Best Cities in Arkansas for Schools

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Rank (of 252)	City	# Elementary Schools	# Middle Schools	# High Schools	# Alt. Schools	# Private Schools*	Rank score (2024)	Rank (2023)	Rank change from 2023
1^st	Valley Springs	1	1	1	0	0	0.95	4	3
2^nd	Bella Vista	1	0	0	0	0	0.936	8	6
3^rd	Taylor	1	0	1	0	0	0.929	7	4
4^th	Greenwood	2	2	1	0	0	0.922	2	2
5^th	Eureka Springs	1	1	1	0	2	0.908	20	15
6^th	Centerton	1	1	1	0	1	0.887	12	6
7^th	Emerson	1	0	1	0	0	0.882	14	7
8^th	Greenbrier	4	1	1	0	1	0.881	6	2
9^th	Harrison	4	2	3	0	3	0.878	13	4
10^th	Pottsville	1	2	1	0	0	0.867	5	5
11^th	Salem	1	0	1	0	0	0.866	16	5
12^th	Elkins	2	1	1	0	0	0.864	22	10
13^th	Heber Springs	1	1	1	0	1	0.846	23	10
14^th	Wickes	1	0	0	0	0	0.845	30	16
15^th	Garfield	1	0	0	0	0	0.841	1	14
16^th	Cave City	1	1	1	0	0	0.834	48	32
17^th	Gravette	2	1	1	0	1	0.829	26	9
18^th	Bentonville	13	8	5	1	3	0.817	24	6
19^th	Rogers	17	5	5	0	5	0.816	44	25
20^th	Fayetteville	10	5	4	1	9	0.814	37	17
21^st	Melbourne	1	0	2	0	0	0.814	17	4
22^nd	Hardy	1	1	1	0	0	0.811	49	27
23^rd	Farmington	2	2	1	0	0	0.804	32	9
24^th	Cotter	1	0	1	0	0	0.797	65	41
25^th	Ward	1	0	0	0	1	0.793	11	14
26^th	Des Arc	1	0	1	0	0	0.788	27	1
27^th	Lowell	2	0	0	0	1	0.788	88	61
28^th	Tuckerman	1	0	1	0	0	0.785	15	13
29^th	Clinton	1	1	1	0	0	0.779	29
30^th	Hensley	0	1	0	0	0	0.776	107	77
31^st	London	1	0	0	0	0	0.773	70	39
32^nd	Eudora	1	0	0	0	0	0.771	153	121
33^rd	Quitman	1	1	1	0	0	0.768	56	23
34^th	Mountain View	1	1	1	0	0	0.763	87	53
35^th	De Queen	2	1	2	0	0	0.762	43	8
36^th	Leachville	1	0	0	0	0	0.757	10	26
37^th	Bismarck	1	1	1	0	0	0.755	19	18
38^th	Center Ridge	1	1	1	0	0	0.755	28	10
39^th	Mount Vernon	0	0	1	0	0	0.754	57	18
40^th	Prairie Grove	2	2	1	0	0	0.748	64	24
41^st	Bryant	3	1	1	0	1	0.744	50	9
42^nd	Greers Ferry	1	0	1	0	0	0.743	104	62
43^rd	Vilonia	1	3	1	1	0	0.742	45	2
44^th	Conway	11	4	2	0	4	0.739	53	9
45^th	Pearcy	3	1	1	0	0	0.736	41	4
46^th	Sulphur Rock	1	0	0	0	0	0.728	58	12
47^th	Redfield	1	0	0	0	0	0.726	18	29
48^th	Charleston	1	0	1	0	0	0.723	54	6
49^th	Beebe	3	2	1	0	2	0.722	68	19
50^th	Branch	1	0	1	0	0	0.717	99	49
51^st	Poyen	1	0	1	0	0	0.717	40	11
52^nd	Yellville	1	2	1	0	0	0.71	165	113
53^rd	Weiner	1	0	0	0	0	0.708	3	50
54^th	Alexander	2	1	0	0	1	0.706	34	20
55^th	Fox	1	0	1	0	0	0.697	9	46
56^th	Lynn	1	0	0	0	0	0.694	25	31
57^th	Sheridan	2	1	1	0	0	0.692	84	27
58^th	Cabot	8	4	2	0	0	0.692	55	3
59^th	Alma	2	1	1	0	0	0.688	78	19
60^th	Kingston	1	0	1	0	0	0.686	21	39
61^st	Dover	1	1	1	0	0	0.683	31	30
62^nd	Danville	1	2	1	0	0	0.683	38	24
63^rd	Jessieville	1	1	1	0	0	0.681	67	4
64^th	Jasper	1	0	1	0	0	0.681	66	2
65^th	Benton	8	3	3	0	2	0.681	51	14
66^th	Marshall	1	0	1	0	0	0.679	47	19
67^th	Donaldson	1	0	1	0	0	0.666	63	4
68^th	Berryville	2	1	1	0	0	0.659	157	89
69^th	Lake City	1	0	1	0	0	0.659	36	33
70^th	Mammoth Spring	1	0	1	0	0	0.658	118	48
71^st	Rose Bud	1	0	1	0	0	0.655	85	14
72^nd	Maumelle	2	2	2	0	2	0.651	69	3
73^rd	Rison	2	0	2	0	0	0.649	82	9
74^th	Alpena	1	0	1	0	0	0.647	139	65
75^th	Leslie	0	1	1	0	0	0.644	83	8
76^th	Concord	1	0	1	0	0	0.642	52	24
77^th	Scranton	1	0	1	0	0	0.642	71	6
78^th	Judsonia	2	0	1	0	0	0.64	151	73
79^th	Lepanto	1	0	1	0	0	0.629	109	30
80^th	Norfork	1	0	1	0	0	0.621	123	43
81^st	Paris	1	1	1	0	1	0.621	108	27
82^nd	Searcy	3	3	3	0	6	0.619	101	19
83^rd	Murfreesboro	1	0	1	0	0	0.615	59	24
84^th	Dewitt	1	1	1	0	0	0.615	62	22
85^th	Siloam Springs	3	2	1	0	1	0.614	117	32
86^th	Morrilton	2	2	2	0	2	0.61	93	7
87^th	Pangburn	1	0	1	0	0	0.61	80	7
88^th	Amity	1	0	2	0	0	0.607	75	13
89^th	Gentry	2	1	1	0	2	0.606	115	26
90^th	Marmaduke	1	0	1	0	0	0.604	73	17
91^st	Brookland	2	2	1	0	0	0.602	46	45
92^nd	Bigelow	1	0	1	0	0	0.6	100	8
93^rd	Mountain Home	3	1	3	0	1	0.599	39	54
94^th	Atkins	1	1	1	0	0	0.596	112	18
95^th	Enola	1	0	0	0	0	0.594	60	35
96^th	Gosnell	1	0	1	0	0	0.591	114	18
97^th	El Dorado	4	2	3	0	2	0.59	102	5
98^th	Bee Branch	1	0	1	0	0	0.588	91	7
99^th	Armorel	1	0	1	0	0	0.587	35	64
100^th	Norman	1	0	1	0	0	0.584	105	5
101^st	Magazine	1	0	1	0	0	0.582	130	29
102^nd	McCrory	1	0	1	0	0	0.582	61	41
103^rd	Van Buren	6	2	1	1	0	0.581	140	37
104^th	Flippin	1	1	1	0	0	0.581	90	14
105^th	Viola	1	0	1	0	0	0.581	89	16
106^th	Lamar	1	1	1	0	0	0.58	81	25
107^th	Pea Ridge	2	2	1	0	0	0.58	33	74
108^th	Mena	3	1	3	1	0	0.577	76	32
109^th	Bauxite	1	1	2	0	0	0.573	74	35
110^th	Russellville	5	2	2	0	2	0.572	86	24
111^th	Palestine	1	0	1	0	0	0.567	128	17
112^th	Monette	0	0	1	0	0	0.563	77	35
113^th	Fouke	1	1	1	0	0	0.563	116	3
114^th	Nashville	1	2	1	0	1	0.56	120	6
115^th	Batesville	3	3	3	0	0	0.553	94	21
116^th	Calico Rock	1	0	1	0	0	0.545	110	6
117^th	Cherry Valley	1	0	1	0	0	0.54	42	75
118^th	Mount Ida	1	0	1	0	0	0.536	121	3
119^th	Booneville	1	1	1	0	0	0.53	124	5
120^th	Corning	1	1	1	0	0	0.53	135	15
121^st	Tyronza	1	0	0	0	0	0.529	141	20
122^nd	Perryville	1	0	1	0	0	0.528	98	24
123^rd	Lavaca	1	1	1	0	0	0.523	111	12
124^th	Texarkana	6	3	4	0	2	0.518	132	8
125^th	Horatio	1	0	1	0	0	0.515	126	1
126^th	Hot Springs	8	4	5	0	6	0.511	149	23
127^th	West Fork	1	1	1	0	0	0.505	179	52
128^th	Lonoke	2	1	1	0	0	0.501	161	33
129^th	Saint Joe	1	0	0	0	0	0.497		(n/a)
130^th	Sherwood	6	3	3	0	1	0.494	119	11
131^st	Bradley	1	0	1	0	0	0.492	106	25
132^nd	Ozark	2	2	1	0	0	0.489	97	35
133^rd	White Hall	3	1	1	0	0	0.485	96	37
134^th	Walnut Ridge	1	0	1	0	0	0.484	127	7
135^th	Green Forest	1	1	1	0	0	0.481	173	38
136^th	Dardanelle	2	1	1	0	0	0.469	103	33
137^th	Springdale	19	4	4	1	3	0.469	136	1
138^th	Timbo	1	0	1	0	0	0.462	122	16
139^th	Barling	1	0	0	0	0	0.459	145	6
140^th	Mulberry	1	0	1	0	0	0.459	155	15
141^st	Imboden	2	0	1	0	0	0.457	185	44
142^nd	Foreman	1	0	1	0	0	0.455	95	47
143^rd	Huntsville	2	1	1	0	0	0.453	169	26
144^th	Newark	1	0	1	0	0	0.451	166	22
145^th	Dierks	1	0	1	0	0	0.451	162	17
146^th	Guy	1	0	1	0	0	0.449	134	12
147^th	Cedarville	1	1	1	0	0	0.443	142	5
148^th	Malvern	3	3	4	0	1	0.441	146	2
149^th	Waldron	1	1	1	1	0	0.438	164	15
150^th	Western Grove	1	0	1	0	0	0.435		(n/a)
151^st	Smackover	1	0	1	0	0	0.434	168	17
152^nd	Paragould	7	3	2	0	2	0.433	113	39
153^rd	Hector	1	0	1	0	0	0.424	125	28
154^th	Brockwell	1	1	1	0	0	0.424	160	6
155^th	Jonesboro	15	5	5	0	4	0.42	167	12
156^th	Pleasant Plains	0	0	1	0	0	0.42	210	54
157^th	Clarksville	3	1	1	0	0	0.419	137	20
158^th	Arkadelphia	2	1	1	0	0	0.414	154	4
159^th	Hartman	1	0	0	0	0	0.41	205	46
160^th	Hackett	1	0	1	0	0	0.409	138	22
161^st	Fort Smith	18	4	7	1	13	0.408	174	13
162^nd	Mayflower	1	1	1	0	0	0.405	129	33
163^rd	Portland	1	0	0	0	0	0.404	181	18
164^th	Strawberry	0	0	1	0	0	0.403	92	72
165^th	Bald Knob	1	1	1	0	0	0.403	156	9
166^th	Lincoln	1	1	1	0	0	0.401	180	14
167^th	Cove	0	0	1	0	0	0.401	159	8
168^th	Omaha	1	0	1	0	0	0.398	163	5
169^th	Harrisburg	1	0	2	0	0	0.395	195	26
170^th	Maynard	1	0	1	0	0	0.393	188	18
171^st	Mansfield	1	1	2	0	0	0.389	182	11
172^nd	Wynne	2	1	1	0	1	0.385	158	14
173^rd	Hope	2	3	3	1	2	0.384	191	18
174^th	Mountainburg	1	1	1	0	0	0.38	143	31
175^th	Hattieville	1	0	1	0	0	0.378	178	3
176^th	Caraway	1	0	0	0	0	0.364	133	43
177^th	Marked Tree	1	0	1	0	0	0.361	202	25
178^th	Bay	1	0	1	0	0	0.359	144	34
179^th	Lead Hill	1	0	1	0	0	0.359	200	21
180^th	Manila	1	0	1	0	0	0.355	131	49
181^st	Ashdown	2	1	1	0	0	0.354	199	18
182^nd	Stuttgart	1	2	2	0	4	0.35	187	5
183^rd	Floral	1	0	0	0	0	0.348	150	33
184^th	Belleville	1	0	0	0	0	0.346	148	36
185^th	Warren	2	1	2	0	2	0.345	209	24
186^th	Hamburg	2	1	1	0	0	0.343	176	10
187^th	Little Rock	41	13	15	3	32	0.343	192	5
188^th	Kirby	1	0	1	0	0	0.343	190	2
189^th	Greenland	1	1	1	0	0	0.342	152	37
190^th	Pocahontas	1	2	2	0	1	0.34	198	8
191^st	Camden	3	1	3	0	1	0.333	170	21
192^nd	McGehee	1	1	1	0	0	0.33	183	9
193^rd	Hermitage	1	0	1	0	0	0.33	193
194^th	England	1	0	1	0	0	0.329	203	9
195^th	Saint Paul	1	0	1	0	0	0.327	172	23
196^th	Swifton	0	1	0	0	0	0.325	79	117
197^th	Monticello	3	2	3	0	1	0.323	175	22
198^th	Star City	1	1	1	0	0	0.321	186	12
199^th	Wilson	1	1	1	0	1	0.311	171	28
200^th	Altus	0	1	0	0	0	0.304	72	128
201^st	Rector	1	0	1	0	0	0.299	201
202^nd	Mountain Pine	1	0	1	0	0	0.29	217	15
203^rd	Piggott	1	0	1	0	0	0.283	204	1
204^th	Hoxie	1	0	1	0	0	0.282	147	57
205^th	Junction City	1	0	1	0	0	0.282	208	3
206^th	Shirley	1	0	1	0	0	0.281	194	12
207^th	Carlisle	1	0	1	0	0	0.275	177	30
208^th	Oark	1	0	1	0	0	0.273	218	10
209^th	Little Rock Air Force Base	0	1	0	0	0	0.269		(n/a)
210^th	Trumann	1	1	1	0	0	0.258	215	5
211^th	North Little Rock	18	4	5	1	8	0.248	211
212^th	Bradford	1	0	1	0	1	0.245	197	15
213^th	Magnolia	2	1	1	0	1	0.24	196	17
214^th	Newport	1	0	2	0	0	0.231	216	2
215^th	Hazen	1	0	1	0	0	0.224	184	31
216^th	Kensett	1	0	0	0	0	0.221	222	6
217^th	Prescott	1	2	1	0	0	0.214	224	7
218^th	Havana	0	0	1	0	0	0.199	207	11
219^th	Gurdon	1	0	1	0	0	0.193	219
220^th	Barton	1	0	1	0	0	0.192	226	6
221^st	Coal Hill	0	0	1	0	0	0.191	220	1
222^nd	Crossett	1	1	1	0	0	0.19	230	8
223^rd	Ola	1	0	1	0	0	0.19	213	10
224^th	Lake Village	1	1	1	0	0	0.187	232	8
225^th	Marion	2	1	1	0	0	0.183	189	36
226^th	Blevins	1	0	1	0	0	0.182	206	20
227^th	Helena	1	1	1	0	0	0.177	228	1
228^th	Fordyce	1	0	1	0	0	0.173	221	7
229^th	Decatur	1	1	1	0	0	0.17	212	17
230^th	Bearden	1	0	1	0	0	0.17	214	16
231^st	College Station	1	0	0	0	0	0.161	231
232^nd	Hampton	1	0	1	0	0	0.16	229	3
233^rd	Forrest City	2	2	2	0	1	0.16	242	9
234^th	Jacksonville	12	3	3	0	1	0.157	225	9
235^th	Rosston	1	0	1	0	0	0.156	227	8
236^th	Augusta	1	0	1	0	0	0.134	223	13
237^th	Mineral Springs	1	0	1	0	0	0.13	237
238^th	Brinkley	1	0	1	0	0	0.125	233	5
239^th	Dumas	2	1	1	0	0	0.119	236	3
240^th	West Memphis	7	2	2	0	2	0.116	234	6
241^st	Pine Bluff	11	6	7	0	1	0.111	238	3
242^nd	Lewisville	1	0	0	0	1	0.111	240	2
243^rd	Dermott	1	0	2	0	0	0.106	235	8
244^th	Marianna	1	0	1	0	2	0.1	246	2
245^th	Blytheville	3	2	2	0	0	0.068	245
246^th	Clarendon	1	0	1	0	0	0.059	244	2
247^th	West Helena	1	0	1	0	2	0.051	239	8
248^th	Osceola	2	1	1	0	0	0.05	241	7
249^th	Stamps	0	0	1	0	0	0.049	248	1
250^th	Mabelvale	2	1	1	0	0	0.047	247	3
251^st	Earle	1	0	1	0	0	0.038	243	8
252^nd	Marvell	1	0	1	0	1	0.016	249	3

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