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Wilson, Arkansas - 3 schools
An equity score of 61/100 ranks Rivercrest School District #57 #82 of 250 districts in Arkansas (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $13,239 per pupil, Rivercrest School District #57 ranks #61 of 255 Arkansas districts by per-pupil spending (Arkansas districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
1,116
Total Enrollment
3
Schools
$13,239
Per-Pupil Spending
Combined, High
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Rivercrest School District #57 operates 3 public schools serving 1,116 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Arkansas. The school portfolio breaks down into 1 combined, 1 high, 1 middle 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 Mississippi County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $13,239 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 35.9% local, 44.2% state, and 19.9% 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 61/100, ranked #82 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 3 schools offering Advanced Placement (9 AP courses district-wide), a 406.8:1 student-counselor ratio, well above the ASCA benchmark though still under the roughly 408:1 national average, and 16.4% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 57.7% White, 26.0% African American, 11.7% Hispanic or Latino across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Rivercrest Elementary School, with a diversity index of 59.3/100.
Its largest campus is Rivercrest Elementary School, enrolling 675 students (56% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Rivercrest Junior High, at 179 students, a 4x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Rivercrest Elementary School accounts for 56.0% of all Rivercrest School District #57 student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Rivercrest School District #57 a distant remainder — means Rivercrest School District #57-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.
Rivercrest School District #57 school enrollment varies 3.8× across entities
Rivercrest School District #57 school enrollment ranges from 179 students (lowest) to 675 students (highest), a spread of 496 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.
Rivercrest School District #57 has higher-than-average Title I eligibility — 100.0% 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.
Rivercrest School District #57 student-counselor ratio is 407:1 — 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.
Rivercrest School District #57 chronic absenteeism rate is 16.4% — 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 Rivercrest School District #57 is typically wider than the Rivercrest School District #57-aggregate figure suggests.
Comparisons are relative to Rivercrest School District #57'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 Rivercrest School District #57?
Rivercrest School District #57 has 3 schools, including 1 combined, 1 high, 1 middle. Total enrollment is 1,116 students.
How much does Rivercrest School District #57 spend per student?
Rivercrest School District #57 spends $13,239 per student. The district has an equity score of 61/100, ranking #82 in Arkansas.
What is the demographic composition of Rivercrest School District #57?
Rivercrest School District #57 students are 57.7% White, 26.0% African American, 11.7% Hispanic or Latino, 0.5% Asian, averaged across 3 schools. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.
What is the equity score for Rivercrest School District #57?
Rivercrest School District #57 has an equity score of 61/100, ranking #82 out of 250 districts in Arkansas.