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Arkansas

In 2004-2005, the state of Arkansas had a total of 463,121 students enrolled in 1,158 public schools across the state. According to our most recent data, in 2004 Arkansas spent $169 per student on public school facility construction.

In May 2009, US Department of Education approved Arkansas application for Fiscal Stabilization Funds. Arkansas identified 12.9 million of funding for K-12 public school construction.

School Year # of Students # of Schools
2004-2005 463,121 1,158
   
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Data source: U.S. Census of Governments;
NCES Common Core Data

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