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ENROLLMENT TRENDS · ARKANSAS

Arkansas schools on the rise

Arkansas public schools with the largest enrollment growth from 2017-18 to 2024-25.

Schools in this report
50
top growth in state
Top growth
+242%
FARMINGTON JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL
Range
+31% to +242%
2017-18 → 2024-25
TOP 50 AR PUBLIC SCHOOLS BY ENROLLMENT GROWTH · 2017-18 → 2024-25
SchoolCityDistrict2017-182024-25% change ↓
FARMINGTON JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOLFARMINGTONFARMINGTON SCHOOL DISTRICT199680242%
GRADUATE ARKANSAS CHARTER HIGHLITTLE ROCKGRADUATE ARKANSAS CHARTER188557196%
PEAKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLARKADELPHIAARKADELPHIA SCHOOL DISTRICT298783163%
DON TYSON SCHOOL OF INNOVATIONSPRINGDALESPRINGDALE SCHOOL DISTRICT7741,976155%
EXALT ACADEMY OF SOUTHWEST LITTLE ROCKLITTLE ROCKEXALT ACADEMY OF SOUTHWEST LITTLE ROCK375754101%
BUFFALO ISLAND CENTRAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOLLEACHVILLEBUFFALO ISLAND CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT201404101%
LISA ACADEMY NORTH HIGH SCHOOLNORTH LITTLE ROCKLISA ACADEMY15429289.6%
BUFFALO ISLAND CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOLMONETTEBUFFALO ISLAND CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT17231683.7%
ARKANSAS ARTS ACADEMY HIGH SCHOOLROGERSARKANSAS ARTS ACADEMY23042283.5%
JOE T. ROBINSON HIGH SCHOOLLITTLE ROCKPULASKI COUNTY SPECIAL SCHOOL DISTRICT5731,03079.8%
TAYLOR HIGH SCHOOLTAYLOREMERSON TAYLOR BRADLEY SCHOOL DISTRICT15126474.8%
OZARK JR SR HIGH SCHOOLOZARKOZARK SCHOOL DISTRICT38662963.0%
FOUNDERS CLASSICAL ACADEMIES OF ARKANSAS BENTONVILLEROGERSFOUNDERS CLASSICAL ACADEMIES OF ARKANSAS48578762.3%
HOT SPRINGS JUNIOR ACADEMYHOT SPRINGSHOT SPRINGS SCHOOL DISTRICT50180360.3%
PINNACLE VIEW MIDDLE SCHOOLLITTLE ROCKLITTLE ROCK SCHOOL DISTRICT51580756.7%
LISA ACADEMY NORTH ELEMENTARY SCHOOLSHERWOODLISA ACADEMY42065455.7%
MANILA HIGH SCHOOLMANILAMANILA SCHOOL DISTRICT30647655.6%
HACKETT ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHACKETTHACKETT SCHOOL DISTRICT30847453.9%
SLOAN-HENDRIX ELEMENTARY SCHOOLIMBODENSLOAN HENDRIX SCHOOL DISTRICT29745653.5%
IZARD COUNTY CONSOLIDATED HIGH SCHOOLBROCKWELLIZARD COUNTY CONSOLIDATED SCHOOL DISTRICT14221853.5%
PARK MAGNET AN IB PYP WORLD CLASS SCHOOLHOT SPRINGSHOT SPRINGS SCHOOL DISTRICT26941152.8%
PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOLCORNINGCORNING SCHOOL DISTRICT24036150.4%
HAAS HALL ACADEMY ROGERSROGERSHAAS HALL ACADEMY15623047.4%
ESTEM HIGH SCHOOLLITTLE ROCKESTEM PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOL46067647.0%
BENTONVILLE WEST HIGH SCHOOLBENTONVILLEBENTONVILLE SCHOOL DISTRICT1,8152,66146.6%
BATESVILLE HIGH SCHOOL CHARTERBATESVILLEBATESVILLE SCHOOL DISTRICT67398646.5%
ELKINS MIDDLE SCHOOLELKINSELKINS SCHOOL DISTRICT27039445.9%
FUTURE SCHOOL OF FORT SMITHFORT SMITHFUTURE SCHOOL OF FORT SMITH16223545.1%
LISA ACADEMY NORTH MIDDLE SCHOOLNORTH LITTLE ROCKLISA ACADEMY24435344.7%
IZARD COUNTY CONSOLIDATED ELEMENTARY SCHOOLVIOLET HILLIZARD COUNTY CONSOLIDATED SCHOOL DISTRICT19928643.7%
FORREST PARK GREENVILLE PRESCHOOLPINE BLUFFPINE BLUFF SCHOOL DISTRICT14420441.7%
GLEN ROSE HIGH SCHOOLMALVERNGLEN ROSE SCHOOL DISTRICT33246841.0%
BRIGHT FIELD MIDDLE SCHOOLBENTONVILLEBENTONVILLE SCHOOL DISTRICT49569740.8%
CREEKSIDE MIDDLE SCHOOLBENTONVILLEBENTONVILLE SCHOOL DISTRICT45763538.9%
BROOKLAND HIGH SCHOOLBROOKLANDBROOKLAND SCHOOL DISTRICT46564538.7%
HARRISBURG HIGH SCHOOLHARRISBURGHARRISBURG SCHOOL DISTRICT37551637.6%
HAAS HALL ACADEMYFAYETTEVILLEHAAS HALL ACADEMY36349937.5%
MARKED TREE HIGH SCHOOLMARKED TREEMARKED TREE SCHOOL DISTRICT16722836.5%
SLOAN-HENDRIX HIGH SCHOOLIMBODENSLOAN HENDRIX SCHOOL DISTRICT29239836.3%
EMERSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOLEMERSONEMERSON TAYLOR BRADLEY SCHOOL DISTRICT16622636.1%
IZARD COUNTY CONS MIDDLE SCHOOLBROCKWELLIZARD COUNTY CONSOLIDATED SCHOOL DISTRICT14419334.0%
SKYLINE HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHARRISONHARRISON SCHOOL DISTRICT35847933.8%
SOUTHSIDE HIGH SCHOOLFORT SMITHFORT SMITH SCHOOL DISTRICT1,5372,05333.6%
JOE T. ROBINSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOLLITTLE ROCKPULASKI COUNTY SPECIAL SCHOOL DISTRICT22129533.5%
SHERIDAN HIGH SCHOOLSHERIDANSHERIDAN SCHOOL DISTRICT9341,23932.7%
GOZA MIDDLE SCHOOLARKADELPHIAARKADELPHIA SCHOOL DISTRICT42556031.8%
EAGLE MOUNTAIN MAGNET ELEMENTARY SCHOOLBATESVILLEBATESVILLE SCHOOL DISTRICT68790531.7%
TAYLOR ELEMENTARY SCHOOLTAYLOREMERSON TAYLOR BRADLEY SCHOOL DISTRICT25934131.7%
NORFORK ELEMENTARY SCHOOLNORFORKNORFORK SCHOOL DISTRICT20827331.3%
SMACKOVER ELEMENTARY SCHOOLNORPHLETSMACKOVER NORPHLET SCHOOL DISTRICT39952331.1%
50 of 50 rows · Brick-and-mortar only. Virtual, online, and cyber schools excluded. Schools must have had ≥100 students in 2017-18 and be open in both school years.↓ Download schools-on-the-rise-by-state-ar.csv

How this list was built

Every Arkansas public school that reported total enrollment in both the NCES SY 2017-18 and SY 2024-25 vintages was scored on percent change in enrollment. Schools needed at least 100 students in 2017-18 to qualify, which filters out small specialty programs whose percentage swings are dominated by noise. Brick-and-mortar only: virtual academies, cyber charters, and online schools are excluded by name pattern and by NCES is_virtual flag. Those schools dominate raw growth numbers but rarely represent a school families are choosing for their neighborhood.

Enrollment growth is a leading indicator, not a quality measure. Schools grow because catchment areas shift, because districts consolidate, because a magnet program opens, or because reputation pulls in transfers. A school on this list is one that more Arkansasfamilies are sending their kids to in 2024-25 than in 2017-18, for whatever reason. Pair this with the school's page on allk12 for test scores, demographics, and discussion.

Source data

NCES Common Core of Data, EDGE_ADMINDATA_PUBLICSCH MapServer, vintages 2017-18 and 2024-25. Refreshed yearly when NCES publishes a new admin-data release. School names, slugs, and current district affiliation come from the 2024-25 snapshot.

HOW TO CITE THIS REPORT

Anyone is welcome to cite or republish these findings. Please credit allk12.com and link back to this page so readers can verify the underlying data.

allk12 (2026). "Arkansas schools on the rise: enrollment growth 2017–2024." Retrieved from https://allk12.com/reports/on-the-rise/arkansas
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↓ schools-on-the-rise-by-state-ar.csv
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