District

By level: 5 high, 5 middle, 24 elementary, 4 prekindergarten. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.


Bale Elementary School	Elementary	K to 5	330	15.7
Brady Elementary School	Elementary	K to 5	309	15.4
Carver STEAM Magnet Elementary School	Elementary	K to 5	232	13.6
Central High School	High	9 to 12	2,371	14.7
Chicot Elementary School	Elementary	PK to 5	897	17.9
Don Roberts Elementary School	Elementary	K to 5	1,035	19.5
Dr Martin Luther King Jr Leadership & Language Magnet Acad	Elementary	PK to 5	414	15.3
Dr. Marian G. Lacey K-8 Academy	Elementary	K to 8	1,252	15.5
Dunbar Magnet Middle School	Middle	6 to 8	315	9.8
Fair Park Early Childhood Center	Prekindergarten	PK	195	19.5
Forest Heights STEM Academy	Elementary	K to 8	777	16.5
Forest Park Elementary School	Elementary	PK to 5	379	18.9
Fulbright Elementary School	Elementary	PK to 5	485	18.0
Geyer Springs Early Childhood Center	Prekindergarten	PK	273	19.5
Gibbs Magnet Elementary School	Elementary	PK to 5	291	15.3
Hall High School - West Soi	High	9 to 12	495	12.1
J.A. Fair K8 Preparatory School	Elementary	K to 8	779	15.0
Jefferson Elementary School	Elementary	K to 5	359	17.1
Little Rock Southwest High School	High	9 to 12	2,045	12.1
Mabelvale Elementary School	Elementary	K to 5	369	17.6
Mabelvale Middle School	Middle	6 to 8	477	13.2
Mann Magnet Middle School	Middle	6 to 8	557	13.9
McDermott Elementary School	Elementary	K to 5	254	14.1
Metropolitan Career & Technical Center	High	9 to 12	0
Otter Creek Elementary School	Elementary	K to 5	372	16.2
Parkview Magnet High School	High	9 to 12	1,072	13.7
Pinnacle View Middle School	Middle	6 to 8	807	14.4
Pulaski Heights Elementary School	Elementary	K to 5	266	19.0
Pulaski Heights Middle School	Middle	6 to 8	585	14.6
Rockefeller Early Childhood Center	Prekindergarten	PK	317	22.6
Romine Early Childhood Center	Prekindergarten	PK	242	18.6
Stephens Elementary	Elementary	PK to 5	474	18.2
Terry Elementary School	Elementary	PK to 5	328	16.4
Wakefield Elementary School	Elementary	K to 5	493	17.0
Washington Elementary School	Elementary	K to 5	315	17.5
Watson Elementary School	Elementary	K to 5	383	18.2
Western Hills Elementary School	Elementary	K to 5	202	12.6
Williams Magnet Elementary School	Elementary	K to 5	340	16.2

Nearby and related

Other districts in Pulaski County

Pulaski County Special School District 12,368 students
North Little Rock School District 7,711 students
Arkansas Virtual Academy 5,269 students
Jacksonville North Pulaski School District 4,360 students
Lisa Academy 4,292 students
Estem Public Charter School 2,358 students
Academics Plus Public Charter Schools 1,993 students
Exalt Academy of Southwest Little Rock 754 students
Premier High Schools of Arkansas 657 students
Graduate Arkansas Charter 557 students
Academies of Math and Science 486 students
Arkansas Lighthouse Charter Schools 426 students
Excel Center 424 students
Scholarmade Achievement Place of Arkansas 306 students
Division of Youth Services School System 241 students

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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.