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Schools in Whelen Springs

Whelen Springs’s public schools

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

—Not gradedK–12Where will my kid go?0/2schools 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
24%
2021–22
Math proficiency
18%
2021–22
Graduate on time
95%
class of 2023
Spent per student
$16.1K
▲ 18% vs AR $13.6K
FY2024
Students per teacher
12.7
AR 12.4
Schools in town
0
617 students on the public path
In brief

Whelen Springs’s schools, in brief

School by school

0 of Whelen Springs’s 2 district schools with test results score above the middle of Arkansas’s 944 public schools. Cabe Elementary places highest (better than 34%); Gurdon High School lowest (9%). 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 Whelen Springs, with each school’s own grade.

The path, start to finish
PK–6Cabe Elementaryin GurdonC
7–12Gurdon High Schoolin GurdonD

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

Gurdon School DistrictGrades PK–12 · 2 schools · 617 students, up 22% since 2020–21 · 12.7 per teacher (AR 12.4)
$16,071AR $13,585 · FY2024
D
Test scores · 2021–22

Well below the state in reading

Reading24%
State average 39.9% · 385 students tested
Math18%
State average 38.3% · 385 students tested

Whelen Springs vs. its neighbors

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

Schools next door
TownSchoolsMain districts
Whelen Springs—Gurdon

Every school in Whelen Springs

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 Whelen Springsin other towns
Cabe Elementary
Elementary · Grades PK–6 · Gurdon
C
365 students16:1Rate it →
Gurdon High School
High · Grades 7–12 · Gurdon
D
252 students10:1Rate it →

Questions about Whelen Springs’s schools

Are Whelen Springs’s schools good?

There’s no Schools grade for Whelen Springs. Gurdon School District has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Whelen Springs. Each school below is shown with its own results. School by school, 0 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 Whelen Springs in?

Gurdon School District.

Where do Whelen Springs kids go to high school?

Gurdon High School.

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What Whelen Springs 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.