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Piggott, Arkansas - 2 schools
An equity score of 42/100 ranks Piggott School District #166 of 250 districts in Arkansas (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $10,904 per pupil, Piggott School District ranks #187 of 255 Arkansas districts by per-pupil spending (Arkansas districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
849
Total Enrollment
2
Schools
$10,904
Per-Pupil Spending
Combined
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Piggott School District operates 2 public schools serving 849 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 Clay County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $10,904 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 29.2% local, 50.8% state, and 20.0% 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 42/100, ranked #166 of 250 in Arkansas against a state average of 50, notably less 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 (3 AP courses district-wide), a 352:1 student-counselor ratio, well above the ASCA benchmark though still under the roughly 408:1 national average, and 16.6% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 94.8% White, 1.9% Hispanic or Latino, 0.5% African American across the district's schools.
Its largest campus is Piggott Elementary School, enrolling 484 students (59% of the district's total enrollment).
Piggott Elementary School accounts for 57.0% of all Piggott School District student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Piggott School District a distant remainder — means Piggott 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.
Piggott School District student-counselor ratio is 352:1 — 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.
Piggott School District chronic absenteeism rate is 16.6% — 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 Piggott School District is typically wider than the Piggott School District-aggregate figure suggests.
Piggott School District has 2 schools, including 2 combined. Total enrollment is 849 students.
How much does Piggott School District spend per student?
Piggott School District spends $10,904 per student. The district has an equity score of 42/100, ranking #166 in Arkansas.
What is the demographic composition of Piggott School District?
Piggott School District students are 94.8% White, 1.9% Hispanic or Latino, 0.5% African American, 0.1% Asian, averaged across 2 schools. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.
What is the equity score for Piggott School District?
Piggott School District has an equity score of 42/100, ranking #166 out of 250 districts in Arkansas.