Arkansas Public Schools

Arkansas is the #33 largest school system in the United States, serving 482,333 students across 1,112 public schools. There are 17 Blue Ribbon Schools, 38 magnet schools, 40 charter schools, and 4 special education schools. The student ethnicity breakdown in the state is show below:

Student by Ethnicity

(AR) School Average
% American Indian		 1%
% Asian		 1%
% Hispanic		 9%
% Black		 23%
% White		 64%
Unknown		 2%

Arkansas Public Schools by County

County
# High
# Middle
# Elementary
1. Arkansas County 3 3 3
2. Ashley County 2 2 5
3. Baxter County 4 2 6
4. Benton County 9 13 34
5. Boone County 7 4 10
6. Bradley County 3 2 2
7. Calhoun County 1 - 1
8. Carroll County 3 3 4
9. Chicot County 2 1 4
10. Clark County 3 5 4
11. Clay County 3 - 4
12. Cleburne County 4 1 4
13. Cleveland County 2 - 3
14. Columbia County 3 2 4
15. Conway County 4 3 4
16. Craighead County 9 7 19
17. Crawford County 5 7 11
18. Crittenden County 5 6 12
19. Cross County 2 1 3
20. Dallas County 2 1 2
21. Desha County 2 1 3
22. Drew County 3 2 3
23. Faulkner County 12 11 21
24. Franklin County 4 4 5
25. Fulton County 3 - 3
26. Garland County 10 9 14
27. Grant County 2 1 3
28. Greene County 4 4 7
29. Hempstead County 4 2 3
30. Hot Spring County 6 4 5
31. Howard County 5 2 5
32. Independence County 4 2 8
33. Izard County 3 1 4
34. Jackson County 2 2 2
35. Jefferson County 7 8 17
36. Johnson County 4 3 5
37. Lafayette County 3 1 2
38. Lawrence County 5 2 6
39. Lee County 1 1 1
40. Lincoln County 1 1 1
41. Little River County 2 2 3
42. Logan County 4 2 4
43. Lonoke County 6 6 14
44. Madison County 3 1 4
45. Marion County 2 1 2
46. Miller County 4 4 7
47. Mississippi County 9 6 12
48. Monroe County 2 - 2
49. Montgomery County 3 - 3
50. Nevada County 2 1 2
51. Newton County 4 - 4
52. Ouachita County 5 2 5
53. Perry County 2 - 2
54. Phillips County 4 2 7
55. Pike County 3 - 4
56. Poinsett County 5 4 6
57. Polk County 4 2 5
58. Pope County 7 6 10
59. Prairie County 2 - 2
60. Pulaski County 25 30 88
61. Randolph County 2 1 3
62. Saint Francis County 4 3 4
63. Saline County 6 5 16
64. Scott County 2 2 2
65. Searcy County 4 - 3
66. Sebastian County 9 7 25
67. Sevier County 4 2 5
68. Sharp County 2 3 3
69. Stone County 3 1 3
70. Union County 7 2 10
71. Van Buren County 3 2 3
72. Washington County 17 18 41
73. White County 10 6 13
74. Woodruff County 2 - 3
75. Yell County 4 2 6

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