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Osceola School District

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Osceola School District is located in east Arkansas. Osceola School District has 49.33 square miles of land area and 2.66 square miles of water area. As of 2010-2014, the total Osceola School District population is 7,548. Osceola School District median household income is $28,291 in 2010-2014. Osceola School District median house value is $77,500 in 2010-2014. On average, Osceola School District is worse than the state average in quality.

Ranking:	(229 out of 238, bottom 4%)*
Type:	Regular Local School District
Grade:	Prekindergarten to Grade 12
Number of Schools:	4
Population	7,548 (2010-2014), rank #93
Population Growth	-5.07% since 2005-2009, see rank
Population Density:	145.19/sq mi, rank #30
Median Household Income:	$28,291 at 2010-2014—4.56% increase since 2005-2009, rank #219
Median House Price:	$77,500 at 2010-2014—19.05% increase since 2005-2009, rank #143
Time Zone:	Central GMT -6:00 with Daylight Saving in the Summer
Land Area:	49.33 sq mi, rank #238
Water Area:	2.66 sq mi (5.12%), rank #97
State:	Arkansas
County:	Mississippi County
City:	Osceola, Driver
Zip:	72370, 72329
Area:	Blytheville, AR

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Osceola School District Map, Border, and Nearby Locations

2750 West Semmes

Osceola AR, 72370, Mississippi County

Phone: 870-563-2561

Students and Teachers

	2013-2014	2012-2013	2011-2012	2010-2011	2009-2010	2008-2009	2007-2008
Total Students:	1,362	1,380	1,337	1,464	1,546	1,616	1,604
English Language Learner Students:	5	6	9	21	43	29	29
Total Teachers:	113.85	101.01	110.00	117.67	145.00	153.00	178.00
Prekindergarten:	5.00	5.00	5.00	5.00	4.00	4.00	5.00
Kindergarten:	8.86	9.18	8.97	10.49	11.00	11.00	11.00
Elementary:	54.75	44.04	53.75	59.74	80.00	83.00	83.00
Secondary:	40.90	38.27	35.45	34.77	42.00	48.00	69.00
Ungraded:	4.34	4.52	6.83	7.67	8.00	7.00	10.00
Total Other Staff:	112.82	121.27	135.00	148.00	154.00	154.00	150.00
Instructional Aides:	34.00	31.00	33.00	34.00	39.00	41.00	43.00
Instructional Coordinators & Supervisors:	1.65	3.90	3.00	4.00	5.00	5.00	2.00
Total Guidance Counselors:	3.30	3.25	6.00	8.00	5.00	5.00	6.00
Elementary Guidance Counselors:	1.30	1.25	2.00	4.00	2.00	2.00	3.00
Secondary Guidance Counselors:	2.00	2.00	4.00	4.00	3.00	3.00	3.00
Other Guidance Counselors:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Librarians/Media Specialists:	3.50	4.50	5.00	6.00	5.00	5.00	6.00
Library/Media Support:	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
District Administrators:	2.00	2.00	4.00	3.00	2.00	3.00	3.00
District Administrative Support:	9.00	9.00	6.00	6.00	6.00	6.00	6.00
School Administrators:	4.50	4.00	6.00	7.00	7.00	8.00	7.00
School Administrative Support:	10.00	17.75	21.00	13.00	11.00	11.00	10.00
Student Support Services:	30.87	31.87	35.00	38.00	40.00	35.00	21.00
Other Support Services:	14.00	14.00	16.00	29.00	34.00	35.00	46.00
Student-Teacher Ratio:	11.96	13.66	12.15	12.44	10.66	10.56	9.01

Schools

North Elementary School	Prekindergarten to Kindergarten	1230 West Semmes, Osceola AR 72370
Osceola Elementary School	Grade 1 to Grade 7	138 Franklin, Osceola AR 72370
Osceola High School	Grade 1 to Grade 12	2800 West Semmes, Osceola AR 72370
Osceola Stem Charter	Grade 5 to Grade 8	112 North School St, Osceola AR 72370

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	State Average
ACTAAP Test
2007	Literacy	11th Grade	% met std	17%	50%
2008	Literacy	11th Grade	% met std	14%	51%
2009	Literacy	11th Grade	% met std	23%	56%
2010	Literacy	11th Grade	% met std	37%	60%
2011	Literacy	11th Grade	% met std	40%	65%
2012	Literacy	11th Grade	% met std	40%	68%
2013	Literacy	11th Grade	% met std	46%	70%
2005	Literacy	3rd Grade	% met std	15%	50%
2006	Literacy	3rd Grade	% met std	32%	57%
2007	Literacy	3rd Grade	% met std	40%	59%
2008	Literacy	3rd Grade	% met std	37%	64%
2009	Literacy	3rd Grade	% met std	36%	66%
2010	Literacy	3rd Grade	% met std	42%	71%
2011	Literacy	3rd Grade	% met std	67%	76%
2012	Literacy	3rd Grade	% met std	72%	82%
2013	Literacy	3rd Grade	% met std	72%	79%
2005	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	8%	58%
2006	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	27%	67%
2007	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	37%	75%
2009	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	53%	82%
2010	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	60%	83%
2011	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	63%	85%
2012	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	72%	87%
2013	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	62%	86%
2005	Literacy	4th Grade	% met std	27%	51%
2006	Literacy	4th Grade	% met std	30%	61%
2007	Literacy	4th Grade	% met std	31%	58%
2008	Literacy	4th Grade	% met std	48%	67%
2009	Literacy	4th Grade	% met std	63%	70%
2010	Literacy	4th Grade	% met std	60%	77%
2011	Literacy	4th Grade	% met std	76%	82%
2012	Literacy	4th Grade	% met std	84%	85%
2013	Literacy	4th Grade	% met std	90%	85%
2005	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	27%	50%
2006	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	22%	60%
2007	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	38%	65%
2009	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	57%	78%
2010	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	57%	80%
2011	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	54%	82%
2012	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	55%	82%
2013	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	57%	82%
2005	Literacy	5th Grade	% met std	29%	47%
2006	Literacy	5th Grade	% met std	28%	56%
2007	Literacy	5th Grade	% met std	29%	59%
2009	Literacy	5th Grade	% met std	49%	68%
2010	Literacy	5th Grade	% met std	51%	74%
2011	Literacy	5th Grade	% met std	63%	77%
2012	Literacy	5th Grade	% met std	79%	85%
2013	Literacy	5th Grade	% met std	75%	84%
2005	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	21%	41%
2006	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	21%	50%
2007	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	30%	61%
2009	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	52%	71%
2010	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	62%	74%
2011	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	53%	78%
2012	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	55%	76%
2013	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	41%	70%
2009	Science	5th Grade	% met std	8%	43%
2010	Science	5th Grade	% met std	22%	50%
2011	Science	5th Grade	% met std	20%	56%
2012	Science	5th Grade	% met std	13%	60%
2013	Science	5th Grade	% met std	45%	61%
2005	Literacy	6th Grade	% met std	48%	57%
2006	Literacy	6th Grade	% met std	47%	59%
2007	Literacy	6th Grade	% met std	33%	59%
2009	Literacy	6th Grade	% met std	41%	67%
2010	Literacy	6th Grade	% met std	54%	71%
2011	Literacy	6th Grade	% met std	63%	71%
2012	Literacy	6th Grade	% met std	60%	75%
2013	Literacy	6th Grade	% met std	62%	73%
2005	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	34%	43%
2006	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	36%	57%
2007	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	42%	68%
2009	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	55%	80%
2010	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	46%	75%
2011	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	66%	77%
2012	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	45%	75%
2013	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	50%	75%
2005	Literacy	7th Grade	% met std	32%	50%
2006	Literacy	7th Grade	% met std	46%	53%
2007	Literacy	7th Grade	% met std	48%	57%
2009	Literacy	7th Grade	% met std	35%	63%
2010	Literacy	7th Grade	% met std	41%	68%
2011	Literacy	7th Grade	% met std	50%	67%
2012	Literacy	7th Grade	% met std	80%	80%
2013	Literacy	7th Grade	% met std	64%	77%
2005	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	19%	43%
2006	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	33%	50%
2007	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	39%	58%
2009	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	40%	68%
2010	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	38%	75%
2011	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	54%	74%
2012	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	64%	77%
2013	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	43%	70%
2009	Science	7th Grade	% met std	7%	32%
2010	Science	7th Grade	% met std	9%	33%
2011	Science	7th Grade	% met std	14%	39%
2012	Science	7th Grade	% met std	4%	41%
2013	Science	7th Grade	% met std	12%	41%
2005	Literacy	8th Grade	% met std	35%	57%
2006	Literacy	8th Grade	% met std	47%	66%
2007	Literacy	8th Grade	% met std	50%	63%
2008	Literacy	8th Grade	% met std	60%	67%
2009	Literacy	8th Grade	% met std	43%	71%
2010	Literacy	8th Grade	% met std	49%	76%
2011	Literacy	8th Grade	% met std	54%	77%
2012	Literacy	8th Grade	% met std	77%	80%
2013	Literacy	8th Grade	% met std	65%	77%
2005	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	8%	33%
2006	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	19%	44%
2007	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	25%	47%
2008	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	43%	56%
2009	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	28%	62%
2010	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	30%	63%
2011	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	26%	63%
2012	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	45%	68%
2013	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	47%	65%
2006	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	54%	65%
2007	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	35%	62%
2008	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	38%	66%
2009	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	54%	70%
2010	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	35%	76%
2011	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	44%	78%
2012	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	62%	80%
2013	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	59%	77%
2009	Biology	End of course	% met std	26%	41%
2010	Biology	End of course	% met std	29%	36%
2011	Biology	End of course	% met std	15%	41%
2012	Biology	End of course	% met std	17%	43%
2013	Biology	End of course	% met std	18%	44%
2006	Geometry	End of course	% met std	25%	60%
2007	Geometry	End of course	% met std	18%	59%
2008	Geometry	End of course	% met std	25%	60%
2009	Geometry	End of course	% met std	34%	66%
2010	Geometry	End of course	% met std	34%	69%
2011	Geometry	End of course	% met std	29%	73%
2012	Geometry	End of course	% met std	45%	76%
2013	Geometry	End of course	% met std	51%	72%
2006	Literacy	End of course	% met std	21%	45%

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

School District Fiscal Information

	2012			2011			2010
	Amount	Per Student	%	Amount	Per Student	%	Amount	Per Student	%
Total Revenue:	$27,077,000	$20,252		$19,199,000	$13,114		$17,266,000	$11,168
Federal:	$6,368,000	$4,763	23.5%	$5,415,000	$3,699	28.2%	$3,020,000	$1,953	17.5%
State:	$17,086,000	$12,779	63.1%	$10,806,000	$7,381	56.3%	$11,409,000	$7,380	66.1%
Local:	$3,623,000	$2,710	13.4%	$2,978,000	$2,034	15.5%	$2,837,000	$1,835	16.4%
Total Expenditures:	$34,565,000	$25,853		$19,688,000	$13,448		$20,559,000	$13,298
Total Current Expenditures:	$16,294,000	$12,187		$16,198,000	$11,064		$15,137,000	$9,791
Instructional Expenditures:	$7,756,000	$5,801	47.6%	$8,214,000	$5,611	50.7%	$8,418,000	$5,445	55.6%
Student and Staff Support:	$3,840,000	$2,872	23.6%	$3,605,000	$2,462	22.3%	$2,254,000	$1,458	14.9%
Administration:	$1,309,000	$979	8.0%	$1,397,000	$954	8.6%	$1,367,000	$884	9.0%
Operations, Food, Other:	$3,389,000	$2,535	20.8%	$2,982,000	$2,037	18.4%	$3,098,000	$2,004	20.5%
Total Capital Outlay:	$9,137,000	$6,834		$1,134,000	$775		$2,396,000	$1,550
Construction:	$8,401,000	$6,283		$997,000	$681		$2,291,000	$1,482
Total Other:	$8,563,000	$6,405		$1,531,000	$1,046		$2,383,000	$1,541
Interest on Debt:	$291,000	$218		$404,000	$276		$420,000	$272

Total Salary:	$7,836,000	$5,861		$8,035,000	$5,488		$8,238,000	$5,329
Instruction/Teacher Salary:	$4,990,000	$3,732	63.7%	$5,279,000	$3,606	65.7%	$5,430,000	$3,512	65.9%
Other Salary:	$2,846,000	$2,129	36.3%	$2,756,000	$1,883	34.3%	$2,808,000	$1,816	34.1%
Total Benefit:	$2,187,000	$1,636		$2,275,000	$1,554		$2,331,000	$1,508
Instruction/Teacher Benefit:	$1,343,000	$1,004	61.4%	$1,424,000	$973	62.6%	$1,474,000	$953	63.2%
Other Benefit:	$844,000	$631	38.6%	$851,000	$581	37.4%	$857,000	$554	36.8%

Teacher's Experience and Compensation

	2007	2006
Teachers with Bachelor Degree:	88.2%	NA
Teachers with Master or PhD Degree:	11.8%	NA

Mean Number of Years of Teaching:	13.0 years	13.0 years
Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	32.4%	31.5%
Teachers with 6-10 Years of Experience:	14.7%	16.2%
Teachers with 11-20 Years of Experience:	27.5%	27.7%
Teachers with 21-30 Years of Experience:	20.6%	20.0%
Teachers with 31 Years of Experience or More:	4.9%	4.6%

Mean Base Salary:	$37,782.0	$37,628.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	$32,818.0	$32,343.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 6-10 Years of Experience:	$35,221.0	$35,539.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 11-20 Years of Experience:	$40,126.0	$40,064.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 21-30 Years of Experience:	$42,908.0	$42,931.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 31 Years of Experience or More:	$43,570.0	$43,455.0

* Osceola School District was rated 1 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.