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Bentonville Public Schools is located in northwest Arkansas. Bentonville Public Schools has 141.54 square miles of land area and 1.42 square miles of water area. As of 2010-2014, the total Bentonville Public Schools population is 80,761. Bentonville Public Schools median household income is $70,751 in 2010-2014. Bentonville Public Schools median house value is $158,200 in 2010-2014. On average, Bentonville Public Schools is much better than the state average in quality.

Ranking:	(3 out of 238, top 1%)*
Type:	Regular Local School District
Grade:	Kindergarten to Grade 12
Number of Schools:	18
Population	80,761 (2010-2014), rank #7
Population Growth	20.32% since 2005-2009, see rank
Population Density:	564.92/sq mi, rank #8
Median Household Income:	$70,751 at 2010-2014—23.54% increase since 2005-2009, rank #3
Median House Price:	$158,200 at 2010-2014—-1.37% increase since 2005-2009, rank #7
Time Zone:	Central GMT -6:00 with Daylight Saving in the Summer
Land Area:	141.54 sq mi, rank #154
Water Area:	1.42 sq mi (0.99%), rank #140
State:	Arkansas
County:	Benton County
City:	Springdale, Bentonville, Highfill, Gravette, Centerton, Decatur, Hiwasse, Bella Vista, Cave Springs, Rogers, Little Flock, Lowell
Zip:	72762, 72712, 72734, 72736, 72719, 72722, 72739, 72714, 72715, 72756, 72718, 72745, 72758
Area:	Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR-MO

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Bentonville Public Schools Map, Border, and Nearby Locations

500 Tiger Blvd

Bentonville AR, 72712, Benton County

Phone: 479-254-5000

Students and Teachers

	2013-2014	2012-2013	2011-2012	2010-2011	2009-2010	2008-2009	2007-2008
Total Students:	15,081	14,880	14,123	13,530	13,060	12,555	11,959
English Language Learner Students:	839	763	719	691	788	751	671
Total Teachers:	1,031.29	965.08	878.18	846.85	846.00	813.00	654.00
Prekindergarten:	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
Kindergarten:	73.11	74.65	66.40	64.62	88.00	84.00	79.00
Elementary:	463.51	455.10	401.27	404.04	382.00	361.00	330.00
Secondary:	385.46	330.32	328.24	307.08	292.00	282.00	192.00
Ungraded:	109.21	105.01	82.27	71.11	84.00	86.00	53.00
Total Other Staff:	897.60	759.30	826.00	803.00	925.00	977.00	1,048.00
Instructional Aides:	340.45	272.25	291.00	295.00	381.00	379.00	350.00
Instructional Coordinators & Supervisors:	18.50	28.00	6.00	5.00	6.00	5.00	4.00
Total Guidance Counselors:	36.37	32.87	38.00	38.00	30.00	28.00	29.00
Elementary Guidance Counselors:	19.00	16.00	20.00	22.00	15.00	13.00	16.00
Secondary Guidance Counselors:	17.37	16.87	18.00	16.00	15.00	15.00	13.00
Other Guidance Counselors:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Librarians/Media Specialists:	19.00	18.00	16.00	16.00	17.00	16.00	16.00
Library/Media Support:	11.00	8.50	9.00	12.00	16.00	18.00	16.00
District Administrators:	11.00	6.00	8.00	9.00	9.00	7.00	7.00
District Administrative Support:	59.61	51.44	62.00	57.00	65.00	60.00	55.00
School Administrators:	44.00	41.00	39.00	39.00	38.00	39.00	38.00
School Administrative Support:	89.64	97.61	107.00	78.00	79.00	81.00	64.00
Student Support Services:	82.53	79.13	77.00	67.00	93.00	152.00	74.00
Other Support Services:	185.50	124.50	173.00	187.00	191.00	192.00	395.00
Student-Teacher Ratio:	14.62	15.42	16.08	15.98	15.44	15.44	18.29

Schools

Apple Glen Elementary School	Kindergarten to Grade 4	1801 Orchard Ln, Bentonville AR 72712
Bentonville High School	Grade 9 to Grade 12	1901 Se J St, Bentonville AR 72712
Bright Field Middle School	Grade 5 to Grade 6	5101 Sw Bright Rd, Bentonville AR 72712
Centerton Gamble Elementary	Kindergarten to Grade 4	1500 Gamble Rd, Centerton AR 72719
Central Park At Morning Star	Kindergarten to Grade 4	1400 Sw Liberty Ave, Bentonville AR 72712
Cooper Elementary School	Kindergarten to Grade 4	2 Blowing Spring Rd, Bella Vista AR 72714
Elm Tree Elementary School	Kindergarten to Grade 4	101 Elm Tree Ln, Bentonville AR 72712
J William Fulbright Junior High School	Grade 7 to Grade 8	5303 Sw Bright Rd, Bentonville AR 72712
Lincoln Junior High School	Grade 7 to Grade 8	1206 Leopard Ln, Bentonville AR 72712
Mary Mae Jones Elementary School	Kindergarten to Grade 4	500 Se 14th St, Bentonville AR 72712
Old High Middle School	Grade 5 to Grade 6	406 Nw Second St, Bentonville AR 72712
R.E. Baker Elementary School	Kindergarten to Grade 4	301 Nw Third St, Bentonville AR 72712
Ruth Barker Middle School	Grade 5 to Grade 6	500 Se 18th St, Bentonville AR 72712
Spring Hill Middle School	Grade 5 to Grade 6	3400 Hwy 72 West, Bentonville AR 72712
Sugar Creek Elementary School	Kindergarten to Grade 5	1102 Bella Vista Rd, Bentonville AR 72712
Thomas Jefferson Elementary School	Kindergarten to Grade 4	810 Bella Vista Rd, Bentonville AR 72712
Washington Junior High School	Grade 7 to Grade 8	1501 Ne Wildcat Way, Bentonville AR 72712

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	State Average
ACTAAP Test
2007	Literacy	11th Grade	% met std	71%	50%
2008	Literacy	11th Grade	% met std	74%	51%
2009	Literacy	11th Grade	% met std	85%	56%
2010	Literacy	11th Grade	% met std	82%	60%
2011	Literacy	11th Grade	% met std	84%	65%
2012	Literacy	11th Grade	% met std	90%	68%
2013	Literacy	11th Grade	% met std	89%	70%
2005	Literacy	3rd Grade	% met std	62%	50%
2006	Literacy	3rd Grade	% met std	70%	57%
2007	Literacy	3rd Grade	% met std	69%	59%
2008	Literacy	3rd Grade	% met std	78%	64%
2009	Literacy	3rd Grade	% met std	78%	66%
2010	Literacy	3rd Grade	% met std	83%	71%
2011	Literacy	3rd Grade	% met std	82%	76%
2012	Literacy	3rd Grade	% met std	85%	82%
2013	Literacy	3rd Grade	% met std	89%	79%
2005	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	68%	58%
2006	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	78%	67%
2007	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	82%	75%
2008	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	91%	79%
2009	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	90%	82%
2010	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	93%	83%
2011	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	93%	85%
2012	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	93%	87%
2013	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	95%	86%
2005	Literacy	4th Grade	% met std	68%	51%
2006	Literacy	4th Grade	% met std	73%	61%
2007	Literacy	4th Grade	% met std	75%	58%
2008	Literacy	4th Grade	% met std	80%	67%
2009	Literacy	4th Grade	% met std	85%	70%
2010	Literacy	4th Grade	% met std	89%	77%
2011	Literacy	4th Grade	% met std	90%	82%
2012	Literacy	4th Grade	% met std	90%	85%
2013	Literacy	4th Grade	% met std	92%	85%
2005	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	61%	50%
2006	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	70%	60%
2007	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	79%	65%
2008	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	86%	74%
2009	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	92%	78%
2010	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	92%	80%
2011	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	91%	82%
2012	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	90%	82%
2013	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	92%	82%
2005	Literacy	5th Grade	% met std	65%	47%
2006	Literacy	5th Grade	% met std	72%	56%
2007	Literacy	5th Grade	% met std	72%	59%
2008	Literacy	5th Grade	% met std	79%	64%
2009	Literacy	5th Grade	% met std	81%	68%
2010	Literacy	5th Grade	% met std	86%	74%
2011	Literacy	5th Grade	% met std	87%	77%
2012	Literacy	5th Grade	% met std	93%	85%
2013	Literacy	5th Grade	% met std	91%	84%
2005	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	65%	41%
2006	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	67%	50%
2007	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	74%	61%
2008	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	84%	67%
2009	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	85%	71%
2010	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	90%	74%
2011	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	93%	78%
2012	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	91%	76%
2013	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	81%	70%
2009	Science	5th Grade	% met std	73%	43%
2010	Science	5th Grade	% met std	73%	50%
2011	Science	5th Grade	% met std	81%	56%
2012	Science	5th Grade	% met std	84%	60%
2013	Science	5th Grade	% met std	82%	61%
2005	Literacy	6th Grade	% met std	72%	57%
2006	Literacy	6th Grade	% met std	76%	59%
2007	Literacy	6th Grade	% met std	73%	59%
2008	Literacy	6th Grade	% met std	79%	63%
2009	Literacy	6th Grade	% met std	83%	67%
2010	Literacy	6th Grade	% met std	82%	71%
2011	Literacy	6th Grade	% met std	83%	71%
2012	Literacy	6th Grade	% met std	86%	75%
2013	Literacy	6th Grade	% met std	86%	73%
2005	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	68%	43%
2006	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	77%	57%
2007	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	83%	68%
2008	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	84%	72%
2009	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	94%	80%
2010	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	89%	75%
2011	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	93%	77%
2012	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	90%	75%
2013	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	89%	75%
2005	Literacy	7th Grade	% met std	73%	50%
2006	Literacy	7th Grade	% met std	72%	53%
2007	Literacy	7th Grade	% met std	78%	57%
2008	Literacy	7th Grade	% met std	78%	57%
2009	Literacy	7th Grade	% met std	82%	63%
2010	Literacy	7th Grade	% met std	89%	68%
2011	Literacy	7th Grade	% met std	84%	67%
2012	Literacy	7th Grade	% met std	94%	80%
2013	Literacy	7th Grade	% met std	90%	77%
2005	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	69%	43%
2006	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	73%	50%
2007	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	82%	58%
2008	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	85%	62%
2009	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	87%	68%
2010	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	95%	75%
2011	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	94%	74%
2012	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	94%	77%
2013	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	81%	70%
2009	Science	7th Grade	% met std	59%	32%
2010	Science	7th Grade	% met std	58%	33%
2011	Science	7th Grade	% met std	72%	39%
2012	Science	7th Grade	% met std	79%	41%
2013	Science	7th Grade	% met std	71%	41%
2005	Literacy	8th Grade	% met std	74%	57%
2006	Literacy	8th Grade	% met std	82%	66%
2007	Literacy	8th Grade	% met std	80%	63%
2008	Literacy	8th Grade	% met std	84%	67%
2009	Literacy	8th Grade	% met std	87%	71%
2010	Literacy	8th Grade	% met std	91%	76%
2011	Literacy	8th Grade	% met std	93%	77%
2012	Literacy	8th Grade	% met std	95%	80%
2013	Literacy	8th Grade	% met std	92%	77%
2005	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	59%	33%
2006	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	73%	44%
2007	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	79%	47%
2008	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	84%	56%
2009	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	82%	62%
2010	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	89%	63%
2011	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	89%	63%
2012	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	91%	68%
2013	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	87%	65%
2006	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	86%	65%
2007	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	86%	62%
2008	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	91%	66%
2009	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	92%	70%
2010	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	94%	76%
2011	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	94%	78%
2012	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	93%	80%
2013	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	93%	77%
2009	Biology	End of course	% met std	71%	41%
2010	Biology	End of course	% met std	67%	36%
2011	Biology	End of course	% met std	75%	41%
2012	Biology	End of course	% met std	75%	43%
2013	Biology	End of course	% met std	74%	44%
2006	Geometry	End of course	% met std	86%	60%
2007	Geometry	End of course	% met std	88%	59%
2008	Geometry	End of course	% met std	89%	60%
2009	Geometry	End of course	% met std	90%	66%
2010	Geometry	End of course	% met std	91%	69%
2011	Geometry	End of course	% met std	92%	73%
2012	Geometry	End of course	% met std	93%	76%
2013	Geometry	End of course	% met std	93%	72%
2006	Literacy	End of course	% met std	69%	45%

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

School District Fiscal Information

	2012			2011			2010
	Amount	Per Student	%	Amount	Per Student	%	Amount	Per Student	%
Total Revenue:	$150,503,000	$10,657		$132,748,000	$9,811		$128,417,000	$9,833
Federal:	$7,650,000	$542	5.1%	$10,503,000	$776	7.9%	$9,358,000	$717	7.3%
State:	$55,843,000	$3,954	37.1%	$50,723,000	$3,749	38.2%	$45,954,000	$3,519	35.8%
Local:	$87,010,000	$6,161	57.8%	$71,522,000	$5,286	53.9%	$73,105,000	$5,598	56.9%
Total Expenditures:	$188,169,000	$13,324		$135,559,000	$10,019		$118,491,000	$9,073
Total Current Expenditures:	$123,299,000	$8,730		$117,225,000	$8,664		$111,218,000	$8,516
Instructional Expenditures:	$74,706,000	$5,290	60.6%	$70,875,000	$5,238	60.5%	$68,398,000	$5,237	61.5%
Student and Staff Support:	$13,302,000	$942	10.8%	$12,813,000	$947	10.9%	$12,492,000	$957	11.2%
Administration:	$13,795,000	$977	11.2%	$12,979,000	$959	11.1%	$11,574,000	$886	10.4%
Operations, Food, Other:	$21,496,000	$1,522	17.4%	$20,558,000	$1,519	17.5%	$18,754,000	$1,436	16.9%
Total Capital Outlay:	$27,077,000	$1,917		$4,345,000	$321		$1,686,000	$129
Construction:	$25,337,000	$1,794		$2,995,000	$221		$6,000	$0
Total Other:	$30,157,000	$2,135		$6,949,000	$514		$2,260,000	$173
Interest on Debt:	$7,458,000	$528		$6,792,000	$502		$3,120,000	$239

Total Salary:	$75,303,000	$5,332		$72,287,000	$5,343		$67,545,000	$5,172
Instruction/Teacher Salary:	$53,048,000	$3,756	70.4%	$51,106,000	$3,777	70.7%	$47,626,000	$3,647	70.5%
Other Salary:	$22,255,000	$1,576	29.6%	$21,181,000	$1,565	29.3%	$19,919,000	$1,525	29.5%
Total Benefit:	$20,110,000	$1,424		$19,309,000	$1,427		$18,232,000	$1,396
Instruction/Teacher Benefit:	$13,806,000	$978	68.7%	$13,168,000	$973	68.2%	$12,298,000	$942	67.5%
Other Benefit:	$6,304,000	$446	31.3%	$6,141,000	$454	31.8%	$5,934,000	$454	32.5%

Teacher's Experience and Compensation

	2007	2006
Teachers with Bachelor Degree:	62.3%	NA
Teachers with Master or PhD Degree:	37.5%	NA

Mean Number of Years of Teaching:	12.0 years	12.0 years
Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	28.9%	26.9%
Teachers with 6-10 Years of Experience:	25.6%	26.0%
Teachers with 11-20 Years of Experience:	26.4%	26.9%
Teachers with 21-30 Years of Experience:	14.0%	14.8%
Teachers with 31 Years of Experience or More:	5.1%	5.5%

Mean Base Salary:	$49,012.0	$47,515.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	$42,902.0	$41,318.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 6-10 Years of Experience:	$46,233.0	$44,137.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 11-20 Years of Experience:	$50,860.0	$49,240.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 21-30 Years of Experience:	$58,538.0	$57,112.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 31 Years of Experience or More:	$61,820.0	$59,512.0

* Bentonville Public Schools was rated 5 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.