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Little Rock, Arkansas - 1 schools
An equity score of 49/100 ranks Graduate Arkansas School #133 of 250 districts in Arkansas (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $10,957 per pupil, Graduate Arkansas School ranks #184 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 $10,957 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 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 49/100, ranked #133 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.
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 dominant entity. Grade band: high. 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.
Graduate Arkansas School has higher-than-average Title I eligibility — 98.7% 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). Eligibility here is a supermajority of the population — well past the 75% concentration-grant threshold that unlocks extra funding 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.
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 $10,957 per student. The district has an equity score of 49/100, ranking #133 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 49/100, ranking #133 out of 250 districts in Arkansas.