Fayetteville
Asian Students in Arkansas Graduate at 96 Percent. No Other Racial Group Is Close.
Asian students in Arkansas graduated at 96.3 percent in 2024. That is the highest rate of any racial subgroup in the state, higher than white students (90.6 percent) and higher than the state average ...
Arkansas's White-Black Graduation Gap Narrowed to 5.5 Points. Black Students Drove Most of the Closing.
In 2016, white students in Arkansas graduated at 89.2 percent. Black students graduated at 81.5 percent. The gap was 7.7 percentage points.
One in 18 Arkansas Students Now Identifies as Multiracial
In 2010, three Arkansas school districts had multiracial students exceeding 5% of enrollment. In 2025-26, 82 do. Eleven districts are above 10%. The category barely existed in the data 16 years ago.
Bentonville Passes Little Rock as Arkansas's No. 2 District
In 2004-05, Little Rock enrolled 24,424 students. Bentonville enrolled 9,210. The capital city's school district was nearly three times the size of the small northwest Arkansas district anchored by Wa...
NWA Now Educates 1 in 7 Arkansas Students
In 2005, the four anchor districts of Northwest Arkansas enrolled 44,667 students, about one in every 10 in the state. By 2025-26, Bentonville, Rogers, Springdale, and Fayetteville together enrolled 6...