School Rating Information
Palestine Educational Rating
This town is served by
two school districts:
PALESTINE-WHEATLEY SCH. DIST. School District
DISTRICT RATING
COMPARED TO STATE (10 is best) |
1 |
Better than:
of AR school
districts |
6.4%
|
DISTRICT RATING
COMPARED TO U.S.
(10 is best)
|
1 |
Better than:
of US school
districts |
4.0%
|
STUDENTS PER CLASSROOM |
| 14 |
| STATE AVERAGE 14 |
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Public School Test Scores (No Child Left Behind)
|
39%
|
58%
|
41%
|
58%
|
38%
|
58%
|
DISTRICT
|
|
STATE
|
PROFICIENT IN
READING & MATH |
PROFICIENT IN
READING |
PROFICIENT IN
MATH |
|
School district enrollment by group
|
| ETHNIC/RACIAL GROUPS |
THIS DISTRICT |
THIS STATE |
| WHITE (NON-HISPANIC) (%) |
66.1 |
68.2 |
| BLACK (%) |
33.7 |
23.0 |
| HISPANIC (%) |
0.2 |
6.8 |
| ASIAN OR PACIFIC ISLANDER (%) |
0.0 |
1.4 |
| AMERICAN INDIAN OR NATIVE OF ALASKA (%) |
0.0 |
0.6 |
|
| ECONOMIC GROUPS |
THIS DISTRICT |
THIS STATE |
| ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED (%) |
73.1 |
52.9 |
Educational Expenditures
|
| FOR THIS DISTRICT |
PER STUDENT |
TOTAL |
% OF TOTAL |
| INSTRUCTIONAL EXPENDITURES |
$4,191
|
$2,573,000
|
54.5 |
| SUPPORT EXPENDITURES |
| STUDENT |
$168
|
$103,000
|
2.2 |
| STAFF |
$101
|
$62,000
|
1.3 |
| GENERAL ADMINISTRATION |
$386
|
$237,000
|
5.0 |
| SCHOOL ADMINISTRATION |
$493
|
$303,000
|
6.4 |
| OPERATION |
$1,072
|
$658,000
|
13.9 |
| TRANSPORTATION |
$257
|
$158,000
|
3.3 |
| OTHER |
$225
|
$138,000
|
2.9 |
| TOTAL SUPPORT |
$2,702
|
$1,659,000
|
35.2 |
| NON-INSTRUCTIONAL EXPENDITURES |
$790
|
$485,000
|
10.3 |
| TOTAL EXPENDITURES |
$7,682
|
$4,717,000
|
100.0 |
|
| Palestine EDUCATIONAL ENVIRONMENT |
| ADULTS IN Palestine WITH COLLEGE DEGREE OR HIGHER (%) |
4.1 |
| CHILDREN IN Palestine LIVING IN POVERTY (%) |
23.6 |
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FORREST CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT School District
DISTRICT RATING
COMPARED TO STATE (10 is best) |
1 |
Better than:
of AR school
districts |
6.0%
|
DISTRICT RATING
COMPARED TO U.S.
(10 is best)
|
1 |
Better than:
of US school
districts |
3.7%
|
|
STUDENTS PER CLASSROOM |
| 15 |
| STATE AVERAGE 14 |
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Public School Test Scores (No Child Left Behind)
|
38%
|
58%
|
36%
|
58%
|
40%
|
58%
|
DISTRICT
|
|
STATE
|
PROFICIENT IN
READING & MATH |
PROFICIENT IN
READING |
PROFICIENT IN
MATH |
|
|
| SCHOOLS IN THIS DISTRICT |
GRADES |
CENTRAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
801 DEADERICK ROAD, FORREST CITY, AR 72335
(870) 633-2141
|
PK-04 |
FORREST CITY HIGH SCHOOL
467 VICTORIA, FORREST CITY, AR 72335
(870) 633-1464
|
09-12 |
FORREST CITY JR. HIGH
1133 N DIVISION, FORREST CITY, AR 72335
(870) 633-3230
|
07-08 |
FORREST HILLS ELEM. SCHOOL
2505 SYCAMORE STREET, FORREST CITY, AR 72335
(870) 633-1626
|
N-N |
LINCOLN MIDDLE SCHOOL
616 W BROADWAY, FORREST CITY, AR 72335
(870) 633-0310
|
05-06 |
MADISON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
106 NORTH 5TH STREET, MADISON, AR 72359
(870) 633-1081
|
N-N |
STEWART ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
400 DAWSON ROAD, FORREST CITY, AR 72335
(870) 633-1365
|
KG-04 |
School district enrollment by group
|
| ETHNIC/RACIAL GROUPS |
THIS DISTRICT |
THIS STATE |
| WHITE (NON-HISPANIC) (%) |
22.6 |
68.2 |
| BLACK (%) |
76.4 |
23.0 |
| HISPANIC (%) |
0.6 |
6.8 |
| ASIAN OR PACIFIC ISLANDER (%) |
0.3 |
1.4 |
| AMERICAN INDIAN OR NATIVE OF ALASKA (%) |
0.1 |
0.6 |
|
| ECONOMIC GROUPS |
THIS DISTRICT |
THIS STATE |
| ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED (%) |
77.3 |
52.9 |
Educational Expenditures
|
| FOR THIS DISTRICT |
PER STUDENT |
TOTAL |
% OF TOTAL |
| INSTRUCTIONAL EXPENDITURES |
$4,937
|
$20,006,000
|
56.4 |
| SUPPORT EXPENDITURES |
| STUDENT |
$306
|
$1,239,000
|
3.5 |
| STAFF |
$543
|
$2,202,000
|
6.2 |
| GENERAL ADMINISTRATION |
$347
|
$1,405,000
|
4.0 |
| SCHOOL ADMINISTRATION |
$486
|
$1,971,000
|
5.6 |
| OPERATION |
$813
|
$3,295,000
|
9.3 |
| TRANSPORTATION |
$304
|
$1,230,000
|
3.5 |
| OTHER |
$196
|
$793,000
|
2.2 |
| TOTAL SUPPORT |
$2,995
|
$12,135,000
|
34.2 |
| NON-INSTRUCTIONAL EXPENDITURES |
$822
|
$3,331,000
|
9.4 |
| TOTAL EXPENDITURES |
$8,754
|
$35,472,000
|
100.0 |
|
| Palestine EDUCATIONAL ENVIRONMENT |
| ADULTS IN Palestine WITH COLLEGE DEGREE OR HIGHER (%) |
4.1 |
| CHILDREN IN Palestine LIVING IN POVERTY (%) |
23.6 |
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About Palestine
Palestine is
a very small town
located in the state of
Arkansas.
With a population of
2,394 people
and
just one neighborhood,
Palestine is the
144th
largest community in
Arkansas.
Palestine is a blue-collar town,
with 37.7% of people working in
blue-collar occupations, while the average in America is just 24.7%.
Overall, Palestine is
a town of
sales and office workers, service providers,
and transportation and shipping workers.
There are especially a lot of
people living in Palestine who work
in sales jobs (10.89%),
office and administrative support jobs (10.02%),
and management occupations (5.99%).
In addition, many people in Palestine
have jobs in agriculture, more so than in most other communities in America.
As a result, you will see quite a number of farms around town.
Palestine is very much a
car-oriented town.
This is because the population of Palestine
isn't large enough or dense enough to support an extensive public transit
system. It has a lot of rural roads, and the distance between houses can
be quite large, which together tends to discourage walking and bicycling to
work. 97.89%
of residents commute to work in their own car (and the drive
is typically to a job out of town). People also tend to drive out of town
for other services as well, such as shopping, doctors appointments, and more.
As is often the case in a small town,
Palestine doesn't have a public
transportation system that people use for their commute.
Palestine Information and Demographics
The population of Palestine
has one of the lowest overall levels of education
in the country: only
4.03%
of people over 25 hold a college degree. The national average for all
municipalities is 14.96%.
1%
106.34%