Regular local school district · Van Buren County
SOUTH SIDE SCHOOL DISTRICT (Van Buren), AR: schools, enrollment and spending
SOUTH SIDE SCHOOL DISTRICT (Van Buren) runs 2 public schools with 518 students in grades PK to 12. Its ratio of 9.6 students per teacher is 3.1 lower than the Arkansas figure of 12.7.
At a glance
- Schools
- 2
- Students
- 518
- Teachers (FTE)
- 54
- Students per teacher
- 9.6
- AR: 12.7 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 334 Southside Road, Bee Branch, AR 72013
- Phone
- (501)654-2633
- County
- Van Buren County
- Locale
- Rural: Distant
- Grades offered
- PK to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 0512570
- State district ID
- AR-7105000
- Total staff (FTE)
- 128
- School counselors (FTE)
- 1.0About 518 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 1.0
Students per teacher compared
This district9.6
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 (521), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $7.4 million
- Federal revenue
- $1.2 million
- State revenue
- $1.5 million
- Local revenue
- $4.7 million
- Total spending
- $7.8 million
- Spending per pupil
- $14,893
- Salaries
- $4.0 million52.0% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $2.1 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 16.5%
- State: 20.4%
- Local: 63.2%
Arkansas overall
- Federal: 16.0%
- State: 47.0%
- Local: 37.0%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$14,893
Arkansas$12,724
United States$16,826
Schools in SOUTH SIDE SCHOOL DISTRICT (Van Buren)
By level: 1 high, 1 elementary. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| South Side Elementary School | Elementary | PK to 6 | 269 | 14.2 |
| South Side High School | High | 7 to 12 | 249 | 7.1 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Van Buren County
- Clinton School District 1,260 students
- Shirley School District 279 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.