Ark. School for the Blind operates 2 public schools serving 73 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Arkansas. The school portfolio breaks down into 2 combined schools, a small enough portfolio that most families will interact with nearly every campus in the district at some point. These enrollment and school figures come from the NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 release, and the district is based in Pulaski 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 43.8% of all Ark. School for the Blind student enrollment
That dominant concentration means Ark. School for the Blind-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade band: combined. The share measures enrollment concentration only; it does not establish how the district allocates programs, capital, or staff. Enrollment-weighted aggregates give this entity more weight than any smaller peer, while an unweighted entity average treats every record equally.
Ark. School for the Blind reports 100.0% free-lunch eligibility
The reported share is above 87.5%, so economic need is widespread across the measured student population. Title I operates under the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA, 2015), but its statutory allocation uses additional LEA-level counts and rules not represented by this average. This percentage is an economic-need context measure; it does not establish a Title I award, show dollars received, or describe how funds are distributed among campuses.
Ark. School for the Blind student-counselor ratio is 62:1 — well below typical (typically associated with unusually small scale or exceptionally high per-unit investment)
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 Values this far below typical often correlate with unusually small scale or population characteristics rather than higher resource budgets per se — worth checking whether the underlying denominator is itself an outlier.
How many schools are in Ark. School for the Blind?
Ark. School for the Blind has 2 schools, including 2 combined. 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.