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Cossatot River School District

Public school districtGrades K–12Regional · 4 towns

Serves Wickes, Grannis, Cove and Vandervoort.

Wickes’ Schools page →

Students
855
Schools
4
Spent per student
$15,104
AR $13,585
Students per teacher
9:1
Free or reduced lunch
99%
Debt
$6.9M
fiscal 2024
The gist

What stands out about Cossatot River School District

  • Its letter, B: results better than 61% of Arkansas districts
  • Spends 11% more per student than the AR average
  • 9 students per teacher
  • Debt of $6.9M, about $8,040 per student
The School Grade

What this district adds to its towns’ grade

B: better than 61% 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 close to the state, 2021–22
B
GraduationFour-year graduation above the state, class of 2023
B−
The towns it serves, and their School Grades
Wickes 655Grannis 498Cove 329Vandervoort 117

How TownRatings grades schools →

Where would my kid go?

The school path for Wickes. Grade by grade →

K–122 schoolsThis district

Test scores vs. AR

2021–22 · class of 2023
Math proficiency36%
State average 38.3% · 561 students tested
Reading / language arts43%
State average 39.9% · 561 students tested
Graduation rate (4-year)90–94%
State average 89.9% · 68 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
$15,104 per student · 11% above AR
Spending
Classroom instruction 48%Support & administration 45%Other 7%
Paid for by
Local (mostly property tax) 13%State 71%Federal 17%

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

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

Enrollment over time
861’22
869’23
855’24

About steady since 2022–23.

Students
White 65%Hispanic 26%Two or more races 6%American Indian/Alaska Native 2%Black <1%Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander <1%Asian <1%

Schools in the district

4 public schools. Each public school’s letter compares its own 2020–21 reading and math results with Arkansas’s other public schools.

Cossatot River Primary School
Elementary · Grades K–2 · Vandervoort
170 students14:1
Umpire K-12 School
Other · Grades K–12 · Umpire
B+
97 students4:1
Cossatot River Elementary School
Elementary · Grades 3–6 · Wickes
A
200 students15:1
Cossatot River High School
High · Grades 7–12 · Cove
B−
388 students9:1

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.