Gurdon School District
Serves Gurdon, Okolona and Whelen Springs.
Gurdon’s School Grade D better than 10% of Arkansas school districts
What stands out about Gurdon School District
- Its letter, D: results better than 10% of Arkansas districts
- Math proficiency 20 pts below the state
- Reading proficiency 16 pts below the state
- Graduation rate 5 pts above the state
- Spends 18% more per student than the AR average
- 13 students per teacher
- Enrollment up 22.2% since 2020–21
- Debt of $9.1M, about $14,736 per student
What this district adds to its towns’ grade
D: better than 10% 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.
Where would my kid go?
The school path for Gurdon. Grade by grade →
Test scores vs. AR
2021–22 · class of 2023100% 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 2024Fiscal 2022–24 includes federal pandemic relief (ESSER).
U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances.
Up 22.2% since 2020–21.
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.