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Camden, Arkansas - 5 schools
An equity score of 72/100 ranks Camden Fairview School Dist. #35 of 250 districts in Arkansas (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $13,642 per pupil, Camden Fairview School Dist. ranks #51 of 255 Arkansas districts by per-pupil spending (Arkansas districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
2,222
Total Enrollment
5
Schools
$13,642
Per-Pupil Spending
Elementary, High
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Camden Fairview School Dist. operates 5 public schools serving 2,222 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Arkansas. The school portfolio breaks down into 2 elementary, 1 high, 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 Ouachita County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $13,642 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 23.5% local, 52.9% state, and 23.6% 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 72/100, ranked #35 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 5 schools offering Advanced Placement (8 AP courses district-wide), a 336.4:1 student-counselor ratio, well above the ASCA benchmark though still under the roughly 408:1 national average, and 34.9% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 67.0% African American, 23.9% White, 3.0% Hispanic or Latino across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Fairview Elementary School, with a diversity index of 50.2/100.
Camden Fairview High School accounts for 29.3% of all Camden Fairview School Dist. student enrollment
That dominant concentration means Camden Fairview School Dist.-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.
Camden Fairview School Dist. school enrollment varies 5.8× across entities
Camden Fairview School Dist. school enrollment ranges from 113 students (lowest) to 652 students (highest), a spread of 539 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.
Camden Fairview School Dist. has higher-than-average Title I eligibility — 88.5% 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.
Camden Fairview School Dist. student-counselor ratio is 336:1 — near the typical range (US average ~408) — within the typical range for U.S. public districts
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 Variation between sub-units within Camden Fairview School Dist. is typically wider than the Camden Fairview School Dist.-aggregate figure suggests.
Camden Fairview School Dist. chronic absenteeism rate is 34.9% — high (typically associated with higher-than-average disruption; recent CRDC data showed elevated rates persisting after pandemic-era schooling changes)
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 Higher values may reflect larger urban scale or recent resource constraints that have widened the gap.