An equity score of 66/100 ranks Palestine-Wheatley Sch. Dist. #69 of 250 districts in Arkansas (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $12,311 per pupil, Palestine-Wheatley Sch. Dist. ranks #133 of 255 Arkansas districts by per-pupil spending (Arkansas districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
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District-Level NCES Analysis
Palestine-Wheatley Sch. Dist. operates 2 public schools serving 775 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 St. Francis County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $12,311 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 19.9% local, 65.7% state, and 14.3% 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 66/100, ranked #69 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 318.5:1 student-counselor ratio, somewhat above the 250:1 ASCA recommendation, and 26.9% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 84.7% White, 10.3% African American, 2.9% Hispanic or Latino across the district's schools.
Its largest campus is Palestine-Wheatley Elem. Sch., enrolling 448 students (54% of the district's total enrollment).
Palestine-Wheatley Elem. Sch. accounts for 54.2% of all Palestine-Wheatley Sch. Dist. student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Palestine-Wheatley Sch. Dist. a distant remainder — means Palestine-Wheatley Sch. Dist.-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade band: combined. The share measures enrollment concentration only; it does not establish how the district allocates programs, capital, or staff. Because it contains a majority of the affected population, enrollment-weighted aggregates will sit closer to this entity's reported fields than to those of smaller peers; an unweighted entity count answers a different question.
The reported share is above 87.5%, so economic need is widespread across the measured student population. Title I operates under the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA, 2015), but its statutory allocation uses additional LEA-level counts and rules not represented by this average. This percentage is an economic-need context measure; it does not establish a Title I award, show dollars received, or describe how funds are distributed among campuses.
Palestine-Wheatley Sch. Dist. student-counselor ratio is 319:1 — near the typical range (US average ~408) — within the typical range for U.S. public districts
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 Variation between sub-units within Palestine-Wheatley Sch. Dist. is typically wider than the Palestine-Wheatley Sch. Dist.-aggregate figure suggests.
Palestine-Wheatley Sch. Dist. chronic absenteeism rate is 26.9% — 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 Palestine-Wheatley Sch. Dist. is typically wider than the Palestine-Wheatley Sch. Dist.-aggregate figure suggests.
Comparisons are relative to Palestine-Wheatley Sch. Dist.'s own figures; each column derives from NCES Common Core of Data and the F-33 Finance Survey.
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