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Norfork, Arkansas - 2 schools
An equity score of 43/100 ranks Norfork School District #164 of 250 districts in Arkansas (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $11,841 per pupil, Norfork School District ranks #126 of 255 Arkansas districts by per-pupil spending (Arkansas districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
470
Total Enrollment
2
Schools
$11,841
Per-Pupil Spending
Combined
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Norfork School District operates 2 public schools serving 470 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 Baxter County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $11,841 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 46.1% local, 39.7% state, and 14.2% 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 43/100, ranked #164 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 2 schools offering Advanced Placement (7 AP courses district-wide), a 371:1 student-counselor ratio, well above the ASCA benchmark though still under the roughly 408:1 national average, and 8.3% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 97.3% White, 0.5% Hispanic or Latino, 0.2% African American across the district's schools.
Arrie Goforth Elementary School accounts for 58.1% of all Norfork School District student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Norfork School District a distant remainder — means Norfork 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.
Norfork School District student-counselor ratio is 371:1 — 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.
Norfork School District chronic absenteeism rate is 8.3% — 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.
Norfork School District has 2 schools, including 2 combined. Total enrollment is 470 students.
How much does Norfork School District spend per student?
Norfork School District spends $11,841 per student. The district has an equity score of 43/100, ranking #164 in Arkansas.
What is the demographic composition of Norfork School District?
Norfork School District students are 97.3% White, 0.5% Hispanic or Latino, 0.2% African American, averaged across 2 schools. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.
What is the equity score for Norfork School District?
Norfork School District has an equity score of 43/100, ranking #164 out of 250 districts in Arkansas.