Every figure on PlainSchools is rendered directly from the source NCES, CRDC and F-33 federal
records, no number is typed in by an editor. District totals are aggregated directly from the schools reporting under this district in the source records. See our
editorial standards & corrections policy, the
methodology behind these numbers, or
report a data error. Data current as of June 2026.
Gosnell, Arkansas - 2 schools
An equity score of 51/100 ranks Gosnell School District #120 of 250 districts in Arkansas (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $11,154 per pupil, Gosnell School District ranks #173 of 255 Arkansas districts by per-pupil spending (Arkansas districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
1,173
Total Enrollment
2
Schools
$11,154
Per-Pupil Spending
Elementary, Combined
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Gosnell School District operates 2 public schools serving 1,173 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Arkansas. The school portfolio breaks down into 1 elementary, 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 Mississippi County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $11,154 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 15.4% local, 59.6% state, and 25.0% 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 51/100, ranked #120 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 (5 AP courses district-wide), a 870.8:1 student-counselor ratio, above both the ASCA benchmark and the roughly 408:1 national average, and 30.1% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 54.5% White, 30.4% African American, 7.8% Hispanic or Latino across the district's schools.
Its largest campus is Gosnell Elementary School, enrolling 648 students (53% of the district's total enrollment).
Gosnell Elementary School accounts for 53.3% of all Gosnell School District student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Gosnell School District a distant remainder — means Gosnell School District-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the dominant entity. Grade band: elementary. 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.
Gosnell School District has higher-than-average Title I eligibility — 56.1% 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). Areas above 75% eligibility receive concentration grants 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.
Gosnell School District student-counselor ratio is 871:1 — well above typical (typically associated with unusually large scale or acute resource constraints)
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 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.
Gosnell School District chronic absenteeism rate is 30.1% — 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.
Gosnell School District has 2 schools, including 1 elementary, 1 combined. Total enrollment is 1,173 students.
How much does Gosnell School District spend per student?
Gosnell School District spends $11,154 per student. The district has an equity score of 51/100, ranking #120 in Arkansas.
What is the demographic composition of Gosnell School District?
Gosnell School District students are 54.5% White, 30.4% African American, 7.8% Hispanic or Latino, 0.4% Asian, averaged across 2 schools. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.
What is the equity score for Gosnell School District?
Gosnell School District has an equity score of 51/100, ranking #120 out of 250 districts in Arkansas.