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Schools in Payneway

Payneway’s public schools

Marked Tree School District has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Payneway. 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
31%
2021–22
Math proficiency
33%
2021–22
Graduate on time
84%
class of 2023
Spent per student
$15.7K
▲ 15% vs AR $13.6K
FY2024
Students per teacher
13.3
AR 12.4 · larger classes
Schools in town
0
537 students on the public path
In brief

Payneway’s schools, in brief

School by school

1 of Payneway’s 2 district schools with test results score above the middle of Arkansas’s 944 public schools. Marked Tree Elementary School places highest (better than 66%); Marked Tree High School lowest (13%). 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 Payneway, with each school’s own grade.

The path, start to finish
PK–6Marked Tree Elementary Schoolin Marked TreeB+
7–12Marked Tree High Schoolin Marked TreeD

Which school depends on your address. To confirm it, ask the Marked Tree 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.

Marked Tree School DistrictGrades PK–12 · 2 schools · 537 students, up 8% since 2020–21 · 13.3 per teacher (AR 12.4)
$15,660AR $13,585 · FY2024
C
Test scores · 2021–22

Well below the state in reading

Reading31%
State average 39.9% · 307 students tested
Math33%
State average 38.3% · 307 students tested

Payneway vs. its neighbors

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

Schools next door
TownSchoolsMain districts
Payneway—Marked Tree

Every school in Payneway

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).

Also serving Paynewayin other towns
Marked Tree Elementary School
Elementary · Grades PK–6 · Marked Tree
B+
309 students17:1Rate it →
Marked Tree High School
High · Grades 7–12 · Marked Tree
D
228 students10:1Rate it →

Questions about Payneway’s schools

Are Payneway’s schools good?

There’s no Schools grade for Payneway. Marked Tree School District has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Payneway. 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 Payneway in?

Marked Tree School District.

Where do Payneway kids go to high school?

Marked Tree High School.

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What Payneway 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.