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Bigelow, Arkansas - 2 schools
An equity score of 51/100 ranks East End School District #122 of 250 districts in Arkansas (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $11,584 per pupil, East End School District ranks #142 of 255 Arkansas districts by per-pupil spending (Arkansas districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
667
Total Enrollment
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$11,584
Per-Pupil Spending
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District-Level NCES Analysis
East End School District operates 2 public schools serving 667 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 Perry County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $11,584 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, in the lower half of 255 Arkansas districts by per-pupil spending. See how Arkansas compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 22.5% local, 48.1% state, and 29.4% 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 51/100, ranked #122 of 250 in Arkansas against a state average of 50, in line with the typical spread seen across 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 337:1 student-counselor ratio, well above the ASCA benchmark though still under the roughly 408:1 national average, and 12.0% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 84.8% White, 6.8% Hispanic or Latino, 2.3% African American across the district's schools.
Its largest campus is Anne Watson Elementary School, enrolling 357 students (53% of the district's total enrollment).
Anne Watson Elementary School accounts for 53.0% of all East End School District student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of East End School District a distant remainder — means East End School District-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.
East End School District student-counselor ratio is 337:1 — 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 East End School District is typically wider than the East End School District-aggregate figure suggests.
East End School District chronic absenteeism rate is 12.0% — low (typically associated with lower-than-average attendance disruption; districts in this range often have attendance interventions, robust transportation, or smaller catchments that reduce barriers)
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 Lower values often correlate with smaller scale and population characteristics rather than higher resource budgets per se.
East End School District has 2 schools, including 2 combined. Total enrollment is 667 students.
How much does East End School District spend per student?
East End School District spends $11,584 per student. The district has an equity score of 51/100, ranking #122 in Arkansas.
What is the demographic composition of East End School District?
East End School District students are 84.8% White, 6.8% Hispanic or Latino, 2.3% African American, 0.1% Asian, averaged across 2 schools. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.
What is the equity score for East End School District?
East End School District has an equity score of 51/100, ranking #122 out of 250 districts in Arkansas.