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Mountain View, Arkansas - 7 schools
An equity score of 71/100 ranks Mountain View School District #39 of 250 districts in Arkansas (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $12,063 per pupil, Mountain View School District ranks #107 of 255 Arkansas districts by per-pupil spending (Arkansas districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
1,613
Total Enrollment
7
Schools
$12,063
Per-Pupil Spending
Combined, Elementary
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Mountain View School District operates 7 public schools serving 1,613 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Arkansas. The school portfolio breaks down into 4 combined, 2 elementary, 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 Stone County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $12,063 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, 50.9% state, and 23.5% 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 71/100, ranked #39 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 7 schools offering Advanced Placement (7 AP courses district-wide), a 357.9:1 student-counselor ratio, well above the ASCA benchmark though still under the roughly 408:1 national average, and 18.3% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 94.7% White, 2.9% Hispanic or Latino, 0.4% Asian across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Timbo High School, with a diversity index of 13.4/100.
Its largest campus is Mountain View Elem. School, enrolling 497 students (32% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Rural Special High School, at 91 students, a 5x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Mountain View Elem. School accounts for 30.8% of all Mountain View School District student enrollment
That dominant concentration means Mountain View 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.
Mountain View School District school enrollment varies 5.5× across entities
Mountain View School District school enrollment ranges from 91 students (lowest) to 497 students (highest), a spread of 406 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.
Mountain View School District has higher-than-average Title I eligibility — 98.1% 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.
Mountain View School District student-counselor ratio is 358:1 — 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.
Mountain View School District chronic absenteeism rate is 18.3% — 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 Mountain View School District is typically wider than the Mountain View School District-aggregate figure suggests.
Comparisons are relative to Mountain View 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 Mountain View School District?
Mountain View School District has 7 schools, including 4 combined, 1 high, 2 elementary. Total enrollment is 1,613 students.
How much does Mountain View School District spend per student?
Mountain View School District spends $12,063 per student. The district has an equity score of 71/100, ranking #39 in Arkansas.
What is the demographic composition of Mountain View School District?
Mountain View School District students are 94.7% White, 2.9% Hispanic or Latino, 0.4% Asian, 0.3% African American, averaged across 7 schools. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.
What is the equity score for Mountain View School District?
Mountain View School District has an equity score of 71/100, ranking #39 out of 250 districts in Arkansas.