An equity score of 73/100 ranks Brinkley School District #40 of 250 districts in Arkansas (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $15,420 per pupil, Brinkley School District ranks #28 of 255 Arkansas districts by per-pupil spending (Arkansas districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
469
Total Enrollment
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$15,420
Per-Pupil Spending
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School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Brinkley School District operates 2 public schools serving 469 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 Monroe County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $15,420 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 38.9% local, 32.4% state, and 28.7% 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 73/100, ranked #40 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 2 schools offering Advanced Placement (6 AP courses district-wide), a 216:1 student-counselor ratio, that meets the ASCA-recommended benchmark, and 24.9% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 74.3% African American, 20.3% White, 2.3% Asian across the district's schools.
Its largest campus is C.B. Partee Elementary School, enrolling 262 students (61% of the district's total enrollment).
C.B. Partee Elementary School accounts for 55.9% of all Brinkley School District student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Brinkley School District a distant remainder — means Brinkley School District-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. Because it contains a majority of the affected population, enrollment-weighted aggregates will sit closer to this entity's reported fields than to those of smaller peers; an unweighted entity count answers a different question.
Brinkley School District 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.
Brinkley School District student-counselor ratio is 216:1 — 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.
Brinkley School District chronic absenteeism rate is 24.9% — 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 Brinkley School District is typically wider than the Brinkley School District-aggregate figure suggests.
Brinkley School District has 2 schools, including 2 combined. Total enrollment is 469 students.
How much does Brinkley School District spend per student?
Brinkley School District spends $15,420 per student. The district has an equity score of 73/100, ranking #40 in Arkansas.
What is the demographic composition of Brinkley School District?
Brinkley School District students are 74.3% African American, 20.3% White, 2.3% Asian, 1.5% Hispanic or Latino, averaged across 2 schools. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.
What is the equity score for Brinkley School District?
Brinkley School District has an equity score of 73/100, ranking #40 out of 250 districts in Arkansas.