Regular local school district · Scott County
Waldron School District, AR: schools, enrollment and spending
Waldron School District runs 4 public schools with 1,493 students in grades PK to 12. Its ratio of 10.8 students per teacher is 1.9 lower than the Arkansas figure of 12.7.Listed in NCES data as "WALDRON SCHOOL DISTRICT".
At a glance
- Schools
- 4
- Students
- 1,493
- Teachers (FTE)
- 138
- Students per teacher
- 10.8
- AR: 12.7 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 1560 W. Sixth St., Waldron, AR 72958
- Phone
- (479)637-3179
- County
- Scott County
- Locale
- Rural: Remote
- Grades offered
- PK to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 0513680
- State district ID
- AR-6401000
- Total staff (FTE)
- 279
- School counselors (FTE)
- 5.0About 299 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 8.0
- Charter schools
- 1
Students per teacher compared
This district10.8
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 (1,540), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $18.6 million
- Federal revenue
- $4.2 million
- State revenue
- $10.8 million
- Local revenue
- $3.6 million
- Total spending
- $17.1 million
- Spending per pupil
- $11,124
- Salaries
- $9.6 million56.1% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $11.8 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 22.8%
- State: 58.0%
- Local: 19.2%
Arkansas overall
- Federal: 16.0%
- State: 47.0%
- Local: 37.0%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$11,124
Arkansas$12,724
United States$16,826
Schools in Waldron School District
By level: 1 high, 1 middle, 1 elementary, 1 other. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Adventure Online AcademyCharter | Other | 2 to 12 | 35 | 1.5 |
| Waldron Elementary School | Elementary | PK to 4 | 648 | 17.5 |
| Waldron High School | High | 9 to 12 | 401 | 8.9 |
| Waldron Middle School | Middle | 5 to 8 | 409 | 13.6 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Scott County
- Mansfield School District 751 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.