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Rison, Arkansas - 2 schools
An equity score of 66/100 ranks Cleveland County School Dist. #66 of 250 districts in Arkansas (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $12,659 per pupil, Cleveland County School Dist. ranks #83 of 255 Arkansas districts by per-pupil spending (Arkansas districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
739
Total Enrollment
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$12,659
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District-Level NCES Analysis
Cleveland County School Dist. operates 2 public schools serving 739 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 Cleveland County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $12,659 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 23.0% local, 41.4% state, and 35.6% 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 66/100, ranked #66 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 370.5:1 student-counselor ratio, well above the ASCA benchmark though still under the roughly 408:1 national average, and 22.6% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 70.3% White, 21.3% African American, 3.1% Asian across the district's schools.
Its largest campus is Rison Elementary School, enrolling 427 students (58% of the district's total enrollment).
Rison Elementary School accounts for 57.6% of all Cleveland County School Dist. student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Cleveland County School Dist. a distant remainder — means Cleveland County School Dist.-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the dominant entity. Grade band: combined. 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.
Cleveland County School Dist. student-counselor ratio is 371:1 — high (typically associated with staffing constraints that limit per-student counselor time; CRDC data shows higher ratios cluster in larger urban systems)
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 Higher values may reflect larger urban scale or recent resource constraints that have widened the gap.
Cleveland County School Dist. chronic absenteeism rate is 22.6% — 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 Cleveland County School Dist. is typically wider than the Cleveland County School Dist.-aggregate figure suggests.
Comparisons are relative to Cleveland County School Dist.'s own figures; each column derives from NCES Common Core of Data and the F-33 Finance Survey.
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How many schools are in Cleveland County School Dist.?
Cleveland County School Dist. has 2 schools, including 2 combined. Total enrollment is 739 students.
How much does Cleveland County School Dist. spend per student?
Cleveland County School Dist. spends $12,659 per student. The district has an equity score of 66/100, ranking #66 in Arkansas.
What is the demographic composition of Cleveland County School Dist.?
Cleveland County School Dist. students are 70.3% White, 21.3% African American, 3.1% Asian, 2.0% Hispanic or Latino, averaged across 2 schools. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.
What is the equity score for Cleveland County School Dist.?
Cleveland County School Dist. has an equity score of 66/100, ranking #66 out of 250 districts in Arkansas.