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Rivercrest School District

Public school districtGrades PK–12Regional · 9 towns

Serves Luxora, Wilson, Keiser, Joiner, Dyess, Bassett, Marie, Birdsong and Victoria, and parts of Osceola and Etowah.

Luxora’s Schools page →

Students
1,205
Schools
3
Spent per student
$14,444
AR $13,585
Students per teacher
11:1
Free or reduced lunch
100%
Debt
$11.9M
fiscal 2024
The gist

What stands out about Rivercrest School District

  • Its letter, C: results better than 34% of Arkansas districts
  • Graduation rate 8 pts below the state
  • Spends 6% more per student than the AR average
  • 11 students per teacher
  • Enrollment up 13.9% since 2021–22
  • Debt of $11.9M, about $9,871 per student
The School Grade

What this district adds to its towns’ grade

C: better than 34% 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 below the state, 2021–22
B−
GraduationFour-year graduation well below the state, class of 2023
D
The towns it serves, and their School Grades

How TownRatings grades schools →

Where would my kid go?

The school path for Luxora. Grade by grade →

PK–6Rivercrest Elementary SchoolThis district

Test scores vs. AR

2021–22 · class of 2023
Math proficiency34%
State average 38.3% · 640 students tested
Reading / language arts39%
State average 39.9% · 636 students tested
Graduation rate (4-year)80–84%
State average 89.9% · 95 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
$14,444 per student · 6% above AR
Spending
Classroom instruction 58%Support & administration 38%Other 5%
Paid for by
Local (mostly property tax) 15%State 69%Federal 16%

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

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

Enrollment over time
1,058’21
1,116’22
1,170’23
1,205’24

Up 13.9% since 2021–22.

Students
White 58%Black 26%Hispanic 11%Two or more races 5%Asian <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.

Rivercrest Elementary School
Elementary · Grades PK–6 · Wilson
B+
675 students19:1
Rivercrest Junior High Preparatory Academy
Middle · Grades 7–8 · Wilson
179 students15:1
Academies at Rivercrest High School
High · Grades 9–12 · Wilson
C
351 students6:1

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.