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Fordyce School District

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Fordyce School District is located in south Arkansas. Fordyce School District has 220.50 square miles of land area and 0.50 square miles of water area. As of 2010-2014, the total Fordyce School District population is 5,751. Fordyce School District median household income is $31,339 in 2010-2014. Fordyce School District median house value is $67,600 in 2010-2014. On average, Fordyce School District is worse than the state average in quality.

Ranking:	(212 out of 238, bottom 11%)*
Type:	Regular Local School District
Grade:	Prekindergarten to Grade 12
Number of Schools:	3
Population	5,751 (2010-2014), rank #116
Population Growth	0.30% since 2005-2009, see rank
Population Density:	26.02/sq mi, rank #152
Median Household Income:	$31,339 at 2010-2014—16.61% increase since 2005-2009, rank #194
Median House Price:	$67,600 at 2010-2014—26.59% increase since 2005-2009, rank #185
Time Zone:	Central GMT -6:00 with Daylight Saving in the Summer
Land Area:	220.50 sq mi, rank #91
Water Area:	0.50 sq mi (0.23%), rank #195
State:	Arkansas
County:	Dallas County, Calhoun County
City:	Fordyce, Leola, Bearden, Sparkman, Carthage
Zip:	71742, 72084, 71720, 71763, 71725
Area:	Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR;Camden, AR

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Fordyce School District Map, Border, and Nearby Locations

104 College St

Fordyce AR, 71742, Dallas County

Phone: 870-352-3005

Students and Teachers

	2013-2014	2012-2013	2011-2012	2010-2011	2009-2010	2008-2009	2007-2008
Total Students:	866	888	915	968	1,012	1,044	1,077
English Language Learner Students:	28	18	19	7	7	6	7
Total Teachers:	66.51	67.00	68.20	73.70	85.00	103.00	81.00
Prekindergarten:	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00
Kindergarten:	5.54	4.60	4.49	5.62	8.00	8.00	6.00
Elementary:	23.95	25.55	26.22	26.73	36.00	46.00	46.00
Secondary:	33.24	32.14	33.60	36.59	35.00	43.00	26.00
Ungraded:	2.78	3.71	2.89	3.76	5.00	5.00	2.00
Total Other Staff:	65.08	72.16	83.00	84.00	86.00	73.00	94.00
Instructional Aides:	18.00	19.00	18.00	19.00	19.00	19.00	20.00
Instructional Coordinators & Supervisors:	2.00	2.00	2.00	4.00	10.00	3.00	2.00
Total Guidance Counselors:	2.00	2.00	3.00	3.00	3.00	3.00	4.00
Elementary Guidance Counselors:	1.00	0.50	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	2.00
Secondary Guidance Counselors:	1.00	1.50	2.00	2.00	2.00	2.00	2.00
Other Guidance Counselors:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Librarians/Media Specialists:	2.00	3.00	3.00	3.00	3.00	3.00	3.00
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:	5.00	5.00	5.00	5.00	3.00	5.00	5.00
School Administrators:	2.00	3.00	4.00	5.00	5.00	5.00	6.00
School Administrative Support:	6.08	9.00	12.00	10.00	10.00	11.00	8.00
Student Support Services:	14.00	13.16	15.00	13.00	10.00	1.00	6.00
Other Support Services:	13.00	15.00	20.00	21.00	22.00	22.00	39.00
Student-Teacher Ratio:	13.02	13.25	13.42	13.13	11.91	10.14	13.30

Schools

Fordyce Elementary Schools		Prekindergarten to Grade 6	350 Redbug Circle, Fordyce AR 71742
Fordyce High School		Grade 7 to Grade 12	100 Redbug Blvd, Fordyce AR 71742

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	State Average
ACTAAP Test
2007	Literacy	11th Grade	% met std	32%	50%
2008	Literacy	11th Grade	% met std	25%	51%
2009	Literacy	11th Grade	% met std	44%	56%
2010	Literacy	11th Grade	% met std	45%	60%
2011	Literacy	11th Grade	% met std	46%	65%
2012	Literacy	11th Grade	% met std	47%	68%
2013	Literacy	11th Grade	% met std	52%	70%
2005	Literacy	3rd Grade	% met std	39%	50%
2006	Literacy	3rd Grade	% met std	35%	57%
2007	Literacy	3rd Grade	% met std	47%	59%
2008	Literacy	3rd Grade	% met std	57%	64%
2009	Literacy	3rd Grade	% met std	62%	66%
2010	Literacy	3rd Grade	% met std	64%	71%
2011	Literacy	3rd Grade	% met std	67%	76%
2012	Literacy	3rd Grade	% met std	75%	82%
2013	Literacy	3rd Grade	% met std	81%	79%
2005	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	27%	58%
2006	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	29%	67%
2007	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	57%	75%
2008	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	68%	79%
2009	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	80%	82%
2010	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	75%	83%
2011	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	82%	85%
2012	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	76%	87%
2013	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	85%	86%
2005	Literacy	4th Grade	% met std	42%	51%
2006	Literacy	4th Grade	% met std	55%	61%
2007	Literacy	4th Grade	% met std	54%	58%
2008	Literacy	4th Grade	% met std	70%	67%
2009	Literacy	4th Grade	% met std	71%	70%
2010	Literacy	4th Grade	% met std	82%	77%
2011	Literacy	4th Grade	% met std	72%	82%
2012	Literacy	4th Grade	% met std	89%	85%
2013	Literacy	4th Grade	% met std	86%	85%
2005	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	42%	50%
2006	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	50%	60%
2007	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	50%	65%
2008	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	67%	74%
2009	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	70%	78%
2010	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	84%	80%
2011	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	79%	82%
2012	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	78%	82%
2013	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	78%	82%
2005	Literacy	5th Grade	% met std	28%	47%
2006	Literacy	5th Grade	% met std	33%	56%
2007	Literacy	5th Grade	% met std	49%	59%
2008	Literacy	5th Grade	% met std	49%	64%
2009	Literacy	5th Grade	% met std	50%	68%
2010	Literacy	5th Grade	% met std	50%	74%
2011	Literacy	5th Grade	% met std	57%	77%
2012	Literacy	5th Grade	% met std	76%	85%
2013	Literacy	5th Grade	% met std	78%	84%
2005	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	26%	41%
2006	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	33%	50%
2007	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	45%	61%
2008	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	43%	67%
2009	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	40%	71%
2010	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	59%	74%
2011	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	57%	78%
2012	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	53%	76%
2013	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	44%	70%
2009	Science	5th Grade	% met std	32%	43%
2010	Science	5th Grade	% met std	30%	50%
2011	Science	5th Grade	% met std	33%	56%
2012	Science	5th Grade	% met std	33%	60%
2013	Science	5th Grade	% met std	42%	61%
2005	Literacy	6th Grade	% met std	31%	57%
2006	Literacy	6th Grade	% met std	48%	59%
2007	Literacy	6th Grade	% met std	46%	59%
2008	Literacy	6th Grade	% met std	57%	63%
2009	Literacy	6th Grade	% met std	57%	67%
2010	Literacy	6th Grade	% met std	51%	71%
2011	Literacy	6th Grade	% met std	52%	71%
2012	Literacy	6th Grade	% met std	71%	75%
2013	Literacy	6th Grade	% met std	57%	73%
2005	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	22%	43%
2006	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	44%	57%
2007	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	57%	68%
2008	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	53%	72%
2009	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	59%	80%
2010	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	43%	75%
2011	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	59%	77%
2012	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	59%	75%
2013	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	54%	75%
2005	Literacy	7th Grade	% met std	41%	50%
2006	Literacy	7th Grade	% met std	38%	53%
2007	Literacy	7th Grade	% met std	49%	57%
2008	Literacy	7th Grade	% met std	55%	57%
2009	Literacy	7th Grade	% met std	60%	63%
2010	Literacy	7th Grade	% met std	56%	68%
2011	Literacy	7th Grade	% met std	52%	67%
2012	Literacy	7th Grade	% met std	76%	80%
2013	Literacy	7th Grade	% met std	62%	77%
2005	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	27%	43%
2006	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	25%	50%
2007	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	43%	58%
2008	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	55%	62%
2009	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	62%	68%
2010	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	51%	75%
2011	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	61%	74%
2012	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	53%	77%
2013	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	43%	70%
2009	Science	7th Grade	% met std	31%	32%
2010	Science	7th Grade	% met std	16%	33%
2011	Science	7th Grade	% met std	20%	39%
2012	Science	7th Grade	% met std	22%	41%
2013	Science	7th Grade	% met std	18%	41%
2005	Literacy	8th Grade	% met std	42%	57%
2006	Literacy	8th Grade	% met std	65%	66%
2007	Literacy	8th Grade	% met std	57%	63%
2008	Literacy	8th Grade	% met std	59%	67%
2009	Literacy	8th Grade	% met std	68%	71%
2010	Literacy	8th Grade	% met std	68%	76%
2011	Literacy	8th Grade	% met std	62%	77%
2012	Literacy	8th Grade	% met std	66%	80%
2013	Literacy	8th Grade	% met std	65%	77%
2005	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	11%	33%
2006	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	36%	44%
2007	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	23%	47%
2008	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	31%	56%
2009	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	50%	62%
2010	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	47%	63%
2011	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	47%	63%
2012	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	54%	68%
2013	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	46%	65%
2006	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	41%	65%
2007	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	53%	62%
2008	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	50%	66%
2009	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	41%	70%
2010	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	70%	76%
2011	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	58%	78%
2012	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	66%	80%
2013	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	46%	77%
2009	Biology	End of course	% met std	25%	41%
2010	Biology	End of course	% met std	26%	36%
2011	Biology	End of course	% met std	23%	41%
2012	Biology	End of course	% met std	43%	43%
2013	Biology	End of course	% met std	24%	44%
2006	Geometry	End of course	% met std	11%	60%
2007	Geometry	End of course	% met std	64%	59%
2008	Geometry	End of course	% met std	63%	60%
2009	Geometry	End of course	% met std	68%	66%
2010	Geometry	End of course	% met std	69%	69%
2011	Geometry	End of course	% met std	30%	73%
2012	Geometry	End of course	% met std	44%	76%
2013	Geometry	End of course	% met std	65%	72%
2006	Literacy	End of course	% met std	33%	45%

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

School District Fiscal Information

	2012			2011			2010
	Amount	Per Student	%	Amount	Per Student	%	Amount	Per Student	%
Total Revenue:	$10,635,000	$11,623		$11,411,000	$11,788		$11,433,000	$11,297
Federal:	$1,266,000	$1,384	11.9%	$1,896,000	$1,959	16.6%	$1,777,000	$1,756	15.5%
State:	$6,911,000	$7,553	65.0%	$7,637,000	$7,889	66.9%	$7,628,000	$7,538	66.7%
Local:	$2,458,000	$2,686	23.1%	$1,878,000	$1,940	16.5%	$2,028,000	$2,004	17.7%
Total Expenditures:	$10,460,000	$11,432		$10,856,000	$11,215		$11,000,000	$10,870
Total Current Expenditures:	$8,380,000	$9,158		$8,097,000	$8,365		$8,332,000	$8,233
Instructional Expenditures:	$4,477,000	$4,893	53.4%	$4,657,000	$4,811	57.5%	$4,738,000	$4,682	56.9%
Student and Staff Support:	$957,000	$1,046	11.4%	$1,126,000	$1,163	13.9%	$1,213,000	$1,199	14.6%
Administration:	$1,020,000	$1,115	12.2%	$949,000	$980	11.7%	$964,000	$953	11.6%
Operations, Food, Other:	$1,926,000	$2,105	23.0%	$1,365,000	$1,410	16.9%	$1,417,000	$1,400	17.0%
Total Capital Outlay:	$319,000	$349		$383,000	$396		$476,000	$470
Construction:	$144,000	$157		$134,000	$138		$8,000	$8
Total Other:	$145,000	$158		$158,000	$163		$51,000	$50
Interest on Debt:	$333,000	$364		$342,000	$353		$351,000	$347

Total Salary:	$4,616,000	$5,045		$4,874,000	$5,035		$4,956,000	$4,897
Instruction/Teacher Salary:	$2,961,000	$3,236	64.1%	$3,101,000	$3,204	63.6%	$3,202,000	$3,164	64.6%
Other Salary:	$1,655,000	$1,809	35.9%	$1,773,000	$1,832	36.4%	$1,754,000	$1,733	35.4%
Total Benefit:	$1,230,000	$1,344		$1,297,000	$1,340		$1,332,000	$1,316
Instruction/Teacher Benefit:	$777,000	$849	63.2%	$814,000	$841	62.8%	$841,000	$831	63.1%
Other Benefit:	$453,000	$495	36.8%	$483,000	$499	37.2%	$491,000	$485	36.9%

Teacher's Experience and Compensation

	2007	2006
Teachers with Bachelor Degree:	72.8%	NA
Teachers with Master or PhD Degree:	27.2%	NA

Mean Number of Years of Teaching:	14.0 years	14.0 years
Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	27.2%	25.8%
Teachers with 6-10 Years of Experience:	19.8%	16.9%
Teachers with 11-20 Years of Experience:	24.7%	27.0%
Teachers with 21-30 Years of Experience:	21.0%	22.5%
Teachers with 31 Years of Experience or More:	7.4%	7.9%

Mean Base Salary:	$35,288.0	$35,042.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	$30,344.0	$30,478.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 6-10 Years of Experience:	$33,928.0	$33,197.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 11-20 Years of Experience:	$37,655.0	$36,852.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 21-30 Years of Experience:	$38,675.0	$38,318.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 31 Years of Experience or More:	$39,550.0	$38,421.0

* Fordyce 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.