Public schools in Texarkana, AR

Texarkana has 13 public schools with a 2024-25 address in the city: 3 high, 3 middle, 6 elementary, 1 other, enrolling 5,110 students. They are run by 3 districts and agencies; Texarkana School District runs 8 of them.

NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25: schools open that year with enrollment · method

The 3 districts and agencies that run Texarkana's public schools

Each district decides who can enroll where; its page holds its schools, spending and teachers.

DistrictSchools in TexarkanaDistrict students, fall 2022Spending per student, FY23
Texarkana School District83,888$15,529
Genoa Central School District41,183$11,174
Responsive Ed Solutions Premier High School of Little Rock1307$14,381

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25: school location city and operating agency; NCES F-33 fiscal year 2022-23: district fall membership and current spending per student. Schools on a city's edge can serve students from outside it.

3 high schools in Texarkana, 1,417 students

SchoolStudents 2024‑25Per teacherFree lunchDistrict
Arkansas High School1,0928.6100.0%Texarkana
Genoa Central High School2586.015.5%Genoa Central
Premier High School of Texarkana676.835.8%Responsive Ed Solutions Premier High School of Little Rock

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (membership, staff, lunch); level from the directory. All free (CEP): every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision, so the school reports no free-lunch count.

3 middle schools in Texarkana, 1,432 students

SchoolStudents 2024‑25Per teacherFree lunchDistrict
Arkansas Middle School84212.0100.0%Texarkana
Gary E. Cobb Middle School30317.727.1%Genoa Central
Genoa Central Junior High28714.524.4%Genoa Central

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (membership, staff, lunch); level from the directory. All free (CEP): every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision, so the school reports no free-lunch count.

6 elementary schools in Texarkana, 2,091 students

SchoolStudents 2024‑25Per teacherFree lunchDistrict
Edward D. Trice Elementary School47314.3100.0%Texarkana
College Hill Harmony Leadership Academy39114.3100.0%Texarkana
Vera Kilpatrick Elementary School37314.8100.0%Texarkana
Genoa Central Elementary School36515.634.8%Genoa Central
Fairview Elementary School24613.6100.0%Texarkana
North Heights Community School24312.7100.0%Texarkana

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (membership, staff, lunch); level from the directory. All free (CEP): every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision, so the school reports no free-lunch count.

One other school in Texarkana, 170 students

SchoolStudents 2024‑25Per teacherFree lunchDistrict
College Hill Pre-K Center17015.598.2%Texarkana

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (membership, staff, lunch); level from the directory. All free (CEP): every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision, so the school reports no free-lunch count.

How Texarkana's public schools compare with Arkansas's

The median Texarkana school has 14.3 students per full-time teacher, about the same as the Arkansas median of 14.2. 91% of its schools ran a schoolwide Title I program in 2021-22, against 72% across the state. Its median school enrolls 303 students (state 402).

Texarkana against Arkansas, schools open in 2024-25 with students
TexarkanaArkansas
Median students per teacher14.314.2
Median school size (students)303402
Schools with a schoolwide Title I program (2021-22)91%72%
Schools where every student eats free (CEP)54%17%
Charter schools7.7%9.1%

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (membership, staff, lunch program, charter status; the 13 Texarkana schools and the 1,041 Arkansas schools open that year with students); Title I status CCD 2021-22. Students per teacher counts 2024-25 teachers and ratios from 3 to 99.

What to look at next in Texarkana

  1. Texarkana School DistrictRuns 8 of Texarkana's 13 public schools and spent $15,529 per student in fiscal year 2022-23.$15,529
  2. Arkansas High School, the largest high school in Texarkana1,092 students in 2024-25, 8.6 per teacher.1,092
  3. Compare Texarkana School District with Genoa Central School DistrictTexarkana's two largest operators side by side: enrollment, spending and schools.
  4. The largest public schools in ArkansasArkansas's 50 largest schools open in 2024-25, by enrollment.
  5. Find the school district for a Texarkana addressA home's district, not its city, decides which public schools it can enroll in.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (schools and their operating agencies); NCES F-33 finance survey, fiscal year 2022-23 (spending per student).

Choosing among them: how to choose a school district with the federal data, and what a Title I school is.

Other cities in Arkansas

  1. Little Rock69 schools
  2. Springdale30 schools
  3. Fort Smith27 schools
  4. Rogers27 schools
  5. Bentonville25 schools
  6. Jonesboro24 schools
  7. North Little Rock21 schools
  8. Conway17 schools

Questions about schools in Texarkana

  1. How many public schools are in Texarkana, AR?
    13 public schools with an address in Texarkana were open in 2024-25: 3 high, 3 middle, 6 elementary, 1 other, enrolling 5,110 students. 1 are charter schools.
  2. What is the largest high school in Texarkana?
    Arkansas High School, with 1,092 students in 2024-25 (Texarkana School District).
  3. Which districts run Texarkana's schools?
    Texarkana School District (8 schools), Genoa Central School District (4 schools), Responsive Ed Solutions Premier High School of Little Rock (1 school). A school's district, not its city, decides who can enroll.

These figures are for information and are not a substitute for the district's enrollment office, which confirms the school a home is assigned to.

Sources

Source: NCES Common Core of Data School directory, membership, staff and lunch files · 2024-25

Source: NCES Common Core of Data Public school search (the official record of each school) · 2024-25

Compiled from official source data by .