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Arkansas Schools Are 57% White and Falling
In 2005, seven out of every 10 students in Arkansas public schools were white. In 2025-26, barely more than half are. The white share of Arkansas enrollment has fallen in every available year of state...
Arkansas Lost More Students This Year Than COVID Took
The COVID-19 pandemic was supposed to be the shock. In 2020-21, Arkansas public schools lost 6,428 students in a single year, the kind of enrollment hit that prompts emergency budget meetings and anxi...