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C+

Mayflower School District

Public school districtGrades PK–12

Serves Mayflower, and parts of Conway.

Mayflower’s School Grade C+ better than 44% of Arkansas school districts

Students
1,015
Schools
3
Spent per student
$11,308
AR $13,585
Students per teacher
12:1
Free or reduced lunch
66%
Debt
$15.7M
fiscal 2024
The gist

What stands out about Mayflower School District

  • Its letter, C+: results better than 44% of Arkansas districts
  • Math proficiency 5 pts below the state
  • Spends 17% less per student than the AR average
  • 12 students per teacher
  • Debt of $15.7M, about $15,462 per student
The School Grade

What this district adds to its towns’ grade

C+: better than 44% 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 below the state, class of 2023
C
The town it serves, and its School Grade
C+Mayflower 2,372

How TownRatings grades schools →

Where would my kid go?

The school path for Mayflower. Grade by grade →

PK–4Mayflower Elementary SchoolThis district
5–8Mayflower Middle SchoolThis district
9–12Mayflower High SchoolThis district

Test scores vs. AR

2021–22 · class of 2023
Math proficiency33%
State average 38.3% · 633 students tested
Reading / language arts39%
State average 39.9% · 633 students tested
Graduation rate (4-year)85–89%
State average 89.9% · 77 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
$11,308 per student · 17% below AR
Spending
Classroom instruction 54%Support & administration 41%Other 6%
Paid for by
Local (mostly property tax) 15%State 75%Federal 10%

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

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

Enrollment over time
1,058’20
992’21
1,045’22
1,051’23
1,015’24

Down 4.1% since 2020–21.

Students
White 77%Two or more races 9%Black 8%Hispanic 5%Asian <1%American Indian/Alaska Native <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.

Mayflower Elementary School
Elementary · Grades PK–4 · Mayflower
B+
363 students13:1
Mayflower Middle School
Middle · Grades 5–8 · Mayflower
B−
304 students15:1
Mayflower High School
High · Grades 9–12 · Mayflower
C
348 students10:1

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.