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Helena-West Helena School District

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Helena-West Helena School District is located in east Arkansas. Helena-West Helena School District has 125.14 square miles of land area and 13.22 square miles of water area. As of 2010-2014, the total Helena-West Helena School District population is 13,475. Helena-West Helena School District median household income is $25,314 in 2010-2014. Helena-West Helena School District median house value is $70,000 in 2010-2014. On average, Helena-West Helena School District is worse than the state average in quality.

Ranking:	(231 out of 238, bottom 3%)*
Type:	Regular Local School District
Grade:	Prekindergarten to Grade 12
Number of Schools:	3
Population	13,475 (2010-2014), rank #54
Population Growth	-7.04% since 2005-2009, see rank
Population Density:	97.39/sq mi, rank #48
Median Household Income:	$25,314 at 2010-2014—-0.11% increase since 2005-2009, rank #233
Median House Price:	$70,000 at 2010-2014—21.32% increase since 2005-2009, rank #173
Time Zone:	Central GMT -6:00 with Daylight Saving in the Summer
Land Area:	125.14 sq mi, rank #165
Water Area:	13.22 sq mi (9.56%), rank #19
State:	Arkansas
County:	Phillips County
City:	Helena, West Helena, Helena-West Helena, Lexa
Zip:	72342, 72390, 72355
Area:	Helena-West Helena, AR

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Helena-West Helena School District Map, Border, and Nearby Locations

305valley Dr

Helena AR, 72342, Phillips County

Phone: 870-338-4425

Students and Teachers

	2013-2014	2012-2013	2011-2012	2010-2011	2009-2010	2008-2009	2007-2008
Total Students:	1,678	1,682	1,986	2,377	2,428	2,683	2,920
English Language Learner Students:	0	0	0	0	0	1	1
Total Teachers:	131.88	131.04	144.93	191.88	190.00	204.00	202.00
Prekindergarten:	2.00	2.00	6.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
Kindergarten:	8.76	9.08	10.08	8.30	16.00	14.00	14.00
Elementary:	50.03	48.91	65.08	87.53	79.00	95.00	112.00
Secondary:	58.68	57.21	49.90	81.50	77.00	78.00	67.00
Ungraded:	12.41	13.84	13.87	14.55	18.00	17.00	9.00
Total Other Staff:	116.00	155.00	238.00	248.00	263.00	254.00	260.00
Instructional Aides:	28.00	42.00	68.00	73.00	77.00	81.00	86.00
Instructional Coordinators & Supervisors:	4.00	4.00	6.00	8.00	9.00	9.00	9.00
Total Guidance Counselors:	3.00	5.00	8.00	8.00	8.00	8.00	6.00
Elementary Guidance Counselors:	2.00	2.00	3.00	3.00	4.00	4.00	4.00
Secondary Guidance Counselors:	1.00	3.00	5.00	5.00	4.00	4.00	2.00
Other Guidance Counselors:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Librarians/Media Specialists:	3.00	4.00	7.00	4.00	5.00	6.00	5.00
Library/Media Support:	0.00	3.00	4.00	4.00	4.00	4.00	4.00
District Administrators:	2.00	2.00	4.00	4.00	7.00	7.00	12.00
District Administrative Support:	9.00	9.00	20.00	22.00	21.00	18.00	18.00
School Administrators:	7.00	8.00	12.00	12.00	14.00	14.00	14.00
School Administrative Support:	10.00	23.00	27.00	19.00	23.00	20.00	18.00
Student Support Services:	25.00	30.00	47.00	52.00	54.00	44.00	23.00
Other Support Services:	25.00	25.00	35.00	42.00	41.00	43.00	65.00
Student-Teacher Ratio:	12.72	12.84	13.70	12.39	12.78	13.15	14.46

Schools

Central High School	Grade 6 to Grade 12	103 School Rd, West Helena AR 72390
Eliza Miller Elementary School	Grade 4 to Grade 6	106 Miller Loop, West Helena AR 72390
Eliza Miller Primary School	Prekindergarten to Grade 3	106 Miller Loop, West Helena AR 72390

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	17%	51%
2009	Literacy	11th Grade	% met std	25%	56%
2010	Literacy	11th Grade	% met std	36%	60%
2011	Literacy	11th Grade	% met std	33%	65%
2012	Literacy	11th Grade	% met std	34%	68%
2013	Literacy	11th Grade	% met std	35%	70%
2005	Literacy	3rd Grade	% met std	20%	50%
2006	Literacy	3rd Grade	% met std	32%	57%
2007	Literacy	3rd Grade	% met std	39%	59%
2008	Literacy	3rd Grade	% met std	48%	64%
2009	Literacy	3rd Grade	% met std	59%	66%
2010	Literacy	3rd Grade	% met std	55%	71%
2011	Literacy	3rd Grade	% met std	68%	76%
2012	Literacy	3rd Grade	% met std	66%	82%
2013	Literacy	3rd Grade	% met std	66%	79%
2005	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	23%	58%
2006	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	34%	67%
2007	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	51%	75%
2008	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	66%	79%
2009	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	69%	82%
2010	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	66%	83%
2011	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	78%	85%
2012	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	65%	87%
2013	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	72%	86%
2005	Literacy	4th Grade	% met std	27%	51%
2006	Literacy	4th Grade	% met std	29%	61%
2007	Literacy	4th Grade	% met std	41%	58%
2008	Literacy	4th Grade	% met std	46%	67%
2009	Literacy	4th Grade	% met std	59%	70%
2010	Literacy	4th Grade	% met std	66%	77%
2011	Literacy	4th Grade	% met std	65%	82%
2012	Literacy	4th Grade	% met std	78%	85%
2013	Literacy	4th Grade	% met std	70%	85%
2005	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	26%	50%
2006	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	23%	60%
2007	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	36%	65%
2008	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	47%	74%
2009	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	64%	78%
2010	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	61%	80%
2011	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	65%	82%
2012	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	63%	82%
2013	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	55%	82%
2005	Literacy	5th Grade	% met std	30%	47%
2006	Literacy	5th Grade	% met std	27%	56%
2007	Literacy	5th Grade	% met std	43%	59%
2008	Literacy	5th Grade	% met std	46%	64%
2009	Literacy	5th Grade	% met std	52%	68%
2010	Literacy	5th Grade	% met std	65%	74%
2011	Literacy	5th Grade	% met std	63%	77%
2012	Literacy	5th Grade	% met std	66%	85%
2013	Literacy	5th Grade	% met std	70%	84%
2005	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	16%	41%
2006	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	17%	50%
2007	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	33%	61%
2008	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	47%	67%
2009	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	59%	71%
2010	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	56%	74%
2011	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	54%	78%
2012	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	35%	76%
2013	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	27%	70%
2009	Science	5th Grade	% met std	11%	43%
2010	Science	5th Grade	% met std	32%	50%
2011	Science	5th Grade	% met std	32%	56%
2012	Science	5th Grade	% met std	18%	60%
2013	Science	5th Grade	% met std	30%	61%
2005	Literacy	6th Grade	% met std	41%	57%
2006	Literacy	6th Grade	% met std	41%	59%
2007	Literacy	6th Grade	% met std	49%	59%
2008	Literacy	6th Grade	% met std	37%	63%
2009	Literacy	6th Grade	% met std	51%	67%
2010	Literacy	6th Grade	% met std	56%	71%
2011	Literacy	6th Grade	% met std	53%	71%
2012	Literacy	6th Grade	% met std	46%	75%
2013	Literacy	6th Grade	% met std	42%	73%
2005	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	37%	43%
2006	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	40%	57%
2007	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	49%	68%
2008	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	59%	72%
2009	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	60%	80%
2010	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	49%	75%
2011	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	51%	77%
2012	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	36%	75%
2013	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	35%	75%
2005	Literacy	7th Grade	% met std	18%	50%
2006	Literacy	7th Grade	% met std	18%	53%
2007	Literacy	7th Grade	% met std	28%	57%
2008	Literacy	7th Grade	% met std	30%	57%
2009	Literacy	7th Grade	% met std	36%	63%
2010	Literacy	7th Grade	% met std	54%	68%
2011	Literacy	7th Grade	% met std	51%	67%
2012	Literacy	7th Grade	% met std	67%	80%
2013	Literacy	7th Grade	% met std	50%	77%
2005	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	8%	43%
2006	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	13%	50%
2007	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	31%	58%
2008	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	36%	62%
2009	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	37%	68%
2010	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	43%	75%
2011	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	45%	74%
2012	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	62%	77%
2013	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	46%	70%
2009	Science	7th Grade	% met std	16%	32%
2010	Science	7th Grade	% met std	10%	33%
2011	Science	7th Grade	% met std	15%	39%
2012	Science	7th Grade	% met std	4%	41%
2013	Science	7th Grade	% met std	5%	41%
2005	Literacy	8th Grade	% met std	30%	57%
2006	Literacy	8th Grade	% met std	38%	66%
2007	Literacy	8th Grade	% met std	34%	63%
2008	Literacy	8th Grade	% met std	36%	67%
2009	Literacy	8th Grade	% met std	42%	71%
2010	Literacy	8th Grade	% met std	50%	76%
2011	Literacy	8th Grade	% met std	59%	77%
2012	Literacy	8th Grade	% met std	64%	80%
2013	Literacy	8th Grade	% met std	63%	77%
2005	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	7%	33%
2006	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	8%	44%
2007	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	8%	47%
2008	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	23%	56%
2009	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	32%	62%
2010	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	39%	63%
2011	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	32%	63%
2012	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	51%	68%
2013	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	57%	65%
2006	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	46%	65%
2007	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	14%	62%
2008	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	29%	66%
2009	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	35%	70%
2010	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	43%	76%
2011	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	49%	78%
2012	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	40%	80%
2013	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	49%	77%
2009	Biology	End of course	% met std	22%	41%
2010	Biology	End of course	% met std	24%	36%
2011	Biology	End of course	% met std	22%	41%
2012	Biology	End of course	% met std	10%	43%
2013	Biology	End of course	% met std	20%	44%
2006	Geometry	End of course	% met std	36%	60%
2007	Geometry	End of course	% met std	36%	59%
2008	Geometry	End of course	% met std	13%	60%
2009	Geometry	End of course	% met std	22%	66%
2010	Geometry	End of course	% met std	47%	69%
2011	Geometry	End of course	% met std	48%	73%
2012	Geometry	End of course	% met std	39%	76%
2013	Geometry	End of course	% met std	31%	72%
2006	Literacy	End of course	% met std	29%	45%

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

School District Fiscal Information

	2012			2011			2010
	Amount	Per Student	%	Amount	Per Student	%	Amount	Per Student	%
Total Revenue:	$26,923,000	$13,556		$30,032,000	$12,634		$29,881,000	$12,307
Federal:	$6,481,000	$3,263	24.1%	$8,520,000	$3,584	28.4%	$6,633,000	$2,732	22.2%
State:	$16,190,000	$8,152	60.1%	$17,241,000	$7,253	57.4%	$18,857,000	$7,766	63.1%
Local:	$4,252,000	$2,141	15.8%	$4,271,000	$1,797	14.2%	$4,391,000	$1,808	14.7%
Total Expenditures:	$25,687,000	$12,934		$27,619,000	$11,619		$32,831,000	$13,522
Total Current Expenditures:	$23,287,000	$11,726		$25,737,000	$10,828		$30,125,000	$12,407
Instructional Expenditures:	$11,428,000	$5,754	49.1%	$13,070,000	$5,499	50.8%	$16,221,000	$6,681	53.8%
Student and Staff Support:	$5,451,000	$2,745	23.4%	$4,006,000	$1,685	15.6%	$4,603,000	$1,896	15.3%
Administration:	$1,773,000	$893	7.6%	$2,998,000	$1,261	11.6%	$3,550,000	$1,462	11.8%
Operations, Food, Other:	$4,635,000	$2,334	19.9%	$5,663,000	$2,382	22.0%	$5,751,000	$2,369	19.1%
Total Capital Outlay:	$1,215,000	$612		$698,000	$294		$1,203,000	$495
Construction:	$0	$0		$0	$0		$0	$0
Total Other:	$0	$0		$61,000	$26		$200,000	$82
Interest on Debt:	$289,000	$146		$154,000	$65		$325,000	$134

Total Salary:	$11,724,000	$5,903		$15,645,000	$6,582		$18,329,000	$7,549
Instruction/Teacher Salary:	$7,598,000	$3,826	64.8%	$9,522,000	$4,006	60.9%	$11,247,000	$4,632	61.4%
Other Salary:	$4,126,000	$2,078	35.2%	$6,123,000	$2,576	39.1%	$7,082,000	$2,917	38.6%
Total Benefit:	$3,574,000	$1,800		$4,358,000	$1,833		$4,959,000	$2,042
Instruction/Teacher Benefit:	$2,369,000	$1,193	66.3%	$2,613,000	$1,099	60.0%	$3,077,000	$1,267	62.0%
Other Benefit:	$1,205,000	$607	33.7%	$1,745,000	$734	40.0%	$1,882,000	$775	38.0%

Teacher's Experience and Compensation

	2007	2006
Teachers with Bachelor Degree:	72.5%	NA
Teachers with Master or PhD Degree:	27.5%	NA

Mean Number of Years of Teaching:	17.0 years	18.0 years
Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	21.0%	19.2%
Teachers with 6-10 Years of Experience:	16.8%	14.6%
Teachers with 11-20 Years of Experience:	16.2%	22.7%
Teachers with 21-30 Years of Experience:	28.7%	26.8%
Teachers with 31 Years of Experience or More:	17.4%	16.7%

Mean Base Salary:	$42,028.0	$41,319.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	$35,771.0	$34,568.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 6-10 Years of Experience:	$39,321.0	$38,014.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 11-20 Years of Experience:	$43,111.0	$42,827.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 21-30 Years of Experience:	$45,233.0	$44,585.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 31 Years of Experience or More:	$45,876.0	$44,697.0

* Helena-West Helena 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.