An equity score of 75/100 ranks Hector School District #33 of 250 districts in Arkansas (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $13,144 per pupil, Hector School District ranks #94 of 255 Arkansas districts by per-pupil spending (Arkansas districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
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Total Enrollment
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District-Level NCES Analysis
Hector School District operates 2 public schools serving 626 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 Pope County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $13,144 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, in the upper half of 255 Arkansas districts by per-pupil spending. See how Arkansas compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 25.6% local, 55.0% state, and 19.4% 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 75/100, ranked #33 of 250 in Arkansas against a state average of 50, notably more even than the typical district in 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 236:1 student-counselor ratio, that meets the ASCA-recommended benchmark, and 53.3% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 96.8% White, 2.1% Hispanic or Latino, 0.4% African American across the district's schools.
Its largest campus is Hector Elementary School, enrolling 245 students (52% of the district's total enrollment).
Enrollment across the district's NCES-reporting campuses grew 9.3% between 2022-23 and 2023-24 (626 to 684 students), while the student-teacher ratio widened by 0.9 students per teacher, per the NCES Common Core of Data annual universe files.
Of the district's $9,228,000 in reported FY2023 expenditures, 48.6% went to instruction, 34% to support services, and 8.1% to capital outlay, a fairly typical instruction/support/capital split for a public school district. Figures come from the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey's function-level breakdown, not the aggregate per-pupil figure above.
Hector Elementary School accounts for 39.1% of all Hector School District student enrollment
That dominant concentration means Hector School District-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade band: combined. 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.
Hector School District reports 100.0% 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.
Hector School District student-counselor ratio is 236:1 — low (typically associated with meeting or exceeding the American School Counselor Association (ASCA) recommended 250:1 benchmark, which correlates with stronger college and career counseling capacity)
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 Lower values often correlate with smaller scale and population characteristics rather than higher resource budgets per se.
Hector School District chronic absenteeism rate is 53.3% — 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.
Hector School District has 2 schools, including 2 combined. Total enrollment is 626 students.
How much does Hector School District spend per student?
Hector School District spends $13,144 per student. The district has an equity score of 75/100, ranking #33 in Arkansas.
What is the demographic composition of Hector School District?
Hector School District students are 96.8% White, 2.1% Hispanic or Latino, 0.4% African American, averaged across 2 schools. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.
What is the equity score for Hector School District?
Hector School District has an equity score of 75/100, ranking #33 out of 250 districts in Arkansas.