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Ashdown School District

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Ashdown School District is located in southwest Arkansas. Ashdown School District has 323.29 square miles of land area and 29.25 square miles of water area. As of 2010-2014, the total Ashdown School District population is 9,644. Ashdown School District median household income is $41,042 in 2010-2014. Ashdown School District median house value is $76,000 in 2010-2014. On average, Ashdown School District is worse than the state average in quality.

Ranking:	(197 out of 238, bottom 17%)*
Type:	Regular Local School District
Grade:	Kindergarten to Grade 12
Number of Schools:	5
Population	9,644 (2010-2014), rank #76
Population Growth	-0.58% since 2005-2009, see rank
Population Density:	27.35/sq mi, rank #143
Median Household Income:	$41,042 at 2010-2014—21.88% increase since 2005-2009, rank #70
Median House Price:	$76,000 at 2010-2014—-1.17% increase since 2005-2009, rank #150
Time Zone:	Central GMT -6:00 with Daylight Saving in the Summer
Land Area:	323.29 sq mi, rank #44
Water Area:	29.25 sq mi (8.30%), rank #9
State:	Arkansas
County:	Sevier County, Little River County
City:	Lockesburg, Ben Lomond, Foreman, Ashdown, Ogden, Yarborough Landing, Wilton, Alleene
Zip:	71846, 71823, 71836, 71822, 71853, 71865, 71820

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Ashdown School District Map, Border, and Nearby Locations

511 North Second

Ashdown AR, 71822, Little River County

Phone: 870-898-3208

Students and Teachers

	2013-2014	2012-2013	2011-2012	2010-2011	2009-2010	2008-2009	2007-2008
Total Students:	1,449	1,431	1,476	1,509	1,546	1,564	1,598
English Language Learner Students:	7	4	3	1	2	1	2
Total Teachers:	123.13	119.17	120.03	127.02	140.00	142.00	130.00
Prekindergarten:	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
Kindergarten:	6.75	7.05	6.91	6.85	10.00	10.00	7.00
Elementary:	58.90	51.24	52.07	57.51	65.00	66.00	76.00
Secondary:	49.09	51.71	50.62	57.18	58.00	58.00	38.00
Ungraded:	8.39	9.17	10.43	5.48	7.00	8.00	9.00
Total Other Staff:	130.12	135.00	144.00	147.00	148.00	148.00	171.00
Instructional Aides:	24.00	21.00	23.00	24.00	25.00	28.00	27.00
Instructional Coordinators & Supervisors:	2.00	2.00	2.00	3.00	3.00	3.00	3.00
Total Guidance Counselors:	4.00	3.80	6.00	6.00	5.00	5.00	4.00
Elementary Guidance Counselors:	1.50	1.20	3.00	3.00	2.00	2.00	1.00
Secondary Guidance Counselors:	2.50	2.60	3.00	3.00	3.00	3.00	3.00
Other Guidance Counselors:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Librarians/Media Specialists:	3.50	4.00	5.00	5.00	5.00	5.00	3.00
Library/Media Support:	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
District Administrators:	3.62	3.00	3.00	3.00	3.00	3.00	3.00
District Administrative Support:	11.00	12.50	11.00	11.00	12.00	12.00	12.00
School Administrators:	7.00	7.00	7.00	7.00	7.00	7.00	7.00
School Administrative Support:	6.00	11.00	16.00	10.00	11.00	11.00	6.00
Student Support Services:	23.00	26.20	25.00	27.00	27.00	24.00	17.00
Other Support Services:	46.00	44.50	46.00	51.00	50.00	50.00	89.00
Student-Teacher Ratio:	11.77	12.01	12.30	11.88	11.04	11.01	12.29

Schools

Ashdown High School	Grade 9 to Grade 12	171 Locust St, Ashdown AR 71822
Ashdown Junior High School	Grade 6 to Grade 8	600 South Ellen Dr, Ashdown AR 71822
C. D. Franks Elementary School	Grade 2 to Grade 3	1321 Foster St, Ashdown AR 71822
L.F. Henderson Interm. Sch.	Grade 4 to Grade 5	410 Burke St, Ashdown AR 71822
Margaret Daniels Primary	Kindergarten to Grade 1	1323 Foster St, Ashdown AR 71822

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	State Average
ACTAAP Test
2007	Literacy	11th Grade	% met std	31%	50%
2008	Literacy	11th Grade	% met std	35%	51%
2009	Literacy	11th Grade	% met std	44%	56%
2010	Literacy	11th Grade	% met std	59%	60%
2011	Literacy	11th Grade	% met std	56%	65%
2012	Literacy	11th Grade	% met std	66%	68%
2013	Literacy	11th Grade	% met std	56%	70%
2005	Literacy	3rd Grade	% met std	30%	50%
2006	Literacy	3rd Grade	% met std	39%	57%
2007	Literacy	3rd Grade	% met std	45%	59%
2008	Literacy	3rd Grade	% met std	55%	64%
2009	Literacy	3rd Grade	% met std	58%	66%
2010	Literacy	3rd Grade	% met std	81%	71%
2011	Literacy	3rd Grade	% met std	69%	76%
2012	Literacy	3rd Grade	% met std	83%	82%
2013	Literacy	3rd Grade	% met std	71%	79%
2005	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	41%	58%
2006	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	43%	67%
2007	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	66%	75%
2008	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	82%	79%
2009	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	78%	82%
2010	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	92%	83%
2011	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	87%	85%
2012	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	83%	87%
2013	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	82%	86%
2005	Literacy	4th Grade	% met std	43%	51%
2006	Literacy	4th Grade	% met std	39%	61%
2007	Literacy	4th Grade	% met std	34%	58%
2008	Literacy	4th Grade	% met std	56%	67%
2009	Literacy	4th Grade	% met std	54%	70%
2010	Literacy	4th Grade	% met std	56%	77%
2011	Literacy	4th Grade	% met std	80%	82%
2012	Literacy	4th Grade	% met std	79%	85%
2013	Literacy	4th Grade	% met std	80%	85%
2005	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	53%	50%
2006	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	38%	60%
2007	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	48%	65%
2008	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	71%	74%
2009	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	79%	78%
2010	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	72%	80%
2011	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	85%	82%
2012	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	81%	82%
2013	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	77%	82%
2005	Literacy	5th Grade	% met std	33%	47%
2006	Literacy	5th Grade	% met std	45%	56%
2007	Literacy	5th Grade	% met std	34%	59%
2008	Literacy	5th Grade	% met std	42%	64%
2009	Literacy	5th Grade	% met std	52%	68%
2010	Literacy	5th Grade	% met std	64%	74%
2011	Literacy	5th Grade	% met std	68%	77%
2012	Literacy	5th Grade	% met std	84%	85%
2013	Literacy	5th Grade	% met std	79%	84%
2005	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	31%	41%
2006	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	50%	50%
2007	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	49%	61%
2008	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	67%	67%
2009	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	63%	71%
2010	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	62%	74%
2011	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	79%	78%
2012	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	83%	76%
2013	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	76%	70%
2009	Science	5th Grade	% met std	50%	43%
2010	Science	5th Grade	% met std	35%	50%
2011	Science	5th Grade	% met std	43%	56%
2012	Science	5th Grade	% met std	50%	60%
2013	Science	5th Grade	% met std	54%	61%
2005	Literacy	6th Grade	% met std	44%	57%
2006	Literacy	6th Grade	% met std	47%	59%
2007	Literacy	6th Grade	% met std	58%	59%
2008	Literacy	6th Grade	% met std	44%	63%
2009	Literacy	6th Grade	% met std	48%	67%
2010	Literacy	6th Grade	% met std	64%	71%
2011	Literacy	6th Grade	% met std	60%	71%
2012	Literacy	6th Grade	% met std	68%	75%
2013	Literacy	6th Grade	% met std	71%	73%
2005	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	30%	43%
2006	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	52%	57%
2007	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	68%	68%
2008	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	58%	72%
2009	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	73%	80%
2010	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	63%	75%
2011	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	70%	77%
2012	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	75%	75%
2013	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	79%	75%
2005	Literacy	7th Grade	% met std	45%	50%
2006	Literacy	7th Grade	% met std	51%	53%
2007	Literacy	7th Grade	% met std	48%	57%
2008	Literacy	7th Grade	% met std	61%	57%
2009	Literacy	7th Grade	% met std	41%	63%
2010	Literacy	7th Grade	% met std	47%	68%
2011	Literacy	7th Grade	% met std	56%	67%
2012	Literacy	7th Grade	% met std	71%	80%
2013	Literacy	7th Grade	% met std	67%	77%
2005	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	43%	43%
2006	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	47%	50%
2007	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	57%	58%
2008	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	64%	62%
2009	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	56%	68%
2010	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	62%	75%
2011	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	64%	74%
2012	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	61%	77%
2013	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	62%	70%
2009	Science	7th Grade	% met std	20%	32%
2010	Science	7th Grade	% met std	15%	33%
2011	Science	7th Grade	% met std	27%	39%
2012	Science	7th Grade	% met std	18%	41%
2013	Science	7th Grade	% met std	17%	41%
2005	Literacy	8th Grade	% met std	50%	57%
2006	Literacy	8th Grade	% met std	65%	66%
2007	Literacy	8th Grade	% met std	61%	63%
2008	Literacy	8th Grade	% met std	63%	67%
2009	Literacy	8th Grade	% met std	69%	71%
2010	Literacy	8th Grade	% met std	60%	76%
2011	Literacy	8th Grade	% met std	69%	77%
2012	Literacy	8th Grade	% met std	67%	80%
2013	Literacy	8th Grade	% met std	67%	77%
2005	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	21%	33%
2006	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	35%	44%
2007	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	44%	47%
2008	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	55%	56%
2009	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	64%	62%
2010	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	51%	63%
2011	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	54%	63%
2012	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	66%	68%
2013	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	57%	65%
2006	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	53%	65%
2007	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	28%	62%
2008	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	62%	66%
2009	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	70%	70%
2010	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	73%	76%
2011	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	66%	78%
2012	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	73%	80%
2013	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	63%	77%
2009	Biology	End of course	% met std	40%	41%
2010	Biology	End of course	% met std	28%	36%
2011	Biology	End of course	% met std	36%	41%
2012	Biology	End of course	% met std	36%	43%
2013	Biology	End of course	% met std	33%	44%
2006	Geometry	End of course	% met std	44%	60%
2007	Geometry	End of course	% met std	45%	59%
2008	Geometry	End of course	% met std	31%	60%
2009	Geometry	End of course	% met std	64%	66%
2010	Geometry	End of course	% met std	65%	69%
2011	Geometry	End of course	% met std	65%	73%
2012	Geometry	End of course	% met std	57%	76%
2013	Geometry	End of course	% met std	61%	72%
2006	Literacy	End of course	% met std	42%	45%

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

School District Fiscal Information

	2012			2011			2010
	Amount	Per Student	%	Amount	Per Student	%	Amount	Per Student	%
Total Revenue:	$15,105,000	$10,234		$14,721,000	$9,755		$15,935,000	$10,307
Federal:	$2,099,000	$1,422	13.9%	$1,778,000	$1,178	12.1%	$2,246,000	$1,453	14.1%
State:	$6,004,000	$4,068	39.7%	$4,694,000	$3,111	31.9%	$5,042,000	$3,261	31.6%
Local:	$7,002,000	$4,744	46.4%	$8,249,000	$5,467	56.0%	$8,647,000	$5,593	54.3%
Total Expenditures:	$14,703,000	$9,961		$15,379,000	$10,192		$16,632,000	$10,758
Total Current Expenditures:	$14,016,000	$9,496		$14,376,000	$9,527		$15,210,000	$9,838
Instructional Expenditures:	$7,475,000	$5,064	53.3%	$7,771,000	$5,150	54.1%	$8,129,000	$5,258	53.4%
Student and Staff Support:	$1,945,000	$1,318	13.9%	$2,100,000	$1,392	14.6%	$2,088,000	$1,351	13.7%
Administration:	$1,439,000	$975	10.3%	$1,399,000	$927	9.7%	$1,459,000	$944	9.6%
Operations, Food, Other:	$3,157,000	$2,139	22.5%	$3,106,000	$2,058	21.6%	$3,534,000	$2,286	23.2%
Total Capital Outlay:	$105,000	$71		$370,000	$245		$742,000	$480
Construction:	$2,000	$1		$42,000	$28		$41,000	$27
Total Other:	$59,000	$40		$72,000	$48		$68,000	$44
Interest on Debt:	$446,000	$302		$491,000	$325		$503,000	$325

Total Salary:	$8,506,000	$5,763		$8,810,000	$5,838		$9,104,000	$5,889
Instruction/Teacher Salary:	$5,178,000	$3,508	60.9%	$5,381,000	$3,566	61.1%	$5,602,000	$3,624	61.5%
Other Salary:	$3,328,000	$2,255	39.1%	$3,429,000	$2,272	38.9%	$3,502,000	$2,265	38.5%
Total Benefit:	$2,304,000	$1,561		$2,451,000	$1,624		$2,514,000	$1,626
Instruction/Teacher Benefit:	$1,405,000	$952	61.0%	$1,441,000	$955	58.8%	$1,497,000	$968	59.5%
Other Benefit:	$899,000	$609	39.0%	$1,010,000	$669	41.2%	$1,017,000	$658	40.5%

Teacher's Experience and Compensation

	2007	2006
Teachers with Bachelor Degree:	77.0%	76.1%
Teachers with Master or PhD Degree:	23.0%	23.9%

Mean Number of Years of Teaching:	15.0 years	13.0 years
Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	28.3%	27.1%
Teachers with 6-10 Years of Experience:	8.8%	17.8%
Teachers with 11-20 Years of Experience:	36.3%	33.9%
Teachers with 21-30 Years of Experience:	21.2%	16.1%
Teachers with 31 Years of Experience or More:	5.3%	5.1%

Mean Base Salary:	$36,586.0	$34,703.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	$31,124.0	$29,488.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 6-10 Years of Experience:	$34,266.0	$32,761.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 11-20 Years of Experience:	$37,971.0	$36,704.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 21-30 Years of Experience:	$40,986.0	$39,149.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 31 Years of Experience or More:	$42,516.0	$41,887.0

* Ashdown School District was rated 1.5 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.