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Imboden, Arkansas - 2 schools
An equity score of 41/100 ranks Sloan-Hendrix School Dist. #172 of 250 districts in Arkansas (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $9,877 per pupil, Sloan-Hendrix School Dist. ranks #232 of 255 Arkansas districts by per-pupil spending (Arkansas districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
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District-Level NCES Analysis
Sloan-Hendrix School Dist. operates 2 public schools serving 805 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 Lawrence County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $9,877 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, among the bottom 26 of 255 Arkansas districts by per-pupil spending. See how Arkansas compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 22.5% local, 56.9% state, and 20.6% 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 41/100, ranked #172 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 (4 AP courses district-wide), a 427:1 student-counselor ratio, above both the ASCA benchmark and the roughly 408:1 national average, and 22.5% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 95.8% White, 2.3% Hispanic or Latino, 0.4% African American across the district's schools.
Its largest campus is Sloan-Hendrix Elem. School, enrolling 456 students (53% of the district's total enrollment).
Sloan-Hendrix Elem. School accounts for 53.4% of all Sloan-Hendrix School Dist. student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Sloan-Hendrix School Dist. a distant remainder — means Sloan-Hendrix School Dist.-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.
Sloan-Hendrix School Dist. has higher-than-average Title I eligibility — 51.0% 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). Areas above 75% eligibility receive concentration grants 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.
Sloan-Hendrix School Dist. student-counselor ratio is 427:1 — 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.
Sloan-Hendrix School Dist. chronic absenteeism rate is 22.5% — 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 Sloan-Hendrix School Dist. is typically wider than the Sloan-Hendrix School Dist.-aggregate figure suggests.
How many schools are in Sloan-Hendrix School Dist.?
Sloan-Hendrix School Dist. has 2 schools, including 2 combined. Total enrollment is 805 students.
How much does Sloan-Hendrix School Dist. spend per student?
Sloan-Hendrix School Dist. spends $9,877 per student. The district has an equity score of 41/100, ranking #172 in Arkansas.
What is the demographic composition of Sloan-Hendrix School Dist.?
Sloan-Hendrix School Dist. students are 95.8% White, 2.3% Hispanic or Latino, 0.4% African American, 0.3% Asian, averaged across 2 schools. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.
What is the equity score for Sloan-Hendrix School Dist.?
Sloan-Hendrix School Dist. has an equity score of 41/100, ranking #172 out of 250 districts in Arkansas.