Regular local school district · Jefferson County
Watson Chapel School District, AR: schools, enrollment and spending
Watson Chapel School District runs 4 public schools with 1,552 students in grades K to 12. Its ratio of 10.9 students per teacher is 1.8 lower than the Arkansas figure of 12.7.Listed in NCES data as "WATSON CHAPEL SCHOOL DISTRICT".
At a glance
- Schools
- 4
- Students
- 1,552
- Teachers (FTE)
- 143
- Students per teacher
- 10.9
- AR: 12.7 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 4100 Camden Road, Pine Bluff, AR 71603
- Phone
- (870)879-0220
- County
- Jefferson County
- Locale
- Town: Distant
- Grades offered
- K to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 0513930
- State district ID
- AR-3509000
- Total staff (FTE)
- 319
- School counselors (FTE)
- 4.0About 388 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 8.0
Students per teacher compared
This district10.9
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 (2,148), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $26.3 million
- Federal revenue
- $4.7 million
- State revenue
- $16.8 million
- Local revenue
- $4.7 million
- Total spending
- $23.3 million
- Spending per pupil
- $10,831
- Salaries
- $12.8 million55.1% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $6.7 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 17.8%
- State: 64.1%
- Local: 18.1%
Arkansas overall
- Federal: 16.0%
- State: 47.0%
- Local: 37.0%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$10,831
Arkansas$12,724
United States$16,826
Schools in Watson Chapel School District
By level: 1 high, 1 middle, 2 elementary. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Coleman Elementary School | Elementary | 2 to 5 | 426 | 14.2 |
| Edgewood Elementary School | Elementary | K to 1 | 199 | 14.2 |
| Watson Chapel High School | High | 9 to 12 | 593 | 9.0 |
| Watson Chapel Junior High School | Middle | 6 to 8 | 334 | 10.4 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Jefferson County
- White Hall School District 3,046 students
- Pine Bluff School District 2,896 students
- Friendship Aspire Academies Arkansas 1,350 students
- Arkansas Correctional Schools 0 students
- Jefferson Area Career Center 0 students
- Arkansas River Education Service Cooperative
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.