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Kirby, Arkansas - 2 schools
An equity score of 65/100 ranks Kirby School District #71 of 250 districts in Arkansas (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $11,236 per pupil, Kirby School District ranks #168 of 255 Arkansas districts by per-pupil spending (Arkansas districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
448
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$11,236
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District-Level NCES Analysis
Kirby School District operates 2 public schools serving 448 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 Pike County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $11,236 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 25.4% local, 50.2% state, and 24.4% 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 65/100, ranked #71 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.
a 392:1 student-counselor ratio, well above the ASCA benchmark though still under the roughly 408:1 national average, and 3.2% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 86.8% White, 10.5% Hispanic or Latino, 0.6% African American across the district's schools.
Its largest campus is Kirby Elementary School, enrolling 216 students (55% of the district's total enrollment).
Kirby Elementary School accounts for 48.2% of all Kirby School District student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Kirby School District a distant remainder — means Kirby School District-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the dominant entity. Grade band: combined. 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.
Kirby School District has higher-than-average Title I eligibility — 100.0% 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.
Kirby School District student-counselor ratio is 392:1 — 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.
Kirby School District chronic absenteeism rate is 3.2% — well below typical (typically associated with unusually small scale or exceptionally high per-unit investment)
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 below typical often correlate with unusually small scale or population characteristics rather than higher resource budgets per se — worth checking whether the underlying denominator is itself an outlier.
Kirby School District has 2 schools, including 2 combined. Total enrollment is 448 students.
How much does Kirby School District spend per student?
Kirby School District spends $11,236 per student. The district has an equity score of 65/100, ranking #71 in Arkansas.
What is the demographic composition of Kirby School District?
Kirby School District students are 86.8% White, 10.5% Hispanic or Latino, 0.6% African American, averaged across 2 schools. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.
What is the equity score for Kirby School District?
Kirby School District has an equity score of 65/100, ranking #71 out of 250 districts in Arkansas.