Best Cities in Arkansas for Schools

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Rank (of 240)	City	# Elementary Schools	# Middle Schools	# High Schools	# Alt. Schools	# Private Schools*	Rank score (2026)	Rank (2025)	Rank change from 2025
1^st	Elkins	2	1	1	0	0	0.948	9	8
2^nd	Greenwood	2	2	1	0	0	0.948	2
3^rd	Bella Vista	1	0	0	0	0	0.941	1	2
4^th	Vilonia	2	3	2	0	0	0.935	4
5^th	Valley Springs	1	1	1	0	0	0.901	7	2
6^th	Greenbrier	4	1	1	1	1	0.899	5	1
7^th	Emerson	1	0	1	0	0	0.886	23	16
8^th	Tuckerman	1	1	1	0	0	0.886	18	10
9^th	Harrison	4	2	3	0	3	0.883	13	4
10^th	Pearcy	3	1	1	1	0	0.872	56	46
11^th	Hensley	0	1	0	0	0	0.872	8	3
12^th	Centerton	1	0	0	0	1	0.866	3	9
13^th	Greers Ferry	1	0	1	0	0	0.862	42	29
14^th	Pottsville	1	2	1	0	0	0.857	24	10
15^th	Bentonville	12	9	4	1	3	0.836	11	4
16^th	Cotter	1	0	1	0	0	0.835	21	5
17^th	Donaldson	1	0	1	0	0	0.831	34	17
18^th	Hardy	1	1	1	0	0	0.83	45	27
19^th	Taylor	1	0	1	0	0	0.824	12	7
20^th	Melbourne	1	0	2	0	0	0.814	62	42
21^st	Brookland	2	2	1	0	0	0.812	94	73
22^nd	Gravette	2	1	1	0	1	0.806	17	5
23^rd	Lepanto	1	0	1	0	0	0.801	137	114
24^th	Cave City	1	1	1	0	0	0.796	20	4
25^th	Fayetteville	10	6	4	1	10	0.792	25
26^th	Clinton	1	1	1	0	0	0.786	27	1
27^th	Prairie Grove	2	2	1	0	0	0.785	30	3
28^th	Cabot	10	4	2	1	0	0.774	39	11
29^th	Alma	2	1	1	0	0	0.768	48	19
30^th	Weiner	1	0	0	0	0	0.768	115	85
31^st	Eureka Springs	1	1	1	0	2	0.767	19	12
32^nd	Farmington	2	2	1	0	0	0.763	38	6
33^rd	Heber Springs	1	1	1	0	1	0.763	10	23
34^th	Rogers	18	6	8	1	5	0.759	28	6
35^th	Des Arc	1	0	1	0	0	0.748	22	13
36^th	Jasper	1	0	1	0	0	0.741	37	1
37^th	Bigelow	1	0	1	0	0	0.738	89	52
38^th	Sheridan	2	1	1	0	0	0.735	68	30
39^th	Amity	1	0	2	0	1	0.733	52	13
40^th	Cherry Valley	1	0	1	0	0	0.727	43	3
41^st	Benton	8	3	3	1	2	0.725	47	6
42^nd	Norfork	1	0	1	0	0	0.72	83	41
43^rd	Lowell	2	0	0	0	1	0.713	65	22
44^th	Yellville	1	2	1	0	0	0.712	59	15
45^th	Jessieville	1	1	1	0	0	0.71	46	1
46^th	Mountain View	1	1	1	0	0	0.709	54	8
47^th	Redfield	1	0	0	0	0	0.705	79	32
48^th	Salem	1	0	1	0	0	0.703	44	4
49^th	Poyen	1	0	1	0	0	0.703	16	33
50^th	Southside	1	2	1	0	0	0.697		(n/a)
51^st	Mena	3	1	3	2	0	0.693	63	12
52^nd	Viola	1	0	1	0	0	0.685	113	61
53^rd	Bryant	3	1	1	1	1	0.683	51	2
54^th	Beebe	3	2	1	0	2	0.68	40	14
55^th	Manila	1	0	1	0	0	0.677	121	66
56^th	Monette	0	0	1	0	0	0.676	110	54
57^th	Dover	1	1	1	0	0	0.675	26	31
58^th	De Queen	2	1	2	1	0	0.673	88	30
59^th	Leachville	1	0	0	0	0	0.672	49	10
60^th	Quitman	1	1	1	0	0	0.67	32	28
61^st	Charleston	1	0	1	0	0	0.668	123	62
62^nd	Alpena	1	0	1	0	0	0.667	50	12
63^rd	Marshall	1	0	1	0	0	0.66	31	32
64^th	Mount Vernon	0	0	1	0	0	0.659	15	49
65^th	Rose Bud	1	0	1	0	0	0.654	60	5
66^th	Wickes	1	0	0	0	0	0.652	14	52
67^th	Lamar	1	1	1	0	0	0.652	135	68
68^th	Danville	1	2	1	0	0	0.65	98	30
69^th	Pangburn	1	0	1	0	0	0.646	53	16
70^th	Calico Rock	1	0	1	0	0	0.645	70
71^st	Foreman	1	0	1	0	0	0.644	58	13
72^nd	Enola	1	0	0	0	0	0.642	131	59
73^rd	Strawberry	1	0	1	0	0	0.639	118	45
74^th	Fox	1	0	1	0	0	0.632	128	54
75^th	Judsonia	2	0	1	0	0	0.627	71	4
76^th	Paragould	7	4	2	0	2	0.626	99	23
77^th	Scranton	1	0	1	0	0	0.624	107	30
78^th	Center Ridge	1	1	1	0	0	0.62	61	17
79^th	Bismarck	1	1	1	0	0	0.615	36	43
80^th	Mountain Home	3	1	3	0	1	0.615	82	2
81^st	Barling	1	0	0	0	0	0.613	72	9
82^nd	Gentry	2	1	1	0	2	0.611	76	6
83^rd	Berryville	2	1	1	0	0	0.609	73	10
84^th	Concord	1	0	1	0	0	0.608	104	20
85^th	Conway	10	4	2	1	4	0.606	75	10
86^th	Kingston	1	0	1	0	0	0.605	67	19
87^th	El Dorado	4	2	3	0	2	0.604	78	9
88^th	Norphlet	1	1	3	1	0	0.601		(n/a)
89^th	Corning	1	1	1	0	0	0.6	146	57
90^th	Nashville	1	2	1	0	1	0.599	80	10
91^st	Lavaca	1	1	1	0	0	0.595	84	7
92^nd	Morrilton	2	2	2	0	2	0.592	92
93^rd	Bee Branch	1	0	1	0	0	0.591	86	7
94^th	Norman	1	0	1	0	0	0.589	96	2
95^th	Branch	1	0	1	0	0	0.588	69	26
96^th	Pleasant Plains	0	0	1	0	0	0.587	143	47
97^th	Brockwell	0	1	1	0	0	0.585	155	58
98^th	Maumelle	2	2	1	0	2	0.582	95	3
99^th	Searcy	3	3	3	0	6	0.575	100	1
100^th	Russellville	5	2	2	1	2	0.572	91	9
101^st	Lake City	1	0	1	0	0	0.571	150	49
102^nd	Batesville	3	1	2	0	0	0.57	85	17
103^rd	Garfield	1	0	0	0	0	0.564		(n/a)
104^th	Pea Ridge	2	2	1	0	0	0.554	64	40
105^th	Flippin	1	1	1	0	0	0.552	55	50
106^th	Maynard	1	0	1	0	0	0.55	116	10
107^th	Malvern	3	2	4	0	1	0.542	125	18
108^th	Rison	2	0	2	0	0	0.541	117	9
109^th	Greenland	1	1	1	0	0	0.54	169	60
110^th	Paris	1	1	1	0	1	0.533	141	31
111^th	Booneville	1	1	1	0	0	0.528	97	14
112^th	Mayflower	1	1	1	0	0	0.522	168	56
113^th	West Fork	1	1	1	0	0	0.52	136	23
114^th	Harrisburg	1	0	1	1	0	0.518	171	57
115^th	Cedarville	1	1	1	0	0	0.511	109	6
116^th	Imboden	2	0	1	0	0	0.509	152	36
117^th	Mammoth Spring	1	0	1	0	0	0.509	74	43
118^th	Van Buren	6	2	1	2	1	0.508	102	16
119^th	London	1	0	0	0	0	0.507	41	78
120^th	Springdale	19	4	4	5	3	0.507	130	10
121^st	Dardanelle	2	1	1	0	0	0.501	108	13
122^nd	Horatio	1	0	1	0	0	0.5	127	5
123^rd	Fort Smith	17	4	8	0	12	0.499	153	30
124^th	Texarkana	6	3	3	0	2	0.495	132	8
125^th	Alexander	3	1	1	0	1	0.491	29	96
126^th	McCrory	1	0	1	0	0	0.49	66	60
127^th	Perryville	1	0	1	0	0	0.486	105	22
128^th	Bauxite	1	1	2	0	0	0.486	93	35
129^th	White Hall	3	1	1	0	0	0.485	161	32
130^th	Arkadelphia	1	1	1	0	0	0.478	159	29
131^st	Magazine	1	0	1	0	0	0.476	112	19
132^nd	Hot Springs	8	4	5	0	6	0.475	138	6
133^rd	Dewitt	1	1	1	0	0	0.475	111	22
134^th	Wynne	2	1	1	0	1	0.472	140	6
135^th	Altus	0	1	0	0	0	0.468	148	13
136^th	Lonoke	2	1	1	0	0	0.468	133	3
137^th	Mount Ida	1	0	1	0	0	0.464	151	14
138^th	Bradley	1	0	1	0	0	0.459	144	6
139^th	Newark	1	0	1	0	0	0.456	90	49
140^th	Bald Knob	1	1	1	0	0	0.449	139	1
141^st	Violet Hill	1	0	0	0	0	0.442	170	29
142^nd	Marmaduke	1	0	1	0	0	0.44	134	8
143^rd	Murfreesboro	1	0	1	0	0	0.436	101	42
144^th	Ozark	2	2	1	0	0	0.432	106	38
145^th	Bay	1	0	1	0	0	0.432	183	38
146^th	Gosnell	1	0	1	0	0	0.426	103	43
147^th	Atkins	1	1	1	0	0	0.425	114	33
148^th	Oark	1	0	1	0	0	0.422	182	34
149^th	Lead Hill	1	0	1	0	0	0.417	204	55
150^th	Jonesboro	15	5	5	0	7	0.416	158	8
151^st	Lincoln	1	1	1	0	0	0.414	147	4
152^nd	Sherwood	7	2	2	1	1	0.411	122	30
153^rd	Portland	1	0	0	0	0	0.409	192	39
154^th	Mountainburg	1	1	1	0	0	0.404	173	19
155^th	Kirby	1	0	1	0	0	0.399	180	25
156^th	Walnut Ridge	1	0	1	0	0	0.396	156
157^th	Ashdown	2	1	1	0	0	0.385	202	45
158^th	Dierks	1	0	1	0	0	0.379	174	16
159^th	Green Forest	1	1	1	0	0	0.378	145	14
160^th	Fouke	1	1	1	0	0	0.375	126	34
161^st	Decatur	1	1	1	0	0	0.366	207	46
162^nd	Hoxie	1	0	1	0	0	0.363	187	25
163^rd	Wilson	1	1	1	0	1	0.356	124	39
164^th	Western Grove	3	0	1	0	0	0.351	200	36
165^th	Stuttgart	1	2	2	0	4	0.351	188	23
166^th	Blytheville	4	2	3	0	0	0.342	239	73
167^th	Little Rock	39	11	19	3	35	0.337	177	10
168^th	Monticello	3	2	5	0	1	0.337	176	8
169^th	Huntsville	3	1	2	0	0	0.337	186	17
170^th	Piggott	1	0	1	0	0	0.336	199	29
171^st	Omaha	1	0	1	0	0	0.336	162	9
172^nd	Palestine	1	0	1	0	0	0.334	160	12
173^rd	Waldron	1	1	1	1	0	0.332	221	48
174^th	North Little Rock	16	5	6	1	9	0.328	211	37
175^th	Camden	3	1	3	0	1	0.325	190	15
176^th	Hector	1	1	1	0	0	0.322	120	56
177^th	Hope	2	3	3	1	2	0.318	175	2
178^th	Mansfield	1	1	1	1	0	0.308	185	7
179^th	Hackett	1	0	1	0	0	0.302	163	16
180^th	Bradford	1	0	1	0	1	0.302	205	25
181^st	Warren	2	1	2	0	2	0.302	189	8
182^nd	Crossett	1	1	1	0	0	0.298	233	51
183^rd	Belleville	1	0	1	0	0	0.297	164	19
184^th	Caraway	1	0	0	0	0	0.295	149	35
185^th	Guy	1	0	1	0	0	0.294	142	43
186^th	Star City	1	1	1	0	0	0.291	172	14
187^th	Junction City	1	0	1	0	0	0.287	216	29
188^th	Hermitage	1	0	1	0	0	0.285	198	10
189^th	Carlisle	1	0	1	0	0	0.285	195	6
190^th	McGehee	1	1	1	0	0	0.284	196	6
191^st	Clarksville	3	1	1	1	0	0.283	181	10
192^nd	Dermott	1	0	2	0	0	0.283	232	40
193^rd	Tyronza	1	0	0	0	0	0.277	157	36
194^th	Cove	0	0	1	0	0	0.276	167	27
195^th	Rector	1	0	1	0	0	0.275	179	16
196^th	College Station	1	0	0	0	0	0.275	248	52
197^th	Helena	1	1	1	0	0	0.272	215	18
198^th	Newport	1	1	2	0	0	0.269		(n/a)
199^th	Shirley	1	0	1	0	0	0.263	203	4
200^th	Ola	1	0	1	0	0	0.258	206	6
201^st	Gurdon	1	0	1	0	0	0.254	178	23
202^nd	Hamburg	2	1	1	0	0	0.254	212	10
203^rd	Magnolia	1	2	1	0	1	0.253	201	2
204^th	Rosston	1	0	1	0	0	0.25	223	19
205^th	Marked Tree	1	0	1	0	0	0.243	184	21
206^th	Bearden	1	0	1	0	0	0.24	222	16
207^th	Hartman	1	0	1	0	0	0.239	165	42
208^th	Hazen	1	0	1	0	0	0.232	219	11
209^th	Timbo	1	0	1	0	0	0.231	194	15
210^th	Hattieville	1	0	1	0	0	0.228	193	17
211^th	Floral	1	0	0	0	0	0.222	210	1
212^th	Marion	2	1	1	1	0	0.213	229	17
213^th	Augusta	1	0	1	0	0	0.197	227	14
214^th	Pocahontas	1	2	2	0	1	0.196	209	5
215^th	Lake Village	2	1	1	0	0	0.189	217	2
216^th	Fordyce	1	0	1	0	0	0.185	228	12
217^th	Jacksonville	12	3	3	0	1	0.185	225	8
218^th	Pine Bluff	13	7	7	1	1	0.179	234	16
219^th	Hampton	1	0	1	0	0	0.171	226	7
220^th	Trumann	1	1	1	0	0	0.164	231	11
221^st	Mulberry	1	0	1	0	0	0.157	197	24
222^nd	England	1	0	1	0	0	0.154	218	4
223^rd	West Memphis	7	2	2	0	2	0.14	237	14
224^th	Lexa	1	0	1	0	0	0.138		(n/a)
225^th	Prescott	1	2	1	0	0	0.129	214	11
226^th	Brinkley	1	0	1	0	0	0.124	245	19
227^th	Mineral Springs	1	0	1	0	0	0.122	238	11
228^th	Marianna	1	0	1	0	2	0.122	235	7
229^th	Mountain Pine	1	0	1	0	0	0.116	213	16
230^th	Forrest City	2	2	2	0	1	0.098	236	6
231^st	Clarendon	1	0	1	0	0	0.087	246	15
232^nd	West Helena	1	0	1	0	2	0.085	243	11
233^rd	Osceola	2	1	1	0	0	0.072	244	11
234^th	Marvell	1	0	1	0	1	0.057	241	7
235^th	Blevins	1	0	1	0	0	0.043	240	5
236^th	Earle	1	0	1	0	0	0.037	250	14
237^th	Mabelvale	2	1	1	0	0	0.035	247	10
238^th	Dumas	1	1	1	0	0	0.032	242	4
239^th	Stamps	0	0	1	0	0	0.029	251	12
240^th	Lewisville	1	1	0	0	1	0.013	249	9

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