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Ouachita School District

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Ouachita School District is located close to the center of Arkansas. Ouachita School District has 72.82 square miles of land area and 0.31 square miles of water area. As of 2010-2014, the total Ouachita School District population is 1,996. Ouachita School District median household income is $46,813 in 2010-2014. Ouachita School District median house value is $82,000 in 2010-2014. On average, Ouachita School District is better than the state average in quality.

Ranking:	(113 out of 238, top 47%)*
Type:	Regular Local School District
Grade:	Prekindergarten to Grade 12
Number of Schools:	2
Population	1,996 (2010-2014), rank #233
Population Growth	0.10% since 2005-2009, see rank
Population Density:	27.29/sq mi, rank #144
Median Household Income:	$46,813 at 2010-2014—27.67% increase since 2005-2009, rank #39
Median House Price:	$82,000 at 2010-2014—36.67% increase since 2005-2009, rank #124
Time Zone:	Central GMT -6:00 with Daylight Saving in the Summer
Land Area:	72.82 sq mi, rank #219
Water Area:	0.31 sq mi (0.43%), rank #210
State:	Arkansas
County:	Hot Spring County
City:	Donaldson, Arkadelphia, Bismarck, Midway town, Friendship, Malvern
Zip:	71941, 71923, 71929, 72104
Area:	Arkadelphia, AR

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Ouachita School District Map, Border, and Nearby Locations

166 Schoolhouse Rd

Donaldson AR, 71941, Hot Spring County

Phone: 501-384-2318

Students and Teachers

	2013-2014	2012-2013	2011-2012	2010-2011	2009-2010	2008-2009	2007-2008
Total Students:	554	541	540	527	519	528	494
English Language Learner Students:	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total Teachers:	42.87	40.08	44.05	38.12	44.00	43.00	21.00
Prekindergarten:	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00
Kindergarten:	2.31	2.24	2.21	2.19	5.00	6.00	5.00
Elementary:	15.50	15.87	16.92	16.44	17.00	16.00	5.00
Secondary:	21.26	18.31	21.27	16.21	18.00	16.00	8.00
Ungraded:	2.80	2.66	2.65	2.28	3.00	4.00	2.00
Total Other Staff:	42.50	44.35	61.00	60.00	56.00	38.00	54.00
Instructional Aides:	17.00	19.00	23.00	24.00	22.00	16.00	17.00
Instructional Coordinators & Supervisors:	1.50	1.00	3.00	5.00	2.00	3.00	2.00
Total Guidance Counselors:	2.00	1.60	2.00	2.00	2.00	2.00	2.00
Elementary Guidance Counselors:	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00
Secondary Guidance Counselors:	1.00	0.60	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00
Other Guidance Counselors:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Librarians/Media Specialists:	1.00	1.00	2.00	2.00	1.00	1.00	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:	2.75	2.75	3.00	3.00	3.00	1.00	1.00
School Administrators:	1.00	1.00	4.00	2.00	2.00	2.00	2.00
School Administrative Support:	2.00	2.50	5.00	3.00	3.00	4.00	2.00
Student Support Services:	6.75	6.75	6.00	6.00	6.00	0.00	2.00
Other Support Services:	7.50	7.75	12.00	12.00	14.00	8.00	23.00
Student-Teacher Ratio:	12.92	13.50	12.26	13.82	11.80	12.28	23.52

Schools

Ouachita Elementary School		Prekindergarten to Grade 6	332 School House Rd, Donaldson AR 71941
Ouachita High School		Grade 7 to Grade 12	258 School House Rd, Donaldson AR 71941

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	State Average
ACTAAP Test
2007	Literacy	11th Grade	% met std	44%	50%
2008	Literacy	11th Grade	% met std	58%	51%
2009	Literacy	11th Grade	% met std	76%	56%
2010	Literacy	11th Grade	% met std	43%	60%
2011	Literacy	11th Grade	% met std	71%	65%
2012	Literacy	11th Grade	% met std	69%	68%
2013	Literacy	11th Grade	% met std	57%	70%
2005	Literacy	3rd Grade	% met std	53%	50%
2006	Literacy	3rd Grade	% met std	41%	57%
2007	Literacy	3rd Grade	% met std	57%	59%
2008	Literacy	3rd Grade	% met std	76%	64%
2009	Literacy	3rd Grade	% met std	85%	66%
2010	Literacy	3rd Grade	% met std	62%	71%
2011	Literacy	3rd Grade	% met std	87%	76%
2012	Literacy	3rd Grade	% met std	72%	82%
2013	Literacy	3rd Grade	% met std	90%	79%
2005	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	54%	58%
2006	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	50%	67%
2007	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	74%	75%
2008	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	87%	79%
2009	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	86%	82%
2010	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	69%	83%
2011	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	92%	85%
2012	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	86%	87%
2013	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	91%	86%
2005	Literacy	4th Grade	% met std	50%	51%
2006	Literacy	4th Grade	% met std	49%	61%
2007	Literacy	4th Grade	% met std	64%	58%
2008	Literacy	4th Grade	% met std	74%	67%
2009	Literacy	4th Grade	% met std	87%	70%
2010	Literacy	4th Grade	% met std	85%	77%
2011	Literacy	4th Grade	% met std	63%	82%
2012	Literacy	4th Grade	% met std	87%	85%
2013	Literacy	4th Grade	% met std	84%	85%
2005	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	54%	50%
2006	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	54%	60%
2007	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	71%	65%
2008	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	78%	74%
2009	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	85%	78%
2010	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	88%	80%
2011	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	74%	82%
2012	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	87%	82%
2013	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	79%	82%
2005	Literacy	5th Grade	% met std	57%	47%
2006	Literacy	5th Grade	% met std	50%	56%
2007	Literacy	5th Grade	% met std	61%	59%
2008	Literacy	5th Grade	% met std	73%	64%
2009	Literacy	5th Grade	% met std	72%	68%
2010	Literacy	5th Grade	% met std	84%	74%
2011	Literacy	5th Grade	% met std	92%	77%
2012	Literacy	5th Grade	% met std	88%	85%
2013	Literacy	5th Grade	% met std	91%	84%
2005	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	48%	41%
2006	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	40%	50%
2007	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	52%	61%
2008	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	77%	67%
2009	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	66%	71%
2010	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	66%	74%
2011	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	94%	78%
2012	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	80%	76%
2013	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	74%	70%
2009	Science	5th Grade	% met std	45%	43%
2010	Science	5th Grade	% met std	58%	50%
2011	Science	5th Grade	% met std	73%	56%
2012	Science	5th Grade	% met std	68%	60%
2013	Science	5th Grade	% met std	74%	61%
2005	Literacy	6th Grade	% met std	69%	57%
2006	Literacy	6th Grade	% met std	67%	59%
2007	Literacy	6th Grade	% met std	71%	59%
2008	Literacy	6th Grade	% met std	68%	63%
2009	Literacy	6th Grade	% met std	78%	67%
2010	Literacy	6th Grade	% met std	88%	71%
2011	Literacy	6th Grade	% met std	66%	71%
2012	Literacy	6th Grade	% met std	92%	75%
2013	Literacy	6th Grade	% met std	77%	73%
2005	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	59%	43%
2006	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	46%	57%
2007	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	67%	68%
2008	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	70%	72%
2009	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	81%	80%
2010	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	81%	75%
2011	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	72%	77%
2012	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	93%	75%
2013	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	77%	75%
2005	Literacy	7th Grade	% met std	65%	50%
2006	Literacy	7th Grade	% met std	62%	53%
2007	Literacy	7th Grade	% met std	40%	57%
2008	Literacy	7th Grade	% met std	73%	57%
2009	Literacy	7th Grade	% met std	57%	63%
2010	Literacy	7th Grade	% met std	68%	68%
2011	Literacy	7th Grade	% met std	61%	67%
2012	Literacy	7th Grade	% met std	83%	80%
2013	Literacy	7th Grade	% met std	88%	77%
2005	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	51%	43%
2006	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	59%	50%
2007	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	64%	58%
2008	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	72%	62%
2009	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	70%	68%
2010	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	62%	75%
2011	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	69%	74%
2012	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	83%	77%
2013	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	73%	70%
2009	Science	7th Grade	% met std	30%	32%
2010	Science	7th Grade	% met std	23%	33%
2011	Science	7th Grade	% met std	49%	39%
2012	Science	7th Grade	% met std	48%	41%
2013	Science	7th Grade	% met std	58%	41%
2005	Literacy	8th Grade	% met std	60%	57%
2006	Literacy	8th Grade	% met std	86%	66%
2007	Literacy	8th Grade	% met std	50%	63%
2008	Literacy	8th Grade	% met std	66%	67%
2009	Literacy	8th Grade	% met std	62%	71%
2010	Literacy	8th Grade	% met std	75%	76%
2011	Literacy	8th Grade	% met std	79%	77%
2012	Literacy	8th Grade	% met std	85%	80%
2013	Literacy	8th Grade	% met std	86%	77%
2005	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	54%	33%
2006	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	71%	44%
2007	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	56%	47%
2008	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	70%	56%
2009	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	69%	62%
2010	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	71%	63%
2011	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	58%	63%
2012	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	64%	68%
2013	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	72%	65%
2006	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	86%	65%
2007	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	85%	62%
2008	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	67%	66%
2009	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	84%	70%
2010	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	82%	76%
2011	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	73%	78%
2012	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	78%	80%
2013	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	64%	77%
2009	Biology	End of course	% met std	56%	41%
2010	Biology	End of course	% met std	33%	36%
2011	Biology	End of course	% met std	51%	41%
2012	Biology	End of course	% met std	51%	43%
2013	Biology	End of course	% met std	59%	44%
2006	Geometry	End of course	% met std	53%	60%
2007	Geometry	End of course	% met std	89%	59%
2008	Geometry	End of course	% met std	88%	60%
2009	Geometry	End of course	% met std	72%	66%
2010	Geometry	End of course	% met std	90%	69%
2011	Geometry	End of course	% met std	81%	73%
2012	Geometry	End of course	% met std	78%	76%
2013	Geometry	End of course	% met std	81%	72%
2006	Literacy	End of course	% met std	45%	45%

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

School District Fiscal Information

	2012			2011			2010
	Amount	Per Student	%	Amount	Per Student	%	Amount	Per Student	%
Total Revenue:	$4,775,000	$8,843		$5,038,000	$9,560		$5,218,000	$10,054
Federal:	$404,000	$748	8.5%	$544,000	$1,032	10.8%	$567,000	$1,092	10.9%
State:	$3,075,000	$5,694	64.4%	$3,364,000	$6,383	66.8%	$3,464,000	$6,674	66.4%
Local:	$1,296,000	$2,400	27.1%	$1,130,000	$2,144	22.4%	$1,187,000	$2,287	22.7%
Total Expenditures:	$4,941,000	$9,150		$5,456,000	$10,353		$5,410,000	$10,424
Total Current Expenditures:	$4,098,000	$7,589		$4,146,000	$7,867		$4,264,000	$8,216
Instructional Expenditures:	$2,459,000	$4,554	60.0%	$2,506,000	$4,755	60.4%	$2,422,000	$4,667	56.8%
Student and Staff Support:	$472,000	$874	11.5%	$434,000	$824	10.5%	$358,000	$690	8.4%
Administration:	$414,000	$767	10.1%	$445,000	$844	10.7%	$548,000	$1,056	12.9%
Operations, Food, Other:	$753,000	$1,394	18.4%	$761,000	$1,444	18.4%	$936,000	$1,803	22.0%
Total Capital Outlay:	$342,000	$633		$322,000	$611		$606,000	$1,168
Construction:	$305,000	$565		$185,000	$351		$0	$0
Total Other:	$311,000	$576		$786,000	$1,491		$345,000	$665
Interest on Debt:	$188,000	$348		$191,000	$362		$191,000	$368

Total Salary:	$2,362,000	$4,374		$2,421,000	$4,594		$2,306,000	$4,443
Instruction/Teacher Salary:	$1,601,000	$2,965	67.8%	$1,668,000	$3,165	68.9%	$1,599,000	$3,081	69.3%
Other Salary:	$761,000	$1,409	32.2%	$753,000	$1,429	31.1%	$707,000	$1,362	30.7%
Total Benefit:	$654,000	$1,211		$665,000	$1,262		$640,000	$1,233
Instruction/Teacher Benefit:	$446,000	$826	68.2%	$454,000	$861	68.3%	$431,000	$830	67.3%
Other Benefit:	$208,000	$385	31.8%	$211,000	$400	31.7%	$209,000	$403	32.7%

Teacher's Experience and Compensation

	2007	2006
Teachers with Bachelor Degree:	65.2%	65.2%
Teachers with Master or PhD Degree:	34.8%	34.8%

Mean Number of Years of Teaching:	14.0 years	15.0 years
Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	21.7%	13.8%
Teachers with 6-10 Years of Experience:	17.4%	24.1%
Teachers with 11-20 Years of Experience:	39.1%	41.4%
Teachers with 21-30 Years of Experience:	17.4%	13.8%
Teachers with 31 Years of Experience or More:	NA	NA

Mean Base Salary:	$35,073.0	$34,528.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	$31,437.0	$29,675.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 6-10 Years of Experience:	$33,171.0	$32,702.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 11-20 Years of Experience:	$37,174.0	$36,702.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 21-30 Years of Experience:	$35,461.0	$34,740.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 31 Years of Experience or More:	NA	NA

* Ouachita School District was rated 3.5 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.