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Jacksonville, Arkansas - 7 schools
An equity score of 42/100 ranks Jacksonville North Pulaski School District #165 of 250 districts in Arkansas (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $11,447 per pupil, Jacksonville North Pulaski School District ranks #148 of 255 Arkansas districts by per-pupil spending (Arkansas districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
4,517
Total Enrollment
7
Schools
$11,447
Per-Pupil Spending
Elementary, Combined
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Jacksonville North Pulaski School District operates 7 public schools serving 4,517 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Arkansas. The school portfolio breaks down into 3 elementary, 2 combined, 1 high, 1 middle 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 $11,447 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 32.5% local, 46.2% state, and 21.3% federal, a balanced mix across local, state, and federal sources, spreading budget risk across funding cycles rather than concentrating it in one. The district's equity score is 42/100, ranked #165 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 1 of 7 schools offering Advanced Placement (6 AP courses district-wide), a 458.3:1 student-counselor ratio, above both the ASCA benchmark and the roughly 408:1 national average, and 26.3% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 53.4% African American, 28.0% White, 9.3% Hispanic or Latino across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Bobby G Lester Elementary School, with a diversity index of 66.5/100.
Its largest campus is Jacksonville High School, enrolling 1,208 students (28% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Adkins Pre-K Center, at 228 students, a 5x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Jacksonville High School accounts for 26.7% of all Jacksonville North Pulaski School District student enrollment
That concentration means Jacksonville North Pulaski School District-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.
Jacksonville North Pulaski School District school enrollment varies 5.3× across entities
Jacksonville North Pulaski School District school enrollment ranges from 228 students (lowest) to 1,208 students (highest), a spread of 980 students. That relatively narrow ratio reflects an unusually homogeneous campus portfolio, most districts have a wider mix of school sizes. Per-school staffing ratios, programme availability, and capital-renovation cycles often diverge inside the same district based on enrollment shape.
Jacksonville North Pulaski School District has higher-than-average Title I eligibility — 99.7% 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.
Jacksonville North Pulaski School District student-counselor ratio is 458:1 — high (typically associated with staffing constraints that limit per-student counselor time; CRDC data shows higher ratios cluster in larger urban systems)
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 Higher values may reflect larger urban scale or recent resource constraints that have widened the gap.
Jacksonville North Pulaski School District chronic absenteeism rate is 26.3% — near the typical range (US average ~28) — aligned with the national post-pandemic baseline of roughly 28% chronic absenteeism
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 Variation between sub-units within Jacksonville North Pulaski School District is typically wider than the Jacksonville North Pulaski School District-aggregate figure suggests.
Comparisons are relative to Jacksonville North Pulaski School District's own figures; each column derives from NCES Common Core of Data and the F-33 Finance Survey.
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How many schools are in Jacksonville North Pulaski School District?
Jacksonville North Pulaski School District has 7 schools, including 1 high, 1 middle, 3 elementary, 2 combined. Total enrollment is 4,517 students.
How much does Jacksonville North Pulaski School District spend per student?
Jacksonville North Pulaski School District spends $11,447 per student. The district has an equity score of 42/100, ranking #165 in Arkansas.
What is the demographic composition of Jacksonville North Pulaski School District?
Jacksonville North Pulaski School District students are 53.4% African American, 28.0% White, 9.3% Hispanic or Latino, 0.6% Asian, averaged across 7 schools. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.
What is the equity score for Jacksonville North Pulaski School District?
Jacksonville North Pulaski School District has an equity score of 42/100, ranking #165 out of 250 districts in Arkansas.