Government directory/Arkansas/Independent school district
U.S. Census government inventory · ID 115766

Fort Smith School District.

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

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.

14,060students in the finance record
26operating schools connected
$13,857current spending per pupil
Who runs this Arkansas school system

Martin Mahan 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
36
Mapped board zones
5
Exact state ID
6601000
District leadership

Martin Mahan

Superintendent

District phone479-785-2501 x 91201Po Box 1948, Fort Smith, AR, 72902-1948
Who to contact

People responsible for the services families use.

35 current-directory contacts
Civil rights and access · District leadership

Christopher Davis

Title IX · Assistant Superintendent

District leadership

Kellie Cohen Minton

Assistant Superintendent

Public information · District leadership

Tiffany Bone

Public information · Assistant Superintendent

Public finance

Charles Warren

Treasurer · Business manager

Public finance

Lori Yates

Business manager

Safety and access

Eric Huber

School Safety Coordinator

Student and family services

Domonique Alexander

Special education & early childhood

Student and family services

Caroline Neel

Family engagement

Student and family services

Jeanne Carroll

Students experiencing homelessness

Student and family services

Michael Farrell

Foster-care liaison

Civil rights and access

Krystle Smith

Section 504 access

Student and family services

Edith Engnell

Child nutrition

Student and family services

Grace George

Child nutrition

Student and family services

April Decker

Child nutrition

Student and family services

Awetia Bishop

Child nutrition

Student and family services

Bradley Hall

Child nutrition

Student and family services

Cindy Wells

Child nutrition

Student and family services

Danna Walker

Child nutrition

Student and family services

Gwendlynette Zachary

Child nutrition

Student and family services

Hortencia Nguyen

Child nutrition

Student and family services

Joanne Boone

Child nutrition

Student and family services

Kathryn Hilburn

Child nutrition

Student and family services

Lisha Gibbs

Child nutrition

Student and family services

Margaret Keen

Child nutrition

Student and family services

Maria Cardona

Child nutrition

Student and family services

Medina Amor

Child nutrition

Student and family services

Melissa Perryman

Child nutrition

Student and family services

Michelle Farrar

Child nutrition

Student and family services

Pamela Peerson

Child nutrition

Student and family services

Robin Falleur

Child nutrition

Student and family services

Sara Coker

Child nutrition

Student and family services

Stephanie Carson

Child nutrition

Student and family services

Susan Lee

Child nutrition

Student and family services

Tiffany Griffin

Child nutrition

District operations

Vance Gregory

Technology Coordinator

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 ↗
Enrollment14,0604.4% lower than 2019
Current spending / pupil$13,8576.4% higher than 2019 after inflation · 30.5% higher than 2019 nominal
Total expenditure$231.3M36.8% higher than 2019 · nominal
Debt outstanding$167.7M6.2% higher than 2019 · nominal
Enrollment reported by Census
2019: 14,701; 2020: 14,748; 2021: 14,361; 2022: 14,365; 2023: 14,291; 2024: 14,06014,84414,40413,964201920202021202220232024
Current spending per pupil (2024 dollars)
2019: $13,026; 2020: $12,759; 2021: $13,305; 2022: $13,083; 2023: $12,826; 2024: $13,857$14,011$13,308$12,605201920202021202220232024
Funding mix over time

Federal, state, and local shares

201913.8% F73.2% S13.0% L
202013.1% F74.0% S12.9% L
202116.2% F71.4% S12.5% L
202220.2% F67.7% S12.0% L
202320.4% F66.4% S13.2% L
202421.3% F64.5% S14.2% L
View the 2019–2024 values as a table
YearEnrollmentSpending / pupilTotal revenueTotal expenditureDebt
201914,701$10,616$170,412,000$169,106,000$157,975,000
202014,748$10,527$175,146,000$190,456,000$180,310,000
202114,361$11,493$197,496,000$251,406,000$189,267,000
202214,365$12,206$201,219,000$224,493,000$186,199,000
202314,291$12,459$205,400,000$198,219,000$190,396,000
202414,060$13,857$233,815,000$231,319,000$167,705,000

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.

Schools this system operates

Explore the schools—not just the agency record.

NCES source ↗
Where the money comes from

$234M in reported revenue.

Census finance source ↗
Federal21.3%$49.9M
State64.5%$151M
Local14.2%$33.2M
Total expenditures$231M
Current spending$197M
Instruction$97.5M
Support services$85.6M
Capital outlay$28.7M
Debt outstanding$168M

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

FORT SMITH SCHOOL DISTRICT

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

GradesPK12
StatusOpen
Address3205 JENNY LIND RD, FORT SMITH, AR, 72901
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
115766
Record type
Independent school district
Classification
School district
School level
Elementary and Secondary
Status
Functioning
Published contact fields

Contact and location

Mailing addressPO BOX 1948 · FORT SMITH, AR · 72902-1948
Census contact/title fieldSupt
County areaSebastian

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 enrollment14,2912023

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.