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Yellville, Arkansas - 3 schools
An equity score of 52/100 ranks Yellville-Summit School Dist. #114 of 250 districts in Arkansas (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $10,674 per pupil, Yellville-Summit School Dist. ranks #199 of 255 Arkansas districts by per-pupil spending (Arkansas districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
1,000
Total Enrollment
3
Schools
$10,674
Per-Pupil Spending
Combined, High
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Yellville-Summit School Dist. operates 3 public schools serving 1,000 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Arkansas. The school portfolio breaks down into 1 combined, 1 high, 1 elementary 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 Marion County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $10,674 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 22.1% local, 46.0% state, and 31.9% 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 52/100, ranked #114 of 250 in Arkansas against a state average of 50, in line with the typical spread seen across the state for how evenly funding reaches its schools.
Academic infrastructure includes 1 of 3 schools offering Advanced Placement (6 AP courses district-wide), a 166.4:1 student-counselor ratio, that meets the ASCA-recommended benchmark, and 21.3% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 95.2% White, 1.1% Hispanic or Latino, 0.6% African American across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Yellville-Summit High School, with a diversity index of 10.4/100.
Its largest campus is Yellville-Summit Elem. School, enrolling 442 students (42% of the district's total enrollment).
Yellville-Summit Elem. School accounts for 42.5% of all Yellville-Summit School Dist. student enrollment
That dominant concentration means Yellville-Summit 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.
Yellville-Summit School Dist. has higher-than-average Title I eligibility — 97.7% 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.
Yellville-Summit School Dist. student-counselor ratio is 166:1 — low (typically associated with meeting or exceeding the American School Counselor Association (ASCA) recommended 250:1 benchmark, which correlates with stronger college and career counseling capacity)
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 Lower values often correlate with smaller scale and population characteristics rather than higher resource budgets per se.
Yellville-Summit School Dist. chronic absenteeism rate is 21.3% — 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 Yellville-Summit School Dist. is typically wider than the Yellville-Summit School Dist.-aggregate figure suggests.
Comparisons are relative to Yellville-Summit School Dist.'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 Yellville-Summit School Dist.?
Yellville-Summit School Dist. has 3 schools, including 1 combined, 1 high, 1 elementary. Total enrollment is 1,000 students.
How much does Yellville-Summit School Dist. spend per student?
Yellville-Summit School Dist. spends $10,674 per student. The district has an equity score of 52/100, ranking #114 in Arkansas.
What is the demographic composition of Yellville-Summit School Dist.?
Yellville-Summit School Dist. students are 95.2% White, 1.1% Hispanic or Latino, 0.6% African American, 0.2% Asian, averaged across 3 schools. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.
What is the equity score for Yellville-Summit School Dist.?
Yellville-Summit School Dist. has an equity score of 52/100, ranking #114 out of 250 districts in Arkansas.