An equity score of 15/100 ranks Arlington #140 of 141 districts in Tennessee (state average 38). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $10,924 per pupil, Arlington ranks #94 of 142 Tennessee districts by per-pupil spending (Tennessee districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
4,803
Total Enrollment
4
Schools
$10,924
Per-Pupil Spending
Combined, High
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Arlington operates 4 public schools serving 4,803 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Tennessee. The school portfolio breaks down into 2 combined, 1 high, 1 middle 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 Shelby County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $10,924 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, in the lower half of 142 Tennessee districts by per-pupil spending. See how Tennessee compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 47.1% local, 41.4% state, and 11.5% federal, a balanced mix across local, state, and federal sources, spreading budget risk across funding cycles rather than concentrating it in one. The district's equity score is 15/100, ranked #140 of 141 in Tennessee against a state average of 38, notably less even than the typical district in the state for how evenly funding reaches its schools.
Academic infrastructure includes 1 of 4 schools offering Advanced Placement (37 AP courses district-wide), a 498.5:1 student-counselor ratio, above both the ASCA benchmark and the roughly 408:1 national average, and 9.4% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 69.5% White, 13.0% African American, 8.8% Hispanic or Latino across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Arlington High, with a diversity index of 51.7/100.
Its largest campus is Arlington High, enrolling 1,674 students (38% of the district's total enrollment).
Arlington High accounts for 34.9% of all Arlington student enrollment
That dominant concentration means Arlington-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade band: high. 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.
Arlington student-counselor ratio is 499:1 — well above typical (typically associated with unusually large scale or acute resource constraints)
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 above typical often signal acute resource constraints or a structurally different scale than most peers — worth reading alongside the underlying counts, not the ratio alone.
Arlington chronic absenteeism rate is 9.4% — well below typical (typically associated with unusually small scale or exceptionally high per-unit investment)
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 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.