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Nashville, Arkansas - 4 schools
An equity score of 48/100 ranks Nashville School District #136 of 250 districts in Arkansas (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $10,730 per pupil, Nashville School District ranks #195 of 255 Arkansas districts by per-pupil spending (Arkansas districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
1,931
Total Enrollment
4
Schools
$10,730
Per-Pupil Spending
Elementary, High
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Nashville School District operates 4 public schools serving 1,931 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Arkansas. The school portfolio breaks down into 2 elementary, 1 high, 1 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 Howard County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $10,730 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 22.8% local, 52.8% state, and 24.5% 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 48/100, ranked #136 of 250 in Arkansas against a state average of 50, in line with the typical spread seen across the state for how evenly funding reaches its schools.
Academic infrastructure includes 1 of 4 schools offering Advanced Placement (4 AP courses district-wide), a 375.4:1 student-counselor ratio, well above the ASCA benchmark though still under the roughly 408:1 national average, and 5.7% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 51.5% White, 25.7% Hispanic or Latino, 20.8% African American across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Nashville Junior High School, with a diversity index of 62.7/100.
Its largest campus is Nashville Primary School, enrolling 569 students (32% of the district's total enrollment).
Nashville Primary School accounts for 29.5% of all Nashville School District student enrollment
That dominant concentration means Nashville School District-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the dominant entity. Grade band: elementary. 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.
Nashville School District has higher-than-average Title I eligibility — 56.4% 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.
Nashville School District student-counselor ratio is 375:1 — 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.
Nashville School District chronic absenteeism rate is 5.7% — 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.
How many schools are in Nashville School District?
Nashville School District has 4 schools, including 2 elementary, 1 high, 1 combined. Total enrollment is 1,931 students.
How much does Nashville School District spend per student?
Nashville School District spends $10,730 per student. The district has an equity score of 48/100, ranking #136 in Arkansas.
What is the demographic composition of Nashville School District?
Nashville School District students are 51.5% White, 25.7% Hispanic or Latino, 20.8% African American, 0.5% Asian, averaged across 4 schools. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.
What is the equity score for Nashville School District?
Nashville School District has an equity score of 48/100, ranking #136 out of 250 districts in Arkansas.