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Lead Hill School District

Public school districtGrades PK–12Regional · 3 towns

Serves Diamond City, Lead Hill and South Lead Hill.

Diamond City’s Schools page →

Students
370
Schools
2
Spent per student
$16,430
AR $13,585
Students per teacher
10:1
Free or reduced lunch
98%
Debt
$2.8M
fiscal 2024
The gist

What stands out about Lead Hill School District

  • Its letter, C: results better than 26% of Arkansas districts
  • Math proficiency 16 pts below the state
  • Graduation rate 5 pts below the state
  • Spends 21% more per student than the AR average
  • 10 students per teacher
  • Debt of $2.8M, about $7,603 per student
The School Grade

What this district adds to its towns’ grade

C: better than 26% 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 below the state, 2021–22
C
GraduationFour-year graduation well below the state, class of 2023
C−
The towns it serves, and their School Grades
Diamond City 861Lead Hill 272South Lead Hill 81

How TownRatings grades schools →

Where would my kid go?

The school path for Diamond City. Grade by grade →

PK–6Lead Hill Elementary SchoolThis district
7–12Lead Hill High SchoolThis district

Test scores vs. AR

2021–22 · class of 2023
Math proficiency22%
State average 38.3% · 215 students tested
Reading / language arts37%
State average 39.9% · 215 students tested
Graduation rate (4-year)80–89%
State average 89.9% · 32 in the class

100% 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
$16,430 per student · 21% above AR
Spending
Classroom instruction 49%Support & administration 45%Other 6%
Paid for by
Local (mostly property tax) 12%State 69%Federal 20%

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

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

Enrollment over time
386’20
399’21
377’22
344’23
370’24

Down 4.1% since 2020–21.

Students
White 92%Two or more races 5%Hispanic 2%American Indian/Alaska Native 1%

Schools in the district

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

Lead Hill Elementary School
Elementary · Grades PK–6 · Lead Hill
B−
185 students16:1
Lead Hill High School
High · Grades 7–12 · Lead Hill
C−
185 students7:1

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.