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Rogers, Arkansas - 23 schools
An equity score of 21/100 ranks Rogers School District #232 of 250 districts in Arkansas (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $10,977 per pupil, Rogers School District ranks #183 of 255 Arkansas districts by per-pupil spending (Arkansas districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
15,964
Total Enrollment
23
Schools
$10,977
Per-Pupil Spending
Combined, Middle
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Rogers School District operates 23 public schools serving 15,964 students, placing it in the mid-size range in Arkansas. The school portfolio breaks down into 16 combined, 4 middle, 3 high schools, giving families a clear picture of grade-band coverage before they move, rent, or enrol. These enrollment and school figures come from the NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 release, and the district is based in Benton County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $10,977 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 48.5% local, 36.7% state, and 14.9% 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 21/100, ranked #232 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 3 of 23 schools offering Advanced Placement (65 AP courses district-wide), a 392.6:1 student-counselor ratio, well above the ASCA benchmark though still under the roughly 408:1 national average, and 19.7% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 50.2% Hispanic or Latino, 40.0% White, 1.3% Asian across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Reagan Elementary School, with a diversity index of 61.7/100.
Its largest campus is Rogers High School, enrolling 2,492 students (16% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Garfield Elementary School, at 106 students, a 24x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Rogers High School accounts for 15.6% of all Rogers School District student enrollment
That concentration means Rogers School District-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the dominant entity. Grade band: high. 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.
Rogers School District school enrollment varies 24× across entities
Rogers School District school enrollment ranges from 106 students (lowest) to 2,492 students (highest), a spread of 2,386 students. That spread is wider than typical and predicts noticeable gaps in service quality between the highest and lowest areas. Per-school staffing ratios, programme availability, and capital-renovation cycles often diverge inside the same district based on enrollment shape.
Rogers School District student-counselor ratio is 393:1 — 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.
Rogers School District chronic absenteeism rate is 19.7% — 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 Rogers School District is typically wider than the Rogers School District-aggregate figure suggests.
Rogers School District has 23 schools, including 3 high, 4 middle, 16 combined. Total enrollment is 15,964 students.
How much does Rogers School District spend per student?
Rogers School District spends $10,977 per student. The district has an equity score of 21/100, ranking #232 in Arkansas.
What is the demographic composition of Rogers School District?
Rogers School District students are 50.2% Hispanic or Latino, 40.0% White, 1.3% Asian, 1.2% African American, averaged across 23 schools. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.
What is the equity score for Rogers School District?
Rogers School District has an equity score of 21/100, ranking #232 out of 250 districts in Arkansas.