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Lavaca Public Schools

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Lavaca Public Schools is located in west Arkansas. Lavaca Public Schools has 58.77 square miles of land area and 5.13 square miles of water area. As of 2010-2014, the total Lavaca Public Schools population is 5,515. Lavaca Public Schools median household income is $51,277 in 2010-2014. Lavaca Public Schools median house value is $121,400 in 2010-2014. On average, Lavaca Public Schools is close to the state average in quality.

Ranking:	(137 out of 238, bottom 42%)*
Type:	Regular Local School District
Grade:	Prekindergarten to Grade 12
Number of Schools:	3
Population	5,515 (2010-2014), rank #126
Population Growth	15.84% since 2005-2009, see rank
Population Density:	86.32/sq mi, rank #55
Median Household Income:	$51,277 at 2010-2014—-1.39% increase since 2005-2009, rank #25
Median House Price:	$121,400 at 2010-2014—31.24% increase since 2005-2009, rank #39
Time Zone:	Central GMT -6:00 with Daylight Saving in the Summer
Land Area:	58.77 sq mi, rank #229
Water Area:	5.13 sq mi (8.03%), rank #66
State:	Arkansas
County:	Sebastian County
City:	Central City, Lavaca
Zip:	72941
Area:	Fort Smith, AR-OK

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Lavaca Public Schools Map, Border, and Nearby Locations

203 Fir St

Lavaca AR, 72941, Sebastian County

Phone: 479-674-5611

Students and Teachers

	2013-2014	2012-2013	2011-2012	2010-2011	2009-2010	2008-2009	2007-2008
Total Students:	907	911	921	915	898	942	976
English Language Learner Students:	8	6	2	2	0	1	0
Total Teachers:	66.56	69.25	68.08	69.15	80.00	76.00	64.00
Prekindergarten:	3.00	3.00	3.00	3.00	3.00	3.00	3.00
Kindergarten:	4.40	4.54	5.54	4.67	8.00	7.00	7.00
Elementary:	28.64	28.62	27.00	26.99	33.00	29.00	23.00
Secondary:	25.85	29.17	28.55	31.14	32.00	32.00	28.00
Ungraded:	4.67	3.92	3.99	3.35	4.00	5.00	3.00
Total Other Staff:	68.33	69.76	83.00	80.00	80.00	59.00	78.00
Instructional Aides:	11.00	10.00	12.00	11.00	11.00	11.00	12.00
Instructional Coordinators & Supervisors:	1.55	3.06	3.00	5.00	5.00	5.00	3.00
Total Guidance Counselors:	2.75	2.50	3.00	3.00	3.00	3.00	2.00
Elementary Guidance Counselors:	0.75	0.50	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	0.00
Secondary Guidance Counselors:	2.00	2.00	2.00	2.00	2.00	2.00	2.00
Other Guidance Counselors:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Librarians/Media Specialists:	2.78	3.00	3.00	3.00	3.00	4.00	4.00
Library/Media Support:	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
District Administrators:	1.45	1.00	3.00	1.00	3.00	1.00	1.00
District Administrative Support:	5.10	6.10	9.00	10.00	9.00	7.00	4.00
School Administrators:	3.00	3.00	3.00	3.00	3.00	3.00	3.00
School Administrative Support:	3.10	4.50	7.00	5.00	7.00	7.00	4.00
Student Support Services:	16.40	16.40	15.00	16.00	17.00	0.00	6.00
Other Support Services:	21.20	20.20	25.00	23.00	19.00	18.00	39.00
Student-Teacher Ratio:	13.63	13.16	13.53	13.23	11.23	12.39	15.25

Schools

Lavaca Elementary School	Prekindergarten to Grade 4	1000 North Division St, Lavaca AR 72941
Lavaca High School	Grade 9 to Grade 12	311 Holly St, Lavaca AR 72941
Lavaca Middle School	Grade 5 to Grade 8	603 North Division St, Lavaca AR 72941

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	State Average
ACTAAP Test
2007	Literacy	11th Grade	% met std	45%	50%
2008	Literacy	11th Grade	% met std	48%	51%
2009	Literacy	11th Grade	% met std	65%	56%
2010	Literacy	11th Grade	% met std	78%	60%
2011	Literacy	11th Grade	% met std	57%	65%
2012	Literacy	11th Grade	% met std	65%	68%
2013	Literacy	11th Grade	% met std	85%	70%
2005	Literacy	3rd Grade	% met std	58%	50%
2006	Literacy	3rd Grade	% met std	54%	57%
2007	Literacy	3rd Grade	% met std	60%	59%
2008	Literacy	3rd Grade	% met std	74%	64%
2009	Literacy	3rd Grade	% met std	66%	66%
2010	Literacy	3rd Grade	% met std	83%	71%
2011	Literacy	3rd Grade	% met std	74%	76%
2012	Literacy	3rd Grade	% met std	83%	82%
2013	Literacy	3rd Grade	% met std	97%	79%
2005	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	66%	58%
2006	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	65%	67%
2007	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	70%	75%
2008	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	83%	79%
2009	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	78%	82%
2010	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	90%	83%
2011	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	90%	85%
2012	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	89%	87%
2013	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	100%	86%
2005	Literacy	4th Grade	% met std	48%	51%
2006	Literacy	4th Grade	% met std	59%	61%
2007	Literacy	4th Grade	% met std	61%	58%
2008	Literacy	4th Grade	% met std	75%	67%
2009	Literacy	4th Grade	% met std	69%	70%
2010	Literacy	4th Grade	% met std	87%	77%
2011	Literacy	4th Grade	% met std	84%	82%
2012	Literacy	4th Grade	% met std	94%	85%
2013	Literacy	4th Grade	% met std	89%	85%
2005	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	58%	50%
2006	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	63%	60%
2007	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	64%	65%
2008	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	85%	74%
2009	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	83%	78%
2010	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	91%	80%
2011	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	88%	82%
2012	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	86%	82%
2013	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	80%	82%
2005	Literacy	5th Grade	% met std	52%	47%
2006	Literacy	5th Grade	% met std	44%	56%
2007	Literacy	5th Grade	% met std	58%	59%
2008	Literacy	5th Grade	% met std	62%	64%
2009	Literacy	5th Grade	% met std	64%	68%
2010	Literacy	5th Grade	% met std	72%	74%
2011	Literacy	5th Grade	% met std	78%	77%
2012	Literacy	5th Grade	% met std	85%	85%
2013	Literacy	5th Grade	% met std	85%	84%
2005	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	55%	41%
2006	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	46%	50%
2007	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	58%	61%
2008	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	62%	67%
2009	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	70%	71%
2010	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	72%	74%
2011	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	78%	78%
2012	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	73%	76%
2013	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	71%	70%
2009	Science	5th Grade	% met std	35%	43%
2010	Science	5th Grade	% met std	45%	50%
2011	Science	5th Grade	% met std	62%	56%
2012	Science	5th Grade	% met std	63%	60%
2013	Science	5th Grade	% met std	50%	61%
2005	Literacy	6th Grade	% met std	58%	57%
2006	Literacy	6th Grade	% met std	39%	59%
2007	Literacy	6th Grade	% met std	52%	59%
2008	Literacy	6th Grade	% met std	57%	63%
2009	Literacy	6th Grade	% met std	61%	67%
2010	Literacy	6th Grade	% met std	64%	71%
2011	Literacy	6th Grade	% met std	52%	71%
2012	Literacy	6th Grade	% met std	83%	75%
2013	Literacy	6th Grade	% met std	74%	73%
2005	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	34%	43%
2006	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	57%	57%
2007	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	61%	68%
2008	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	77%	72%
2009	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	83%	80%
2010	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	78%	75%
2011	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	78%	77%
2012	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	74%	75%
2013	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	77%	75%
2005	Literacy	7th Grade	% met std	48%	50%
2006	Literacy	7th Grade	% met std	58%	53%
2007	Literacy	7th Grade	% met std	41%	57%
2008	Literacy	7th Grade	% met std	44%	57%
2009	Literacy	7th Grade	% met std	66%	63%
2010	Literacy	7th Grade	% met std	59%	68%
2011	Literacy	7th Grade	% met std	63%	67%
2012	Literacy	7th Grade	% met std	66%	80%
2013	Literacy	7th Grade	% met std	80%	77%
2005	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	35%	43%
2006	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	54%	50%
2007	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	50%	58%
2008	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	63%	62%
2009	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	82%	68%
2010	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	88%	75%
2011	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	81%	74%
2012	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	74%	77%
2013	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	80%	70%
2009	Science	7th Grade	% met std	44%	32%
2010	Science	7th Grade	% met std	39%	33%
2011	Science	7th Grade	% met std	61%	39%
2012	Science	7th Grade	% met std	34%	41%
2013	Science	7th Grade	% met std	39%	41%
2005	Literacy	8th Grade	% met std	65%	57%
2006	Literacy	8th Grade	% met std	60%	66%
2007	Literacy	8th Grade	% met std	83%	63%
2008	Literacy	8th Grade	% met std	66%	67%
2009	Literacy	8th Grade	% met std	62%	71%
2010	Literacy	8th Grade	% met std	79%	76%
2011	Literacy	8th Grade	% met std	84%	77%
2012	Literacy	8th Grade	% met std	74%	80%
2013	Literacy	8th Grade	% met std	63%	77%
2005	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	30%	33%
2006	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	39%	44%
2007	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	33%	47%
2008	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	56%	56%
2009	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	70%	62%
2010	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	77%	63%
2011	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	77%	63%
2012	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	73%	68%
2013	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	55%	65%
2006	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	75%	65%
2007	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	65%	62%
2008	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	56%	66%
2009	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	68%	70%
2010	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	77%	76%
2011	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	71%	78%
2012	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	80%	80%
2013	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	75%	77%
2009	Biology	End of course	% met std	23%	41%
2010	Biology	End of course	% met std	23%	36%
2011	Biology	End of course	% met std	19%	41%
2012	Biology	End of course	% met std	33%	43%
2013	Biology	End of course	% met std	51%	44%
2006	Geometry	End of course	% met std	71%	60%
2007	Geometry	End of course	% met std	75%	59%
2008	Geometry	End of course	% met std	63%	60%
2009	Geometry	End of course	% met std	76%	66%
2010	Geometry	End of course	% met std	81%	69%
2011	Geometry	End of course	% met std	73%	73%
2012	Geometry	End of course	% met std	73%	76%
2013	Geometry	End of course	% met std	68%	72%
2006	Literacy	End of course	% met std	32%	45%

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

School District Fiscal Information

	2012			2011			2010
	Amount	Per Student	%	Amount	Per Student	%	Amount	Per Student	%
Total Revenue:	$10,076,000	$10,940		$9,478,000	$10,358		$10,372,000	$11,550
Federal:	$1,160,000	$1,260	11.5%	$1,469,000	$1,605	15.5%	$1,554,000	$1,731	15.0%
State:	$5,876,000	$6,380	58.3%	$5,100,000	$5,574	53.8%	$5,873,000	$6,540	56.6%
Local:	$3,040,000	$3,301	30.2%	$2,909,000	$3,179	30.7%	$2,945,000	$3,280	28.4%
Total Expenditures:	$12,344,000	$13,403		$11,184,000	$12,223		$13,649,000	$15,199
Total Current Expenditures:	$7,958,000	$8,641		$8,094,000	$8,846		$7,689,000	$8,562
Instructional Expenditures:	$4,294,000	$4,662	54.0%	$4,428,000	$4,839	54.7%	$4,279,000	$4,765	55.7%
Student and Staff Support:	$1,068,000	$1,160	13.4%	$1,036,000	$1,132	12.8%	$947,000	$1,055	12.3%
Administration:	$891,000	$967	11.2%	$1,088,000	$1,189	13.4%	$1,052,000	$1,171	13.7%
Operations, Food, Other:	$1,705,000	$1,851	21.4%	$1,542,000	$1,685	19.1%	$1,411,000	$1,571	18.4%
Total Capital Outlay:	$1,967,000	$2,136		$1,498,000	$1,637		$2,840,000	$3,163
Construction:	$1,712,000	$1,859		$1,086,000	$1,187		$2,514,000	$2,800
Total Other:	$1,849,000	$2,008		$1,102,000	$1,204		$2,557,000	$2,847
Interest on Debt:	$510,000	$554		$456,000	$498		$516,000	$575

Total Salary:	$4,860,000	$5,277		$4,886,000	$5,340		$4,569,000	$5,088
Instruction/Teacher Salary:	$2,974,000	$3,229	61.2%	$3,038,000	$3,320	62.2%	$2,863,000	$3,188	62.7%
Other Salary:	$1,886,000	$2,048	38.8%	$1,848,000	$2,020	37.8%	$1,706,000	$1,900	37.3%
Total Benefit:	$1,319,000	$1,432		$1,369,000	$1,496		$1,284,000	$1,430
Instruction/Teacher Benefit:	$781,000	$848	59.2%	$773,000	$845	56.5%	$736,000	$820	57.3%
Other Benefit:	$538,000	$584	40.8%	$596,000	$651	43.5%	$548,000	$610	42.7%

Teacher's Experience and Compensation

	2007	2006
Teachers with Bachelor Degree:	87.0%	NA
Teachers with Master or PhD Degree:	13.0%	NA

Mean Number of Years of Teaching:	16.0 years	15.0 years
Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	19.6%	28.8%
Teachers with 6-10 Years of Experience:	26.1%	22.0%
Teachers with 11-20 Years of Experience:	13.0%	13.6%
Teachers with 21-30 Years of Experience:	30.4%	25.4%
Teachers with 31 Years of Experience or More:	10.9%	10.2%

Mean Base Salary:	$36,013.0	$35,666.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	$30,029.0	$30,638.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 6-10 Years of Experience:	$32,687.0	$33,548.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 11-20 Years of Experience:	$36,282.0	$37,425.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 21-30 Years of Experience:	$40,392.0	$39,636.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 31 Years of Experience or More:	$42,181.0	$42,232.0

* Lavaca Public Schools was rated 3 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.