Regular local school district · Polk County
Mena School District, AR: schools, enrollment and spending
Mena School District runs 5 public schools with 1,703 students in grades K to 12. Its ratio of 9.7 students per teacher is 3.0 lower than the Arkansas figure of 12.7.Listed in NCES data as "MENA SCHOOL DISTRICT".
At a glance
- Schools
- 5
- Students
- 1,703
- Teachers (FTE)
- 176
- Students per teacher
- 9.7
- AR: 12.7 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 501 Hickory Ave, Mena, AR 71953
- Phone
- (479)394-1710
- County
- Polk County
- Locale
- Town: Remote
- Grades offered
- K to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 0509750
- State district ID
- AR-5703000
- Total staff (FTE)
- 297
- School counselors (FTE)
- 5.0About 341 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 7.0
- Charter schools
- 1
Students per teacher compared
This district9.7
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 (1,734), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $21.2 million
- Federal revenue
- $4.6 million
- State revenue
- $10.0 million
- Local revenue
- $6.6 million
- Total spending
- $19.4 million
- Spending per pupil
- $11,176
- Salaries
- $9.1 million46.7% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $21.8 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 21.6%
- State: 47.3%
- Local: 31.1%
Arkansas overall
- Federal: 16.0%
- State: 47.0%
- Local: 37.0%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$11,176
Arkansas$12,724
United States$16,826
Schools in Mena School District
By level: 1 high, 1 middle, 2 elementary, 1 other. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Holly Harshman Elementary School | Elementary | 3 to 5 | 438 | 19.9 |
| Louise Durham Elementary School | Elementary | K to 2 | 357 | 15.5 |
| Mena High School | High | 9 to 12 | 503 | 6.7 |
| Mena Middle School | Middle | 6 to 8 | 393 | 14.6 |
| Polk County Virtual AcademyCharter | Other | 1 to 12 | 12 | 0.5 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Polk County
- Cossatot River School District 855 students
- Ouachita River School District 735 students
- Ua Rich Mountain 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.