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Hazen School District

Public school districtGrades PK–12Regional · 4 towns

Serves Hazen, De Valls Bluff, Fredonia (Biscoe) and Ulm.

Hazen’s School Grade C better than 27% of Arkansas school districts

Students
544
Schools
2
Spent per student
$14,515
AR $13,585
Students per teacher
13:1
Free or reduced lunch
73%
Debt
$5.4M
fiscal 2024
The gist

What stands out about Hazen School District

  • Its letter, C: results better than 27% of Arkansas districts
  • Math proficiency 8 pts below the state
  • Reading proficiency 11 pts below the state
  • Graduation rate 5 pts above the state
  • Spends 7% more per student than the AR average
  • 13 students per teacher
  • Debt of $5.4M, about $9,982 per student
The School Grade

What this district adds to its towns’ grade

C: better than 27% 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 Hazen. Grade by grade →

PK–6Hazen Elementary SchoolThis district
7–12Hazen High SchoolThis district

Test scores vs. AR

2021–22 · class of 2023
Math proficiency30%
State average 38.3% · 334 students tested
Reading / language arts29%
State average 39.9% · 334 students tested
Graduation rate (4-year)90–100%
State average 89.9% · 41 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
$14,515 per student · 7% above AR
Spending
Classroom instruction 53%Support & administration 41%Other 6%
Paid for by
Local (mostly property tax) 19%State 70%Federal 11%

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

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

Enrollment over time
565’20
567’21
556’22
563’23
544’24

Down 3.7% since 2020–21.

Students
White 78%Black 17%Hispanic 2%Two or more races 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.

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.