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West Memphis School District

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West Memphis School District is located in east Arkansas. West Memphis School District has 103.28 square miles of land area and 5.14 square miles of water area. As of 2010-2014, the total West Memphis School District population is 24,757. West Memphis School District median household income is $29,032 in 2010-2014. West Memphis School District median house value is $83,100 in 2010-2014. On average, West Memphis School District is worse than the state average in quality.

Ranking:	(189 out of 238, bottom 21%)*
Type:	Regular Local School District
Grade:	Prekindergarten to Grade 12
Number of Schools:	11
Population	24,757 (2010-2014), rank #23
Population Growth	-3.90% since 2005-2009, see rank
Population Density:	228.33/sq mi, rank #20
Median Household Income:	$29,032 at 2010-2014—5.52% increase since 2005-2009, rank #215
Median House Price:	$83,100 at 2010-2014—-3.60% increase since 2005-2009, rank #119
Time Zone:	Central GMT -6:00 with Daylight Saving in the Summer
Land Area:	103.28 sq mi, rank #195
Water Area:	5.14 sq mi (4.74%), rank #65
State:	Arkansas
County:	Crittenden County
City:	Proctor, West Memphis, Marion, Edmondson, Anthonyville
Zip:	72376, 72364, 72301, 72332
Area:	Memphis, TN-MS-AR

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West Memphis School District Map, Border, and Nearby Locations

301 South Avalon

West Memphis AR, 72301, Crittenden County

Phone: 870-735-1915

Students and Teachers

	2013-2014	2012-2013	2011-2012	2010-2011	2009-2010	2008-2009	2007-2008
Total Students:	5,582	5,711	5,724	5,789	5,999	5,996	6,125
English Language Learner Students:	4	3	7	6	6	9	3
Total Teachers:	419.54	377.10	387.87	398.34	413.00	420.00	420.00
Prekindergarten:	2.51	5.00	4.74	2.50	4.00	4.00	4.00
Kindergarten:	31.57	32.43	29.52	28.96	49.00	49.00	31.00
Elementary:	191.54	151.12	162.73	171.20	163.00	162.00	183.00
Secondary:	160.34	154.36	159.65	163.08	161.00	168.00	169.00
Ungraded:	33.58	34.19	31.23	32.60	36.00	37.00	33.00
Total Other Staff:	330.50	374.50	351.00	340.00	346.00	341.00	322.00
Instructional Aides:	60.00	61.00	58.00	60.00	62.00	65.00	64.00
Instructional Coordinators & Supervisors:	3.00	11.00	3.00	5.00	5.00	5.00	5.00
Total Guidance Counselors:	13.00	13.00	14.00	14.00	15.00	15.00	11.00
Elementary Guidance Counselors:	7.00	7.00	8.00	8.00	8.00	8.00	7.00
Secondary Guidance Counselors:	6.00	6.00	6.00	6.00	7.00	7.00	4.00
Other Guidance Counselors:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Librarians/Media Specialists:	11.00	11.00	12.00	12.00	12.00	12.00	12.00
Library/Media Support:	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
District Administrators:	6.00	6.00	6.00	6.00	6.00	6.00	6.00
District Administrative Support:	25.00	25.00	27.00	28.00	27.00	33.00	36.00
School Administrators:	19.50	19.50	20.00	21.00	22.00	22.00	22.00
School Administrative Support:	34.00	58.00	49.00	35.00	35.00	38.00	25.00
Student Support Services:	90.00	99.00	93.00	89.00	95.00	78.00	28.00
Other Support Services:	69.00	71.00	69.00	70.00	67.00	67.00	113.00
Student-Teacher Ratio:	13.31	15.14	14.76	14.53	14.53	14.28	14.58

Schools

Bragg Elementary School	Kindergarten to Grade 6	309 West Barton, West Memphis AR 72301
East Junior High School	Grade 7 to Grade 9	1151 Goodwin St, West Memphis AR 72301
Faulk Elementary School	Kindergarten to Grade 6	908 Vanderbilt, West Memphis AR 72301
Jackson Elementary School	Kindergarten to Grade 6	2395 Sl Henry St, West Memphis AR 72301
Maddux Elementary School	Kindergarten to Grade 6	2100 East Barton, West Memphis AR 72301
Richland Elementary School	Kindergarten to Grade 6	1011 West Barton, West Memphis AR 72301
Weaver Elementary School	Kindergarten to Grade 6	1280 East Barton, West Memphis AR 72301
West Junior High School	Grade 7 to Grade 9	331 West Barton St, West Memphis AR 72301
West Memphis High School	Grade 10 to Grade 12	501 West Brdway, West Memphis AR 72301
Wonder Elementary School	Prekindergarten to Grade 6	801 South 16th St, West Memphis AR 72301
Wonder Junior High School	Grade 7 to Grade 9	1401 Madison St, West Memphis AR 72301

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	State Average
ACTAAP Test
2007	Literacy	11th Grade	% met std	36%	50%
2008	Literacy	11th Grade	% met std	33%	51%
2009	Literacy	11th Grade	% met std	32%	56%
2010	Literacy	11th Grade	% met std	43%	60%
2011	Literacy	11th Grade	% met std	46%	65%
2012	Literacy	11th Grade	% met std	40%	68%
2013	Literacy	11th Grade	% met std	53%	70%
2005	Literacy	3rd Grade	% met std	34%	50%
2006	Literacy	3rd Grade	% met std	36%	57%
2007	Literacy	3rd Grade	% met std	61%	59%
2008	Literacy	3rd Grade	% met std	60%	64%
2009	Literacy	3rd Grade	% met std	59%	66%
2010	Literacy	3rd Grade	% met std	68%	71%
2011	Literacy	3rd Grade	% met std	76%	76%
2012	Literacy	3rd Grade	% met std	82%	82%
2013	Literacy	3rd Grade	% met std	78%	79%
2005	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	44%	58%
2006	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	57%	67%
2007	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	68%	75%
2008	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	83%	79%
2009	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	80%	82%
2010	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	81%	83%
2011	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	86%	85%
2012	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	86%	87%
2013	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	86%	86%
2005	Literacy	4th Grade	% met std	39%	51%
2006	Literacy	4th Grade	% met std	47%	61%
2007	Literacy	4th Grade	% met std	52%	58%
2008	Literacy	4th Grade	% met std	65%	67%
2009	Literacy	4th Grade	% met std	67%	70%
2010	Literacy	4th Grade	% met std	81%	77%
2011	Literacy	4th Grade	% met std	83%	82%
2012	Literacy	4th Grade	% met std	86%	85%
2013	Literacy	4th Grade	% met std	87%	85%
2005	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	45%	50%
2006	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	50%	60%
2007	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	63%	65%
2008	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	81%	74%
2009	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	86%	78%
2010	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	86%	80%
2011	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	88%	82%
2012	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	90%	82%
2013	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	84%	82%
2005	Literacy	5th Grade	% met std	41%	47%
2006	Literacy	5th Grade	% met std	44%	56%
2007	Literacy	5th Grade	% met std	45%	59%
2008	Literacy	5th Grade	% met std	52%	64%
2009	Literacy	5th Grade	% met std	58%	68%
2010	Literacy	5th Grade	% met std	74%	74%
2011	Literacy	5th Grade	% met std	75%	77%
2012	Literacy	5th Grade	% met std	87%	85%
2013	Literacy	5th Grade	% met std	83%	84%
2005	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	31%	41%
2006	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	41%	50%
2007	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	54%	61%
2008	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	64%	67%
2009	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	74%	71%
2010	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	81%	74%
2011	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	85%	78%
2012	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	82%	76%
2013	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	55%	70%
2009	Science	5th Grade	% met std	29%	43%
2010	Science	5th Grade	% met std	58%	50%
2011	Science	5th Grade	% met std	48%	56%
2012	Science	5th Grade	% met std	68%	60%
2013	Science	5th Grade	% met std	48%	61%
2005	Literacy	6th Grade	% met std	52%	57%
2006	Literacy	6th Grade	% met std	57%	59%
2007	Literacy	6th Grade	% met std	60%	59%
2008	Literacy	6th Grade	% met std	53%	63%
2009	Literacy	6th Grade	% met std	60%	67%
2010	Literacy	6th Grade	% met std	69%	71%
2011	Literacy	6th Grade	% met std	80%	71%
2012	Literacy	6th Grade	% met std	72%	75%
2013	Literacy	6th Grade	% met std	74%	73%
2005	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	29%	43%
2006	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	57%	57%
2007	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	68%	68%
2008	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	67%	72%
2009	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	78%	80%
2010	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	71%	75%
2011	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	83%	77%
2012	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	73%	75%
2013	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	78%	75%
2005	Literacy	7th Grade	% met std	32%	50%
2006	Literacy	7th Grade	% met std	36%	53%
2007	Literacy	7th Grade	% met std	44%	57%
2008	Literacy	7th Grade	% met std	41%	57%
2009	Literacy	7th Grade	% met std	47%	63%
2010	Literacy	7th Grade	% met std	49%	68%
2011	Literacy	7th Grade	% met std	61%	67%
2012	Literacy	7th Grade	% met std	76%	80%
2013	Literacy	7th Grade	% met std	75%	77%
2005	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	20%	43%
2006	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	30%	50%
2007	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	37%	58%
2008	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	44%	62%
2009	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	51%	68%
2010	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	57%	75%
2011	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	64%	74%
2012	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	69%	77%
2013	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	67%	70%
2009	Science	7th Grade	% met std	17%	32%
2010	Science	7th Grade	% met std	12%	33%
2011	Science	7th Grade	% met std	18%	39%
2012	Science	7th Grade	% met std	23%	41%
2013	Science	7th Grade	% met std	17%	41%
2005	Literacy	8th Grade	% met std	51%	57%
2006	Literacy	8th Grade	% met std	47%	66%
2007	Literacy	8th Grade	% met std	53%	63%
2008	Literacy	8th Grade	% met std	50%	67%
2009	Literacy	8th Grade	% met std	55%	71%
2010	Literacy	8th Grade	% met std	68%	76%
2011	Literacy	8th Grade	% met std	65%	77%
2012	Literacy	8th Grade	% met std	74%	80%
2013	Literacy	8th Grade	% met std	71%	77%
2005	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	16%	33%
2006	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	23%	44%
2007	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	30%	47%
2008	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	39%	56%
2009	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	40%	62%
2010	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	44%	63%
2011	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	46%	63%
2012	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	56%	68%
2013	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	59%	65%
2006	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	46%	65%
2007	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	41%	62%
2008	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	49%	66%
2009	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	44%	70%
2010	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	60%	76%
2011	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	61%	78%
2012	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	65%	80%
2013	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	72%	77%
2009	Biology	End of course	% met std	18%	41%
2010	Biology	End of course	% met std	16%	36%
2011	Biology	End of course	% met std	19%	41%
2012	Biology	End of course	% met std	18%	43%
2013	Biology	End of course	% met std	21%	44%
2006	Geometry	End of course	% met std	58%	60%
2007	Geometry	End of course	% met std	52%	59%
2008	Geometry	End of course	% met std	63%	60%
2009	Geometry	End of course	% met std	67%	66%
2010	Geometry	End of course	% met std	47%	69%
2011	Geometry	End of course	% met std	63%	73%
2012	Geometry	End of course	% met std	66%	76%
2013	Geometry	End of course	% met std	62%	72%
2006	Literacy	End of course	% met std	28%	45%

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

School District Fiscal Information

	2012			2011			2010
	Amount	Per Student	%	Amount	Per Student	%	Amount	Per Student	%
Total Revenue:	$55,885,000	$9,763		$60,687,000	$10,483		$60,229,000	$10,040
Federal:	$9,831,000	$1,718	17.6%	$14,530,000	$2,510	23.9%	$13,486,000	$2,248	22.4%
State:	$36,428,000	$6,364	65.2%	$36,719,000	$6,343	60.5%	$37,795,000	$6,300	62.8%
Local:	$9,626,000	$1,682	17.2%	$9,438,000	$1,630	15.6%	$8,948,000	$1,492	14.9%
Total Expenditures:	$55,520,000	$9,700		$61,965,000	$10,704		$61,146,000	$10,193
Total Current Expenditures:	$52,337,000	$9,143		$52,697,000	$9,103		$52,474,000	$8,747
Instructional Expenditures:	$30,022,000	$5,245	57.4%	$30,902,000	$5,338	58.6%	$30,875,000	$5,147	58.8%
Student and Staff Support:	$8,763,000	$1,531	16.7%	$8,344,000	$1,441	15.8%	$8,470,000	$1,412	16.1%
Administration:	$4,693,000	$820	9.0%	$4,721,000	$816	9.0%	$4,576,000	$763	8.7%
Operations, Food, Other:	$8,859,000	$1,548	16.9%	$8,730,000	$1,508	16.6%	$8,553,000	$1,426	16.3%
Total Capital Outlay:	$1,510,000	$264		$5,134,000	$887		$4,566,000	$761
Construction:	$1,089,000	$190		$3,524,000	$609		$3,156,000	$526
Total Other:	$1,157,000	$202		$3,607,000	$623		$3,632,000	$605
Interest on Debt:	$92,000	$16		$133,000	$23		$137,000	$23

Total Salary:	$30,649,000	$5,354		$31,237,000	$5,396		$31,105,000	$5,185
Instruction/Teacher Salary:	$19,877,000	$3,473	64.9%	$20,587,000	$3,556	65.9%	$20,524,000	$3,421	66.0%
Other Salary:	$10,772,000	$1,882	35.1%	$10,650,000	$1,840	34.1%	$10,581,000	$1,764	34.0%
Total Benefit:	$8,080,000	$1,412		$8,236,000	$1,423		$8,237,000	$1,373
Instruction/Teacher Benefit:	$5,249,000	$917	65.0%	$5,430,000	$938	65.9%	$5,454,000	$909	66.2%
Other Benefit:	$2,831,000	$495	35.0%	$2,806,000	$485	34.1%	$2,783,000	$464	33.8%

Teacher's Experience and Compensation

	2007	2006
Teachers with Bachelor Degree:	71.8%	71.7%
Teachers with Master or PhD Degree:	28.2%	28.3%

Mean Number of Years of Teaching:	14.0 years	15.0 years
Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	28.4%	28.2%
Teachers with 6-10 Years of Experience:	21.7%	20.0%
Teachers with 11-20 Years of Experience:	19.1%	20.0%
Teachers with 21-30 Years of Experience:	20.5%	21.3%
Teachers with 31 Years of Experience or More:	10.3%	10.4%

Mean Base Salary:	$43,087.0	$43,644.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	$38,448.0	$38,814.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 6-10 Years of Experience:	$40,641.0	$41,323.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 11-20 Years of Experience:	$43,778.0	$44,650.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 21-30 Years of Experience:	$48,454.0	$48,640.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 31 Years of Experience or More:	$49,095.0	$49,063.0

* West Memphis School District was rated 2 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.