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Blevins School District

Public school districtGrades PK–12Regional · 4 towns

Serves Emmet, Blevins, McCaskill and Ozan.

Emmet’s Schools page →

Students
379
Schools
2
Spent per student
$15,157
AR $13,585
Students per teacher
7:1
Free or reduced lunch
87%
Debt
$1.7M
fiscal 2024
The gist

What stands out about Blevins School District

  • Its letter, D: results better than 14% of Arkansas districts
  • Math proficiency 14 pts below the state
  • Reading proficiency 18 pts below the state
  • Graduation rate 20 pts below the state
  • Spends 12% more per student than the AR average
  • 7 students per teacher
  • Enrollment down 20.5% since 2020–21
  • Debt of $1.7M, about $4,565 per student
The School Grade

What this district adds to its towns’ grade

D: better than 14% 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−
The towns it serves, and their School Grades

How TownRatings grades schools →

Where would my kid go?

The school path for Emmet. Grade by grade →

7–12Blevins High SchoolThis district

Test scores vs. AR

2021–22 · class of 2023
Math proficiency24%
State average 38.3% · 284 students tested
Reading / language arts22%
State average 39.9% · 285 students tested
Graduation rate (4-year)60–79%
State average 89.9% · 23 in the class · small group: the state reports a range

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
$15,157 per student · 12% above AR
Spending
Classroom instruction 58%Support & administration 35%Other 7%
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
477’20
451’21
450’22
413’23
379’24

Down 20.5% since 2020–21.

Students
White 63%Black 17%Hispanic 13%Two or more races 7%Asian <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.

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.