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Schools in Palestine

Palestine’s public schools

Palestine-Wheatley School District has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Palestine. Each school below is shown with its own results.

—Not gradedK–12Where will my kid go?1/2schools above Arkansas’s middle

Tests spring 2022, when 100% of students in Arkansas’s tested grades sat them, and the class of 2023’s graduation rate (U.S. Department of Education). How TownRatings grades schools

Reading proficiency
45%
2021–22
Math proficiency
29%
2021–22
Graduate on time
95%
class of 2023
Spent per student
$11.9K
▼ 13% vs AR $13.6K
FY2024
Students per teacher
7.7
AR 12.4 · smaller classes
Schools in town
2
826 students on the public path
In brief

Palestine’s schools, in brief

School by school

1 of Palestine’s 2 district schools with test results score above the middle of Arkansas’s 944 public schools. Palestine-Wheatley Elementary School places highest (better than 78%); Palestine-Wheatley Senior High lowest (44%). See the path ↓

Written from the figures on this page. Tests are from 2021–22, graduation from the class of 2023; each school’s own letter uses 2020–21 results.

Where will my kid go?

Pick a grade. These are the public schools in Palestine, with each school’s own grade.

The path, start to finish
PK–6Palestine-Wheatley Elementary SchoolPalestine-Wheatley School DistrictA−
7–12Palestine-Wheatley Senior HighPalestine-Wheatley School DistrictC+

Which school depends on your address. To confirm it, ask the Palestine-Wheatley School District.

The district

Spending and class size are shown but don’t count toward the grade. Each district’s own page has every school.

Palestine-Wheatley School DistrictGrades PK–12 · 2 schools · 826 students, up 2% since 2020–21 · 7.7 per teacher (AR 12.4)
$11,880AR $13,585 · FY2024
B−
Test scores · 2021–22

Well above the state in reading

Reading45%
State average 39.9% · 474 students tested
Math29%
State average 38.3% · 474 students tested

Palestine vs. its neighbors

Schools grades for the Arkansas towns that share Palestine’s borders.

Schools next door
TownSchoolsMain districts
Palestine—Palestine-Wheatley

Every school in Palestine

2 schools. Each public school’s letter compares its own 2020–21 reading and math results with Arkansas’s other public schools (the newest school-level results we have).

District schools in Palestineby address
Palestine-Wheatley Elementary School
Elementary · Grades PK–6
A−
448 students15:1Rate it →
Palestine-Wheatley Senior High
High · Grades 7–12
C+
378 students5:1Rate it →

Questions about Palestine’s schools

Are Palestine’s schools good?

There’s no Schools grade for Palestine. Palestine-Wheatley School District has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Palestine. Each school below is shown with its own results. School by school, 1 of its 2 district schools with test results score above the middle of Arkansas’s public schools on their 2020–21 results.

What school district is Palestine in?

Palestine-Wheatley School District.

Where do Palestine kids go to high school?

Palestine-Wheatley Senior High.

Parents talk

What Palestine families are saying about school.

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School data: state test results (2021–22, with participation) and four-year graduation rates (class of 2023) reported to the U.S. Department of Education (EDFacts via ED Data Express); each school’s own letter uses its 2020–21 results (EDFacts via the Urban Institute); schools and enrollment from NCES (2024–25; private schools 2023–24); spending from the Census Bureau’s school finance survey (FY2024). Stars are from neighbors.