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Little Rock, Arkansas - 6 schools
An equity score of 89/100 ranks Arkansas Lighthouse Academies #2 of 250 districts in Arkansas (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $17,702 per pupil, Arkansas Lighthouse Academies ranks #8 of 255 Arkansas districts by per-pupil spending (Arkansas districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
962
Total Enrollment
6
Schools
$17,702
Per-Pupil Spending
Elementary, Middle
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Arkansas Lighthouse Academies operates 6 public schools serving 962 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Arkansas. The school portfolio breaks down into 4 elementary, 1 middle, 1 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.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $17,702 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, among the top 26 of 255 Arkansas districts by per-pupil spending. See how Arkansas compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 8.7% local, 50.4% state, and 40.9% federal, a state-revenue-heavy mix that insulates the district somewhat from local property-tax volatility, though it ties funding to state budget cycles. The district's equity score is 89/100, ranked #2 of 250 in Arkansas against a state average of 50, notably more even than the typical district in the state for how evenly funding reaches its schools.
Academic infrastructure includes 1 of 6 schools offering Advanced Placement (6 AP courses district-wide), a 129.7:1 student-counselor ratio, that meets the ASCA-recommended benchmark, and 26.3% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 75.9% African American, 13.8% White, 5.2% Hispanic or Latino across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Flightline Upper Academy, with a diversity index of 52.4/100.
Jacksonville Lighthouse Elementary Academy accounts for 21.8% of all Arkansas Lighthouse Academies student enrollment
That concentration means Arkansas Lighthouse Academies-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the dominant entity. Grade band: elementary. 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.
Arkansas Lighthouse Academies school enrollment varies 3.5× across entities
Arkansas Lighthouse Academies school enrollment ranges from 60 students (lowest) to 210 students (highest), a spread of 150 students. That relatively narrow ratio reflects an unusually homogeneous campus portfolio, most districts have a wider mix of school sizes. Per-school staffing ratios, programme availability, and capital-renovation cycles often diverge inside the same district based on enrollment shape.
Arkansas Lighthouse Academies has higher-than-average Title I eligibility — 99.9% 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). Eligibility here is a supermajority of the population — well past the 75% concentration-grant threshold that unlocks extra funding 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.
Arkansas Lighthouse Academies student-counselor ratio is 130:1 — 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.
Arkansas Lighthouse Academies chronic absenteeism rate is 26.3% — near the typical range (US average ~28) — aligned with the national post-pandemic baseline of roughly 28% chronic absenteeism
chronic absenteeism rate is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: a student is chronically absent if they miss ≥10% of enrolled days for any reason, illness, family obligations, or disengagement Variation between sub-units within Arkansas Lighthouse Academies is typically wider than the Arkansas Lighthouse Academies-aggregate figure suggests.
Comparisons are relative to Arkansas Lighthouse Academies's own figures; each column derives from NCES Common Core of Data and the F-33 Finance Survey.
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