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Rector School District

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Rector School District is located in northeast Arkansas. Rector School District has 179.00 square miles of land area and 0.27 square miles of water area. As of 2010-2014, the total Rector School District population is 4,281. Rector School District median household income is $38,750 in 2010-2014. Rector School District median house value is $68,600 in 2010-2014. On average, Rector School District is close to the state average in quality.

Ranking:	(132 out of 238, bottom 45%)*
Type:	Regular Local School District
Grade:	Prekindergarten to Grade 12
Number of Schools:	2
Population	4,281 (2010-2014), rank #159
Population Growth	16.27% since 2005-2009, see rank
Population Density:	23.88/sq mi, rank #158
Median Household Income:	$38,750 at 2010-2014—24.94% increase since 2005-2009, rank #100
Median House Price:	$68,600 at 2010-2014—33.20% increase since 2005-2009, rank #182
Time Zone:	Central GMT -6:00 with Daylight Saving in the Summer
Land Area:	179.00 sq mi, rank #119
Water Area:	0.27 sq mi (0.15%), rank #212
State:	Arkansas
County:	Greene County, Clay County
City:	Rector, Piggott, Greenway, Lafe, Corning
Zip:	72461, 72454, 72430, 72436, 72422
Area:	Paragould, AR

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Rector School District Map, Border, and Nearby Locations

604 West 5th St

Rector AR, 72461, Clay County

Phone: 870-595-3151

Students and Teachers

	2013-2014	2012-2013	2011-2012	2010-2011	2009-2010	2008-2009	2007-2008
Total Students:	609	621	625	627	646	658	697
English Language Learner Students:	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total Teachers:	49.99	51.49	50.68	54.58	57.00	56.00	54.00
Prekindergarten:	0.00	1.00	0.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00
Kindergarten:	3.29	3.53	3.52	3.57	3.00	3.00	3.00
Elementary:	21.73	21.84	21.85	22.54	24.00	24.00	23.00
Secondary:	21.51	21.31	21.43	23.04	24.00	24.00	23.00
Ungraded:	3.46	3.81	3.88	4.43	5.00	4.00	4.00
Total Other Staff:	49.00	50.00	55.00	51.00	67.00	58.00	62.00
Instructional Aides:	10.00	10.00	12.00	10.00	19.00	21.00	22.00
Instructional Coordinators & Supervisors:	1.00	1.00	1.00	3.00	2.00	2.00	2.00
Total Guidance Counselors:	2.00	2.00	2.00	2.00	2.00	2.00	1.00
Elementary Guidance Counselors:	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	0.00
Secondary Guidance Counselors:	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00
Other Guidance Counselors:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Librarians/Media Specialists:	2.00	2.00	2.00	2.00	2.00	2.00	2.00
Library/Media Support:	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
District Administrators:	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00
District Administrative Support:	2.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00
School Administrators:	2.00	2.00	2.00	2.00	2.00	2.00	2.00
School Administrative Support:	3.00	1.00	6.00	4.00	4.00	4.00	2.00
Student Support Services:	11.00	14.00	13.00	11.00	12.00	2.00	6.00
Other Support Services:	15.00	16.00	15.00	15.00	22.00	21.00	23.00
Student-Teacher Ratio:	12.18	12.06	12.33	11.49	11.33	11.75	12.91

Schools

Rector Elementary School		Prekindergarten to Grade 6	604 West 5th St, Rector AR 72461
Rector High School		Grade 7 to Grade 12	604 West 5th St, Rector AR 72461

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	State Average
ACTAAP Test
2007	Literacy	11th Grade	% met std	53%	50%
2008	Literacy	11th Grade	% met std	41%	51%
2009	Literacy	11th Grade	% met std	59%	56%
2010	Literacy	11th Grade	% met std	67%	60%
2011	Literacy	11th Grade	% met std	46%	65%
2012	Literacy	11th Grade	% met std	76%	68%
2013	Literacy	11th Grade	% met std	72%	70%
2005	Literacy	3rd Grade	% met std	53%	50%
2006	Literacy	3rd Grade	% met std	81%	57%
2007	Literacy	3rd Grade	% met std	79%	59%
2008	Literacy	3rd Grade	% met std	70%	64%
2009	Literacy	3rd Grade	% met std	75%	66%
2010	Literacy	3rd Grade	% met std	64%	71%
2011	Literacy	3rd Grade	% met std	63%	76%
2012	Literacy	3rd Grade	% met std	82%	82%
2013	Literacy	3rd Grade	% met std	87%	79%
2005	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	67%	58%
2006	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	86%	67%
2007	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	90%	75%
2008	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	85%	79%
2009	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	86%	82%
2010	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	92%	83%
2011	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	85%	85%
2012	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	83%	87%
2013	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	95%	86%
2005	Literacy	4th Grade	% met std	53%	51%
2006	Literacy	4th Grade	% met std	70%	61%
2007	Literacy	4th Grade	% met std	71%	58%
2008	Literacy	4th Grade	% met std	55%	67%
2009	Literacy	4th Grade	% met std	75%	70%
2010	Literacy	4th Grade	% met std	74%	77%
2011	Literacy	4th Grade	% met std	74%	82%
2012	Literacy	4th Grade	% met std	83%	85%
2013	Literacy	4th Grade	% met std	78%	85%
2005	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	49%	50%
2006	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	45%	60%
2007	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	79%	65%
2008	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	78%	74%
2009	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	73%	78%
2010	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	79%	80%
2011	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	90%	82%
2012	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	91%	82%
2013	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	80%	82%
2005	Literacy	5th Grade	% met std	34%	47%
2006	Literacy	5th Grade	% met std	67%	56%
2007	Literacy	5th Grade	% met std	47%	59%
2008	Literacy	5th Grade	% met std	79%	64%
2009	Literacy	5th Grade	% met std	65%	68%
2010	Literacy	5th Grade	% met std	75%	74%
2011	Literacy	5th Grade	% met std	72%	77%
2012	Literacy	5th Grade	% met std	80%	85%
2013	Literacy	5th Grade	% met std	80%	84%
2005	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	34%	41%
2006	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	66%	50%
2007	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	61%	61%
2008	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	84%	67%
2009	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	74%	71%
2010	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	73%	74%
2011	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	85%	78%
2012	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	76%	76%
2013	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	68%	70%
2009	Science	5th Grade	% met std	42%	43%
2010	Science	5th Grade	% met std	51%	50%
2011	Science	5th Grade	% met std	57%	56%
2012	Science	5th Grade	% met std	55%	60%
2013	Science	5th Grade	% met std	64%	61%
2005	Literacy	6th Grade	% met std	70%	57%
2006	Literacy	6th Grade	% met std	54%	59%
2007	Literacy	6th Grade	% met std	63%	59%
2008	Literacy	6th Grade	% met std	69%	63%
2009	Literacy	6th Grade	% met std	82%	67%
2010	Literacy	6th Grade	% met std	68%	71%
2011	Literacy	6th Grade	% met std	73%	71%
2012	Literacy	6th Grade	% met std	66%	75%
2013	Literacy	6th Grade	% met std	61%	73%
2005	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	56%	43%
2006	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	46%	57%
2007	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	71%	68%
2008	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	71%	72%
2009	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	92%	80%
2010	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	80%	75%
2011	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	87%	77%
2012	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	75%	75%
2013	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	80%	75%
2005	Literacy	7th Grade	% met std	36%	50%
2006	Literacy	7th Grade	% met std	61%	53%
2007	Literacy	7th Grade	% met std	34%	57%
2008	Literacy	7th Grade	% met std	58%	57%
2009	Literacy	7th Grade	% met std	55%	63%
2010	Literacy	7th Grade	% met std	71%	68%
2011	Literacy	7th Grade	% met std	54%	67%
2012	Literacy	7th Grade	% met std	74%	80%
2013	Literacy	7th Grade	% met std	72%	77%
2005	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	34%	43%
2006	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	51%	50%
2007	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	27%	58%
2008	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	63%	62%
2009	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	65%	68%
2010	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	79%	75%
2011	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	84%	74%
2012	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	66%	77%
2013	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	68%	70%
2009	Science	7th Grade	% met std	45%	32%
2010	Science	7th Grade	% met std	47%	33%
2011	Science	7th Grade	% met std	43%	39%
2012	Science	7th Grade	% met std	50%	41%
2013	Science	7th Grade	% met std	49%	41%
2005	Literacy	8th Grade	% met std	41%	57%
2006	Literacy	8th Grade	% met std	49%	66%
2007	Literacy	8th Grade	% met std	67%	63%
2008	Literacy	8th Grade	% met std	49%	67%
2009	Literacy	8th Grade	% met std	70%	71%
2010	Literacy	8th Grade	% met std	74%	76%
2011	Literacy	8th Grade	% met std	78%	77%
2012	Literacy	8th Grade	% met std	70%	80%
2013	Literacy	8th Grade	% met std	68%	77%
2005	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	21%	33%
2006	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	34%	44%
2007	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	39%	47%
2008	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	33%	56%
2009	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	64%	62%
2010	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	63%	63%
2011	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	72%	63%
2012	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	64%	68%
2013	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	61%	65%
2006	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	79%	65%
2007	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	68%	62%
2008	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	45%	66%
2009	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	51%	70%
2010	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	90%	76%
2011	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	71%	78%
2012	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	92%	80%
2013	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	77%	77%
2009	Biology	End of course	% met std	31%	41%
2010	Biology	End of course	% met std	26%	36%
2011	Biology	End of course	% met std	18%	41%
2012	Biology	End of course	% met std	38%	43%
2013	Biology	End of course	% met std	21%	44%
2006	Geometry	End of course	% met std	74%	60%
2007	Geometry	End of course	% met std	64%	59%
2008	Geometry	End of course	% met std	56%	60%
2009	Geometry	End of course	% met std	65%	66%
2010	Geometry	End of course	% met std	76%	69%
2011	Geometry	End of course	% met std	74%	73%
2012	Geometry	End of course	% met std	69%	76%
2013	Geometry	End of course	% met std	80%	72%
2006	Literacy	End of course	% met std	59%	45%

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

School District Fiscal Information

	2012			2011			2010
	Amount	Per Student	%	Amount	Per Student	%	Amount	Per Student	%
Total Revenue:	$6,172,000	$9,875		$5,737,000	$9,150		$5,598,000	$8,666
Federal:	$1,184,000	$1,894	19.2%	$765,000	$1,220	13.3%	$589,000	$912	10.5%
State:	$3,189,000	$5,102	51.7%	$3,219,000	$5,134	56.1%	$3,112,000	$4,817	55.6%
Local:	$1,799,000	$2,878	29.1%	$1,753,000	$2,796	30.6%	$1,897,000	$2,937	33.9%
Total Expenditures:	$5,521,000	$8,834		$5,599,000	$8,930		$5,494,000	$8,505
Total Current Expenditures:	$5,301,000	$8,482		$5,336,000	$8,510		$5,206,000	$8,059
Instructional Expenditures:	$3,472,000	$5,555	65.5%	$3,564,000	$5,684	66.8%	$3,504,000	$5,424	67.3%
Student and Staff Support:	$387,000	$619	7.3%	$340,000	$542	6.4%	$351,000	$543	6.7%
Administration:	$429,000	$686	8.1%	$444,000	$708	8.3%	$444,000	$687	8.5%
Operations, Food, Other:	$1,013,000	$1,621	19.1%	$988,000	$1,576	18.5%	$907,000	$1,404	17.4%
Total Capital Outlay:	$99,000	$158		$107,000	$171		$119,000	$184
Construction:	$0	$0		$0	$0		$0	$0
Total Other:	$0	$0		$5,000	$8		$3,000	$5
Interest on Debt:	$121,000	$194		$151,000	$241		$166,000	$257

Total Salary:	$3,093,000	$4,949		$3,231,000	$5,153		$3,209,000	$4,967
Instruction/Teacher Salary:	$2,259,000	$3,614	73.0%	$2,400,000	$3,828	74.3%	$2,398,000	$3,712	74.7%
Other Salary:	$834,000	$1,334	27.0%	$831,000	$1,325	25.7%	$811,000	$1,255	25.3%
Total Benefit:	$883,000	$1,413		$929,000	$1,482		$933,000	$1,444
Instruction/Teacher Benefit:	$639,000	$1,022	72.4%	$689,000	$1,099	74.2%	$691,000	$1,070	74.1%
Other Benefit:	$244,000	$390	27.6%	$240,000	$383	25.8%	$242,000	$375	25.9%

Teacher's Experience and Compensation

	2007	2006
Teachers with Bachelor Degree:	60.9%	NA
Teachers with Master or PhD Degree:	39.1%	NA

Mean Number of Years of Teaching:	16.0 years	NA
Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	28.3%	0.0%
Teachers with 6-10 Years of Experience:	19.6%	NA
Teachers with 11-20 Years of Experience:	15.2%	NA
Teachers with 21-30 Years of Experience:	19.6%	0.0%
Teachers with 31 Years of Experience or More:	17.4%	0.0%

Mean Base Salary:	$38,602.0	NA
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	$35,406.0	NA
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 6-10 Years of Experience:	$38,358.0	NA
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 11-20 Years of Experience:	$39,648.0	NA
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 21-30 Years of Experience:	$41,027.0	NA
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 31 Years of Experience or More:	$40,424.0	NA

* Rector School District was rated 3 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.