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C+

Mount Ida School District

Public school districtGrades K–12

Serves Mount Ida.

Mount Ida’s School Grade C+ better than 42% of Arkansas school districts

Students
420
Schools
2
Spent per student
$16,479
AR $13,585
Students per teacher
7:1
Free or reduced lunch
73%
Debt
$3.1M
fiscal 2024
The gist

What stands out about Mount Ida School District

  • Its letter, C+: results better than 42% of Arkansas districts
  • Graduation rate 5 pts below the state
  • Spends 21% more per student than the AR average
  • 7 students per teacher
  • Enrollment down 6% since 2020–21
  • Debt of $3.1M, about $7,476 per student
The School Grade

What this district adds to its towns’ grade

C+: better than 42% 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
C−
The town it serves, and its School Grade

How TownRatings grades schools →

Where would my kid go?

The school path for Mount Ida. Grade by grade →

K–6Bobby Barrett Elementary SchoolThis district
7–12Mount Ida High SchoolThis district

Test scores vs. AR

2021–22 · class of 2023
Math proficiency35%
State average 38.3% · 267 students tested
Reading / language arts40%
State average 39.9% · 268 students tested
Graduation rate (4-year)80–89%
State average 89.9% · 34 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
$16,479 per student · 21% above AR
Spending
Classroom instruction 55%Support & administration 40%Other 5%
Paid for by
Local (mostly property tax) 17%State 62%Federal 22%

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

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

Enrollment over time
447’20
418’21
447’22
434’23
420’24

Down 6% since 2020–21.

Students
White 91%Hispanic 4%Two or more races 4%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.

Bobby Barrett Elementary School
Elementary · Grades K–6 · Mount Ida
B+
218 students11:1
Mount Ida High School
High · Grades 7–12 · Mount Ida
B−
202 students5:1

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.