An equity score of 41/100 ranks Founders Classical Academies of Arkansas #170 of 250 districts in Arkansas (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $10,122 per pupil, Founders Classical Academies of Arkansas ranks #237 of 255 Arkansas districts by per-pupil spending (Arkansas districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
1,551
Total Enrollment
7
Schools
$10,122
Per-Pupil Spending
Elementary, Combined
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Founders Classical Academies of Arkansas operates 7 public schools serving 1,551 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Arkansas. The school portfolio breaks down into 4 elementary, 3 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 Benton County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $10,122 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, among the bottom 26 of 255 Arkansas districts by per-pupil spending. See how Arkansas compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 6.8% local, 84.4% state, and 8.9% 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 41/100, ranked #170 of 250 in Arkansas against a state average of 50, notably less even than the typical district in the state for how evenly funding reaches its schools.
Academic infrastructure includes 2 of 7 schools offering Advanced Placement (10 AP courses district-wide), a 108:1 student-counselor ratio, that meets the ASCA-recommended benchmark, and 50.0% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 45.9% White, 22.5% African American, 14.7% Asian across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Founders Classical Academies of Arkansas West Little Rock El, with a diversity index of 70.0/100.
Northwest Arkansas Classical Academy accounts for 47.6% of all Founders Classical Academies of Arkansas student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Founders Classical Academies of Arkansas a distant remainder — means Founders Classical Academies of Arkansas-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade band: elementary. The share measures enrollment concentration only; it does not establish how the district allocates programs, capital, or staff. Enrollment-weighted aggregates give this entity more weight than any smaller peer, while an unweighted entity average treats every record equally.
Founders Classical Academies of Arkansas school enrollment varies 197× across entities
Founders Classical Academies of Arkansas school enrollment ranges from 4 students (lowest) to 787 students (highest), a spread of 783 students. That ratio is an extreme outlier spread — among the widest gaps observed anywhere in this dataset. Per-school staffing ratios, programme availability, and capital-renovation cycles often diverge inside the same district based on enrollment shape.
Founders Classical Academies of Arkansas student-counselor ratio is 108:1 — well below typical (typically associated with unusually small scale or exceptionally high per-unit investment)
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 Values this far below typical often correlate with unusually small scale or population characteristics rather than higher resource budgets per se — worth checking whether the underlying denominator is itself an outlier.
Founders Classical Academies of Arkansas chronic absenteeism rate is 50.0% — 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.
Comparisons are relative to Founders Classical Academies of Arkansas's own figures; each column derives from NCES Common Core of Data and the F-33 Finance Survey.
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