Siloam Springs
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.
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...
After 21 Years of Growth, Hispanic Enrollment Falls for the First Time
For 20 consecutive years, one line on Arkansas's enrollment chart only moved in one direction. Hispanic student enrollment grew every single year from 2005 through 2025 (with 2014 missing from the dat...