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Cave City School District

Public school districtGrades PK–12Regional · 3 towns

Serves Cave City, Evening Shade and Sidney.

Cave City’s School Grade A better than 86% of Arkansas school districts

Students
1,239
Schools
3
Spent per student
$14,952
AR $13,585
Students per teacher
10:1
Free or reduced lunch
77%
Debt
$2.1M
fiscal 2024
The gist

What stands out about Cave City School District

  • Its letter, A: results better than 86% of Arkansas districts
  • Math proficiency 6 pts above the state
  • Reading proficiency 8 pts above the state
  • Graduation rate 8 pts above the state
  • Spends 10% more per student than the AR average
  • 10 students per teacher
  • Debt of $2.1M, about $1,719 per student
The School Grade

What this district adds to its towns’ grade

A: better than 86% of the 261 Arkansas school districts we grade. Each town’s School Grade weighs its districts by the students they test; spending and class size are shown but don’t count.

Test scoresReading and math well above the state, 2021–22
A−
GraduationFour-year graduation well above the state, class of 2023
A−
The towns it serves, and their School Grades

How TownRatings grades schools →

Where would my kid go?

The school path for Cave City. Grade by grade →

PK–5Cave City Elementary SchoolThis district

Test scores vs. AR

2021–22 · class of 2023
Math proficiency44%
State average 38.3% · 693 students tested
Reading / language arts48%
State average 39.9% · 687 students tested
Graduation rate (4-year)95–100%
State average 89.9% · 93 in the class

97% of students in the tested grades sat the 2022 tests.

Reported to the U.S. Department of Education (EDFacts via ED Data Express and the Urban Institute); the newest year for each measure.

Where the money goes

fiscal 2024
$14,952 per student · 10% above AR
Spending
Classroom instruction 55%Support & administration 39%Other 6%
Paid for by
Local (mostly property tax) 9%State 69%Federal 22%

Fiscal 2022–24 includes federal pandemic relief (ESSER).

U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances.

Enrollment over time
1,232’20
1,278’21
1,235’22
1,166’23
1,239’24

About steady since 2020–21.

Students
White 91%Hispanic 3%Black 3%Two or more races 1%Asian <1%American Indian/Alaska Native <1%

Schools in the district

3 public schools. Each public school’s letter compares its own 2020–21 reading and math results with Arkansas’s other public schools.

District facts: U.S. Department of Education (NCES school directory 2024–25 and district boundaries) and the U.S. Census Bureau’s school finance survey. Test scores and graduation: state results reported to the U.S. Department of Education (EDFacts via ED Data Express and the Urban Institute). The letters are our own summary, graded within Arkansas.