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Marked Tree, Arkansas - 2 schools
An equity score of 62/100 ranks Marked Tree School District #79 of 250 districts in Arkansas (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $12,421 per pupil, Marked Tree School District ranks #89 of 255 Arkansas districts by per-pupil spending (Arkansas districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
530
Total Enrollment
2
Schools
$12,421
Per-Pupil Spending
Combined
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Marked Tree School District operates 2 public schools serving 530 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 Poinsett County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $12,421 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 24.9% local, 44.7% state, and 30.4% 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 62/100, ranked #79 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 382.5:1 student-counselor ratio, well above the ASCA benchmark though still under the roughly 408:1 national average, and 48.5% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 53.0% White, 35.6% African American, 6.8% Hispanic or Latino across the district's schools.
Its largest campus is Marked Tree Elementary School, enrolling 309 students (58% of the district's total enrollment).
Marked Tree Elementary School accounts for 57.5% of all Marked Tree School District student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Marked Tree School District a distant remainder — means Marked Tree 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.
Marked Tree School District has higher-than-average Title I eligibility — 55.5% 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). Areas above 75% eligibility receive concentration grants 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.
Marked Tree School District student-counselor ratio is 383:1 — 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.
Marked Tree School District chronic absenteeism rate is 48.5% — 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.
How many schools are in Marked Tree School District?
Marked Tree School District has 2 schools, including 2 combined. Total enrollment is 530 students.
How much does Marked Tree School District spend per student?
Marked Tree School District spends $12,421 per student. The district has an equity score of 62/100, ranking #79 in Arkansas.
What is the demographic composition of Marked Tree School District?
Marked Tree School District students are 53.0% White, 35.6% African American, 6.8% Hispanic or Latino, 0.3% Asian, averaged across 2 schools. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.
What is the equity score for Marked Tree School District?
Marked Tree School District has an equity score of 62/100, ranking #79 out of 250 districts in Arkansas.