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North Little Rock, Arkansas - 1 schools
At $18,127 per pupil, Westwind School for Performing Arts ranks #7 of 255 Arkansas districts by per-pupil spending (Arkansas districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
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District-Level NCES Analysis
Westwind School for Performing Arts operates 1 public schools serving 83 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Arkansas. The school portfolio breaks down into 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 Pulaski County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $18,127 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, among the top 26 of 255 Arkansas districts by per-pupil spending. See how Arkansas compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 16.3% local, 41.5% state, and 42.2% federal, a balanced mix across local, state, and federal sources, spreading budget risk across funding cycles rather than concentrating it in one.
and 18.6% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 60.5% African American, 26.7% White, 4.7% Hispanic or Latino across the district's schools.
Westwind School for Performing Arts School accounts for 100.0% of all Westwind School for Performing Arts student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Westwind School for Performing Arts a distant remainder — means Westwind School for Performing Arts-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the dominant entity. Grade band: middle. 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.
Westwind School for Performing Arts has higher-than-average Title I eligibility — 55.4% 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.
Westwind School for Performing Arts chronic absenteeism rate is 18.6% — 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 Westwind School for Performing Arts is typically wider than the Westwind School for Performing Arts-aggregate figure suggests.
Comparisons are relative to Westwind School for Performing Arts'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 Westwind School for Performing Arts?
Westwind School for Performing Arts has 1 school, including 1 middle. Total enrollment is 83 students.
How much does Westwind School for Performing Arts spend per student?
Westwind School for Performing Arts spends $18,127 per student.
What is the demographic composition of Westwind School for Performing Arts?
Westwind School for Performing Arts students are 60.5% African American, 26.7% White, 4.7% Hispanic or Latino, 1.2% Asian, averaged across 1 school. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.