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Fayetteville schools present annual report; district enrollment and test results reviewed
Summary
Superintendent and district staff reviewed the Fayetteville Public Schools 2024–25 annual report, enrollment, federal funding allocations and new state accountability letter grades; administrators also reported bullying investigation totals and ongoing social-emotional efforts.
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. — Fayetteville Public Schools presented its annual report to patrons and reviewed enrollment, assessment results and funding allocations tied to the 2024–25 school year.
The district reported an official fall enrollment of 10,181 students in grades K–12 as of the count taken the week before the meeting, an increase of about 27 students from the previous year. The annual report compiled district data for the 2024–25 school year and was presented as required by the Arkansas Department of Education’s Division of Elementary and Secondary Education.
The report included school-level accreditation, staff demographics and long-term enrollment trends. The district said all 17 schools in the district were accredited for the 2024–25 year. Administrators noted enrollment has been largely flat since about 2019–20.
An assessment update from Dr. Dugan, district assessment lead, reviewed the state’s new accountability system, which weights achievement and growth differently for elementary, middle and high schools and adds measures such as graduation rate and a postsecondary preparedness indicator for high schools. "We have a new accountability system," Dugan said, and then summarized how the system divides performance into achievement, growth and the growth of the lowest-performing 25 percent of students. She described school letter grades under the new system and noted several schools improved at least one letter grade; the district said seven schools improved at least one letter grade compared with the prior year.
Administrators highlighted distinctions between schools that earned high marks for achievement versus those whose ratings reflected strong growth, and they explained how growth is calculated as students’ trajectories rather than a raw year‑to‑year score. Officials also described how English-language proficiency test results (ELPA21) contribute to overall ELA growth for students classified as English learners.
The district also reviewed federal and state categorical funding allocations from the prior year. The report listed the following allocations for the 2024–25 school year: Title I at about $1.8 million; Title II at about $362,000; Title III (ELL) about $106,000; state ALE funding about $1.3 million (projected to rise to about $1.4 million); state ELL appropriation at about $374,000; and state ESA (formerly National School Lunch Fund) at just over $2 million. Professional learning funds that mirror Title II were listed at about $379,000.
On student conduct, Dr. Scott summarized the district’s bullying investigations under Arkansas Code 6-18-514: building administrators conducted 43 bullying investigations using the district protocol; 18 of those cases were found to be founded and handled under the district’s discipline policy. The district said it continues to invest in social-emotional learning and counseling supports.
Superintendent Mulford and other administrators invited questions and said most of the information had been shared at prior meetings; the annual report compiles it in a single document for public review. Officials encouraged patrons to examine school improvement plans and linked materials on the district website.
