An equity score of 25/100 ranks Graduate Arkansas School #224 of 250 districts in Arkansas (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $4,785 per pupil, Graduate Arkansas School ranks #255 of 255 Arkansas districts by per-pupil spending (Arkansas districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
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District-Level NCES Analysis
Graduate Arkansas School operates 1 public schools serving 381 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Arkansas. The school portfolio breaks down into 1 high 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 Pulaski County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $4,785 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 0.3% local, 84.8% state, and 14.9% 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 25/100, ranked #224 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.
a 557:1 student-counselor ratio, above both the ASCA benchmark and the roughly 408:1 national average, and 41.8% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 45.1% African American, 36.4% White, 11.3% Hispanic or Latino across the district's schools.
Its largest campus is Siatech High Charter, enrolling 557 students (100% of the district's total enrollment).
Siatech High Charter accounts for 100.0% of all Graduate Arkansas School student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Graduate Arkansas School a distant remainder — means Graduate Arkansas School-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade band: high. The share measures enrollment concentration only; it does not establish how the district allocates programs, capital, or staff. Because it contains a majority of the affected population, enrollment-weighted aggregates will sit closer to this entity's reported fields than to those of smaller peers; an unweighted entity count answers a different question.
Graduate Arkansas School reports 98.7% free-lunch eligibility
The reported share is above 87.5%, so economic need is widespread across the measured student population. Title I operates under the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA, 2015), but its statutory allocation uses additional LEA-level counts and rules not represented by this average. This percentage is an economic-need context measure; it does not establish a Title I award, show dollars received, or describe how funds are distributed among campuses.
Graduate Arkansas School student-counselor ratio is 557:1 — 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.
Graduate Arkansas School chronic absenteeism rate is 41.8% — 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.
Graduate Arkansas School has 1 school, including 1 high. Total enrollment is 381 students.
How much does Graduate Arkansas School spend per student?
Graduate Arkansas School spends $4,785 per student. The district has an equity score of 25/100, ranking #224 in Arkansas.
What is the demographic composition of Graduate Arkansas School?
Graduate Arkansas School students are 45.1% African American, 36.4% White, 11.3% Hispanic or Latino, averaged across 1 school. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.
What is the equity score for Graduate Arkansas School?
Graduate Arkansas School has an equity score of 25/100, ranking #224 out of 250 districts in Arkansas.