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Blytheville, Arkansas - 4 schools
An equity score of 74/100 ranks Blytheville School District #27 of 250 districts in Arkansas (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $15,124 per pupil, Blytheville School District ranks #27 of 255 Arkansas districts by per-pupil spending (Arkansas districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
1,581
Total Enrollment
4
Schools
$15,124
Per-Pupil Spending
Combined, High
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Blytheville School District operates 4 public schools serving 1,581 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Arkansas. The school portfolio breaks down into 2 combined, 1 high, 1 elementary 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 Mississippi County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $15,124 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, in the upper half of 255 Arkansas districts by per-pupil spending. See how Arkansas compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 28.5% local, 38.5% state, and 33.1% 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 74/100, ranked #27 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 4 schools offering Advanced Placement (7 AP courses district-wide), a 193.4:1 student-counselor ratio, that meets the ASCA-recommended benchmark, and 70.7% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 81.0% African American, 10.5% White, 5.6% Hispanic or Latino across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Blytheville Middle School, with a diversity index of 35.5/100.
Its largest campus is Blytheville High School, enrolling 369 students (31% of the district's total enrollment).
Blytheville High School accounts for 23.3% of all Blytheville School District student enrollment
That concentration means Blytheville School District-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the dominant entity. Grade band: high. 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.
Blytheville School District school enrollment varies 2.1× across entities
Blytheville School District school enrollment ranges from 172 students (lowest) to 369 students (highest), a spread of 197 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.
Blytheville School District has higher-than-average Title I eligibility — 99.3% 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.
Blytheville School District student-counselor ratio is 193:1 — 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.
Blytheville School District chronic absenteeism rate is 70.7% — well above typical (typically associated with unusually large scale or acute resource constraints)
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 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.
How many schools are in Blytheville School District?
Blytheville School District has 4 schools, including 1 high, 2 combined, 1 elementary. Total enrollment is 1,581 students.
How much does Blytheville School District spend per student?
Blytheville School District spends $15,124 per student. The district has an equity score of 74/100, ranking #27 in Arkansas.
What is the demographic composition of Blytheville School District?
Blytheville School District students are 81.0% African American, 10.5% White, 5.6% Hispanic or Latino, 0.7% Asian, averaged across 4 schools. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.
What is the equity score for Blytheville School District?
Blytheville School District has an equity score of 74/100, ranking #27 out of 250 districts in Arkansas.