Arkansas: the counties with the highest-performing public schools

66 counties

Arkansas public school districts ranked by enrollment-weighted state-assessment proficiency across the county. Counties need at least 3 schools and 1,000 students to qualify.

#	County	State	Schools	Students	% Proficient
1	Benton County	AR	87	57,071	50.6%
2	Boone County	AR	17	5,818	46.7%
3	Sharp County	AR	6	2,738	44.1%
4	Faulkner County	AR	36	18,977	43.7%
5	Cleburne County	AR	10	3,434	43.5%
6	Lonoke County	AR	25	13,478	42.4%
7	Fulton County	AR	6	1,660	41.9%
8	Baxter County	AR	10	4,984	41.3%
9	Saline County	AR	31	20,022	40.9%
10	Pope County	AR	24	10,311	40.2%
11	Pike County	AR	7	2,093	40.1%
12	Grant County	AR	6	3,468	39.9%
13	Van Buren County	AR	7	2,057	39.6%
14	Stone County	AR	7	1,569	39.4%
15	Marion County	AR	7	1,874	39.0%
16	White County	AR	26	12,342	38.5%
17	Washington County	AR	75	42,451	37.8%
18	Izard County	AR	7	1,883	37.6%
19	Carroll County	AR	10	3,862	37.5%
20	Franklin County	AR	8	3,039	37.5%
21	Polk County	AR	10	3,063	37.4%
22	Cleveland County	AR	4	1,291	36.8%
23	Sevier County	AR	7	3,013	36.7%
24	Sebastian County	AR	42	20,239	36.4%
25	Garland County	AR	27	14,391	36.3%
26	Montgomery County	AR	5	1,138	36.2%
27	Prairie County	AR	4	1,202	36.2%
28	Crawford County	AR	23	10,496	35.4%
29	Independence County	AR	13	6,855	35.4%
30	Columbia County	AR	9	3,472	35.3%
31	Logan County	AR	11	3,557	35.3%
32	Jackson County	AR	5	1,790	35.2%
33	Perry County	AR	4	1,565	34.9%
34	Hot Spring County	AR	14	5,410	33.8%
35	Greene County	AR	15	7,364	33.4%
36	Yell County	AR	12	3,945	32.9%
37	Cross County	AR	6	3,112	32.8%
38	Miller County	AR	16	6,217	32.3%
39	Union County	AR	14	6,933	32.1%
40	Howard County	AR	9	2,825	31.6%
41	Craighead County	AR	36	20,332	31.3%
42	Lawrence County	AR	9	3,293	30.8%
43	Little River County	AR	5	1,768	30.5%
44	Johnson County	AR	13	4,527	30.1%
45	Madison County	AR	8	2,501	29.6%
46	Newton County	AR	6	1,213	29.5%
47	Arkansas County	AR	7	2,737	29.3%
48	Clay County	AR	7	2,244	29.1%
49	Clark County	AR	6	2,902	29.0%
50	Drew County	AR	8	2,874	28.6%

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