Ark. School for the Blind operates 2 public schools serving 73 students, placing it among the smaller districts in Arkansas. The school portfolio breaks down into 2 other schools, giving families a clear picture of grade-band coverage before they move, rent, or enrol. Aggregated across those campuses, enrollment totals 62 pupils using the NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 release, and the district is geographically located in Pulaski County County.
a 62:1 student-counselor ratio that meets the ASCA-recommended benchmark, . Demographically, the student body averages 59.7% White, 27.4% African American, 6.5% Hispanic or Latino across the district's schools.
Ark. School for the Blind H.S. accounts for 51.6% of all Ark. School for the Blind student enrollment
That concentration — well above the 8.4% national median for largest-entity share — means Ark. School for the Blind-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the dominant entity. Grade band: other. A single dominant campus often anchors a district's program offerings and staffing patterns; the share helps explain why district-wide averages may not reflect the typical neighbourhood-school experience. When one entity dominates a region's footprint, its programmatic and budget decisions effectively set policy for a majority of the affected population.
Ark. School for the Blind has higher-than-average Title I eligibility — 100.0% of the population qualifies for free or reduced-price lunch
free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is the federal threshold for Title I funding allocations, established under the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA, 2015). Areas above 75% eligibility — including this one — receive concentration grants on top of the basic Title I formula. Regions with eligibility this high typically draw a substantially larger federal funding share relative to their local tax base, which can either offset or reinforce existing gaps depending on allocation policy.
Ark. School for the Blind student-counselor ratio is 62:1 — low (typically associated with meeting or exceeding the American School Counselor Association (ASCA) recommended 250:1 benchmark, which correlates with stronger college and career counseling capacity)
student-counselor ratio is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: the ratio counts FTE counselors against total enrollment — districts that contract intervention or social-emotional staff outside the counselor classification may be under-counted Lower values often correlate with smaller scale and population characteristics rather than higher resource budgets per se.
How many schools are in Ark. School for the Blind?
Ark. School for the Blind has 2 schools, including 2 other. Total enrollment is 73 students.
What is the demographic composition of Ark. School for the Blind?
Ark. School for the Blind students are 59.7% White, 27.4% African American, 6.5% Hispanic or Latino, 3.1% Asian, averaged across 2 schools. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.