Government directory/Arkansas/Independent school district
U.S. Census government inventory · ID 115774

West Fork School District.

Independent school district in Arkansas · Census county area: Washington.

Independent school districtSchool districtFunctioning
School system at a glance

Students, schools, and public money.

Election.org connected this entity to its fiscal year 2024 Census finance record by exact government ID and to its 2024–25 NCES district and school directory by exact agency ID.

778students in the finance record
3operating schools connected
$14,581current spending per pupil
Who runs this Arkansas school system

John Unger is the state-published superintendent.

The statewide directory also names the people responsible for public finance, safety, civil-rights access, special education, nutrition, family services, technology, and public information. Those useful contacts appear first. The source does not publish the school-board roster, so Election.org does not pass administrators off as board members.

Named contacts
15
Mapped board zones
5
Exact state ID
7208000
District leadership

John Unger

Superintendent · Public information

District phone479-839-2231359 School Ave, West Fork, AR, 72774
Who to contact

People responsible for the services families use.

14 current-directory contacts
District leadership

Andrea Ward

Assistant Superintendent

Public finance

Patricia Burnett

Treasurer · Business manager

Safety and access

James Polk

School Safety Coordinator

Student and family services

Felicia Pasley

Special education & early childhood

Student and family services

Sarah Maska

Family engagement

Student and family services

Thomas Maska

Family engagement

Student and family services

Dena Mcknight

Students experiencing homelessness · Foster-care liaison

Civil rights and access

Lynley Chase

Section 504 access

Civil rights and access

Penelope Osburn

Section 504 access

Civil rights and access · District operations

Carl Clements

Title IX · Technology Coordinator

Student and family services

April Carothers

Child nutrition

Student and family services

Angel Leichner

Child nutrition

Student and family services

Kristen Glasscock

Child nutrition

Student and family services

Reba Ramey

Child nutrition

How board seats are organized

The state publishes 5 mapped board zones for this district.

These are official election-zone records, not attendance zones. Population values are the source's 2020 Census field where published.

The board roster is still missing

Named administrators are not a substitute for elected governance.

  • Current board-member names, officer roles, seat numbers, terms, and vacancies
  • The exact at-large or zoned election plan when the GIS layer returns no zones
  • Upcoming filings and candidates, certified result history, and campaign disclosures
  • Normalized meetings, agendas, minutes, votes, policies, contracts, vendors, and decision history

Source: Arkansas Department of Education School Personnel Directory and Arkansas Secretary of State school-board zones via the Arkansas GIS Office, checked 2026-08-30. Election.org omits every person-level email, phone, fax, and street address from the personnel export; only district-level contact fields are retained. A dated directory row is not proof of continued service after the snapshot.

Six years of enrollment and school finance

See what changed—not just one year.

Exact federal identifiers connect 6 annual Census records for this system. Source dollars stay visible, while spending changes are also converted to constant 2024 dollars.

Census annual tables ↗
Enrollment77824.0% lower than 2019
Current spending / pupil$14,58132.3% higher than 2019 after inflation · 62.3% higher than 2019 nominal
Total expenditure$11.9M4.8% higher than 2019 · nominal
Debt outstanding$4.8M35.5% lower than 2019 · nominal
Enrollment reported by Census
2019: 1,024; 2020: 1,044; 2021: 976; 2022: 955; 2023: 872; 2024: 7781,081911741201920202021202220232024
Current spending per pupil (2024 dollars)
2019: $11,022; 2020: $10,950; 2021: $11,243; 2022: $11,240; 2023: $12,254; 2024: $14,581$15,089$12,765$10,441201920202021202220232024
Funding mix over time

Federal, state, and local shares

20197.1% F82.4% S10.5% L
20208.5% F81.0% S10.5% L
202112.7% F76.2% S11.1% L
202213.9% F74.3% S11.8% L
202311.3% F73.8% S14.9% L
202410.9% F74.2% S14.8% L
View the 2019–2024 values as a table
YearEnrollmentSpending / pupilTotal revenueTotal expenditureDebt
20191,024$8,983$11,097,000$11,383,000$7,431,000
20201,044$9,034$11,239,000$10,862,000$7,872,000
2021976$9,712$10,960,000$10,172,000$8,384,000
2022955$10,486$11,172,000$10,718,000$8,927,000
2023872$11,903$11,199,000$11,148,000$9,493,000
2024778$14,581$11,915,000$11,930,000$4,792,000

Source-reported nominal dollars. Amount fields are converted from source thousands to dollars. No inflation adjustment is applied. An exact identifier links published source rows; it does not erase consolidations, closures, reorganizations, or other real institutional changes between years. Constant-dollar comparisons use BLS CPI-U series CUUR0000SA0, annual U.S. city average; this is not a local cost-of-living index. Joined by exact Census PID6 or NCES LEAID; names are never used.

Where the money comes from

$11.9M in reported revenue.

Census finance source ↗
Federal10.9%$1.30M
State74.2%$8.85M
Local14.8%$1.77M
Total expenditures$11.9M
Current spending$11.4M
Instruction$6.02M
Support services$4.59M
Capital outlay$164,000
Debt outstanding$4.79M

Fiscal year 2024. Census source amounts are published in thousands of dollars and converted here to dollars; per-pupil fields are published as dollar amounts. Revenue percentages are reproduced from the source.

District contact

WEST FORK SCHOOL DISTRICT

Regular public school district that is not a component of a supervisory union

GradesKG12
StatusOpen
Address285 SCHOOL AVE, WEST FORK, AR, 72774
Open district website →
Still needed for a complete civic record

The federal layer is useful—but it is not the whole school board.

  • Current board members, officer roles, exact seat numbers, term expirations, present vacancies, and appointment history
  • The next election, filings and candidates, certified result history, and campaign disclosures
  • Address-level lookup against the published school-board-zone polygons and the separate attendance boundary
  • Normalized meeting agendas, minutes, recorded votes, and decision history
  • School-level outcomes, audited contracts and vendors, and inflation-adjusted spending comparisons
The source record

A functioning Census entity.

The Census ACTIVE field is Y for this record.

Census ID
115774
Record type
Independent school district
Classification
School district
School level
Elementary and Secondary
Status
Functioning
Published contact fields

Contact and location

Mailing address359 SCHOOL AVE. · WEST FORK, AR · 72774-3176
Census contact/title fieldSupt
County areaWashington

Websites are primarily self-reported and received only limited Census Bureau quality control. County area can mean the area most served or the headquarters county when boundaries cross counties.

Published context

Scale and parent relationship

Estimated enrollment8722023

Evidence boundary

What each source proves—and what it does not.

Established by the published records

  • The entity or system appears in the 2025 Census listing.
  • Its Census category, identifier, and functioning/dormant field.
  • Only the location, function, population, enrollment, and contact fields actually published.
  • The current Arkansas personnel directory reports the superintendent and student-service roles shown above; the separate Secretary of State GIS layer reports the mapped school-board zones returned for this exact LEA ID.

Not established by these records

  • That administrators are school-board members, or that a person remains in the directory role after the dated snapshot.
  • The current board roster, terms, vacancies, election calendar, candidates, results, meeting votes, contracts, or—when no zones are returned—a proven at-large voting plan.
  • The exact geographic service boundary or that a reported website remains current.