Best Cities in Arkansas for Schools

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Rank (of 251)	City	# Elementary Schools	# Middle Schools	# High Schools	# Alt. Schools	# Private Schools*	Rank score (2025)	Rank (2024)	Rank change from 2024
1^st	Bella Vista	1	0	0	0	0	0.966	2	1
2^nd	Greenwood	2	2	1	0	0	0.934	4	2
3^rd	Centerton	1	1	1	0	1	0.923	6	3
4^th	Vilonia	1	3	1	1	0	0.918	43	39
5^th	Greenbrier	4	1	1	1	1	0.918	8	3
6^th	Ward	1	0	0	0	1	0.893	25	19
7^th	Valley Springs	1	1	1	0	0	0.882	1	6
8^th	Hensley	0	1	0	0	0	0.877	30	22
9^th	Elkins	2	1	1	0	0	0.869	12	3
10^th	Heber Springs	1	1	1	0	1	0.869	13	3
11^th	Bentonville	13	8	5	1	3	0.859	18	7
12^th	Taylor	1	0	1	0	0	0.854	3	9
13^th	Harrison	4	2	3	0	3	0.852	9	4
14^th	Wickes	1	0	0	0	0	0.848	14
15^th	Mount Vernon	0	0	1	0	0	0.836	39	24
16^th	Poyen	1	0	1	0	0	0.834	51	35
17^th	Gravette	2	1	1	0	1	0.83	17
18^th	Tuckerman	1	0	1	0	0	0.828	28	10
19^th	Eureka Springs	1	1	1	0	2	0.826	5	14
20^th	Cave City	1	1	1	0	0	0.82	16	4
21^st	Cotter	1	0	1	0	0	0.811	24	3
22^nd	Des Arc	1	0	1	0	0	0.802	26	4
23^rd	Emerson	1	0	1	0	0	0.802	7	16
24^th	Pottsville	1	2	1	0	0	0.8	10	14
25^th	Fayetteville	10	5	4	1	9	0.792	20	5
26^th	Dover	1	1	1	0	0	0.791	61	35
27^th	Clinton	1	1	1	0	0	0.789	29	2
28^th	Rogers	17	5	5	0	5	0.787	19	9
29^th	Alexander	2	1	0	0	1	0.781	54	25
30^th	Prairie Grove	2	2	1	0	0	0.781	40	10
31^st	Marshall	1	0	1	0	0	0.776	66	35
32^nd	Quitman	1	1	1	0	0	0.774	33	1
33^rd	Lynn	1	0	0	0	0	0.774	56	23
34^th	Donaldson	1	0	1	0	0	0.773	67	33
35^th	Leslie	0	1	1	0	0	0.772	75	40
36^th	Bismarck	1	1	1	0	0	0.764	37	1
37^th	Jasper	1	0	1	0	0	0.744	64	27
38^th	Farmington	3	2	1	0	0	0.742	23	15
39^th	Cabot	8	4	2	1	0	0.742	58	19
40^th	Beebe	3	2	1	0	2	0.739	49	9
41^st	London	1	0	0	0	0	0.739	31	10
42^nd	Greers Ferry	1	0	1	0	0	0.737	42
43^rd	Cherry Valley	1	0	1	0	0	0.736	117	74
44^th	Salem	1	0	1	0	0	0.736	11	33
45^th	Hardy	1	1	1	0	0	0.733	22	23
46^th	Jessieville	1	1	1	0	0	0.729	63	17
47^th	Benton	8	3	3	1	2	0.727	65	18
48^th	Alma	2	1	1	0	0	0.723	59	11
49^th	Leachville	1	0	0	0	0	0.717	36	13
50^th	Alpena	1	0	1	0	0	0.711	74	24
51^st	Bryant	3	1	1	1	1	0.709	41	10
52^nd	Amity	1	0	2	0	0	0.709	88	36
53^rd	Pangburn	1	0	1	0	0	0.708	87	34
54^th	Mountain View	1	1	1	0	0	0.703	34	20
55^th	Flippin	1	1	1	0	0	0.697	104	49
56^th	Pearcy	3	1	1	1	0	0.693	45	11
57^th	Sulphur Rock	1	0	0	0	0	0.689	46	11
58^th	Foreman	1	0	1	0	0	0.687	142	84
59^th	Yellville	1	2	1	0	0	0.687	52	7
60^th	Rose Bud	1	0	1	0	0	0.685	71	11
61^st	Center Ridge	1	1	1	0	0	0.683	38	23
62^nd	Melbourne	1	0	2	0	0	0.679	21	41
63^rd	Mena	3	1	3	1	0	0.671	108	45
64^th	Pea Ridge	2	2	1	0	0	0.666	107	43
65^th	Lowell	2	0	0	0	1	0.666	27	38
66^th	McCrory	1	0	1	0	0	0.665	102	36
67^th	Kingston	1	0	1	0	0	0.663	60	7
68^th	Sheridan	2	1	1	0	0	0.663	57	11
69^th	Branch	1	0	1	0	0	0.641	50	19
70^th	Calico Rock	1	0	1	0	0	0.64	116	46
71^st	Judsonia	2	0	1	0	0	0.639	78	7
72^nd	Barling	1	0	0	0	0	0.638	139	67
73^rd	Berryville	2	1	1	0	0	0.635	68	5
74^th	Mammoth Spring	1	0	1	0	0	0.633	70	4
75^th	Conway	12	4	2	1	4	0.633	44	31
76^th	Gentry	2	1	1	0	2	0.63	89	13
77^th	Siloam Springs	3	2	1	0	1	0.628	85	8
78^th	El Dorado	4	2	3	0	2	0.627	97	19
79^th	Redfield	1	0	0	0	0	0.626	47	32
80^th	Nashville	1	2	1	0	1	0.62	114	34
81^st	Swifton	0	1	0	0	0	0.617	196	115
82^nd	Mountain Home	3	1	3	0	1	0.617	93	11
83^rd	Norfork	1	0	1	0	0	0.608	80	3
84^th	Lavaca	1	1	1	0	0	0.604	123	39
85^th	Batesville	3	3	3	0	0	0.602	115	30
86^th	Bee Branch	1	0	1	0	0	0.601	98	12
87^th	Armorel	1	0	1	0	0	0.598	99	12
88^th	De Queen	2	1	2	1	0	0.597	35	53
89^th	Bigelow	1	0	1	0	0	0.596	92	3
90^th	Newark	1	0	1	0	0	0.591	144	54
91^st	Russellville	5	2	2	1	2	0.588	110	19
92^nd	Morrilton	2	2	2	0	2	0.587	86	6
93^rd	Bauxite	1	1	2	0	0	0.587	109	16
94^th	Brookland	2	2	1	0	0	0.584	91	3
95^th	Maumelle	2	2	2	0	2	0.584	72	23
96^th	Norman	1	0	1	0	0	0.581	100	4
97^th	Booneville	1	1	1	0	0	0.58	119	22
98^th	Danville	1	2	1	0	0	0.576	62	36
99^th	Paragould	7	3	2	1	2	0.575	152	53
100^th	Searcy	3	3	3	0	6	0.571	82	18
101^st	Murfreesboro	1	0	1	0	0	0.571	83	18
102^nd	Van Buren	6	2	1	2	0	0.566	103	1
103^rd	Gosnell	1	0	1	0	0	0.564	96	7
104^th	Concord	1	0	1	0	0	0.555	76	28
105^th	Perryville	1	0	1	0	0	0.555	122	17
106^th	Ozark	2	2	1	0	0	0.553	132	26
107^th	Scranton	1	0	1	0	0	0.552	77	30
108^th	Dardanelle	2	1	1	0	0	0.549	136	28
109^th	Cedarville	1	1	1	0	0	0.544	147	38
110^th	Monette	0	0	1	0	0	0.534	112	2
111^th	Dewitt	1	1	1	0	0	0.532	84	27
112^th	Magazine	1	0	1	0	0	0.531	101	11
113^th	Viola	1	0	1	0	0	0.53	105	8
114^th	Atkins	1	1	1	0	0	0.529	94	20
115^th	Weiner	1	0	0	0	0	0.527	53	62
116^th	Maynard	1	0	1	0	0	0.519	170	54
117^th	Rison	2	0	2	0	0	0.518	73	44
118^th	Strawberry	0	0	1	0	0	0.516	164	46
119^th	Saint Joe	1	0	0	0	0	0.511	129	10
120^th	Hector	1	0	1	0	0	0.507	153	33
121^st	Manila	1	0	1	0	0	0.501	180	59
122^nd	Sherwood	6	3	3	1	1	0.501	130	8
123^rd	Charleston	1	0	1	0	0	0.498	48	75
124^th	Wilson	1	1	1	0	1	0.497	199	75
125^th	Malvern	3	3	4	0	1	0.494	148	23
126^th	Fouke	1	1	1	0	0	0.494	113	13
127^th	Horatio	1	0	1	0	0	0.491	125	2
128^th	Fox	1	0	1	0	0	0.488	55	73
129^th	Eudora	1	0	0	0	0	0.485	32	97
130^th	Springdale	19	4	4	5	3	0.481	137	7
131^st	Enola	1	0	0	0	0	0.479	95	36
132^nd	Texarkana	7	3	4	0	2	0.477	124	8
133^rd	Lonoke	2	1	1	0	0	0.477	128	5
134^th	Marmaduke	1	0	1	0	0	0.472	90	44
135^th	Lamar	1	1	1	0	0	0.471	106	29
136^th	West Fork	1	1	1	0	0	0.471	127	9
137^th	Lepanto	1	0	1	0	0	0.47	79	58
138^th	Hot Springs	8	4	5	0	6	0.469	126	12
139^th	Bald Knob	1	1	1	0	0	0.468	165	26
140^th	Wynne	2	1	1	0	1	0.467	172	32
141^st	Paris	1	1	1	0	1	0.465	81	60
142^nd	Guy	1	0	1	0	0	0.465	146	4
143^rd	Pleasant Plains	0	0	1	0	0	0.461	156	13
144^th	Bradley	1	0	1	0	0	0.454	131	13
145^th	Green Forest	1	1	1	0	0	0.447	135	10
146^th	Corning	1	1	1	0	0	0.446	120	26
147^th	Lincoln	1	1	1	0	0	0.445	166	19
148^th	Altus	0	1	0	0	0	0.444	200	52
149^th	Caraway	1	0	0	0	0	0.438	176	27
150^th	Lake City	1	0	1	0	0	0.436	69	81
151^st	Mount Ida	1	0	1	0	0	0.436	118	33
152^nd	Imboden	2	0	1	0	0	0.432	141	11
153^rd	Fort Smith	18	4	7	1	13	0.432	161	8
154^th	Smackover	1	0	1	0	0	0.425	151	3
155^th	Brockwell	0	1	1	0	0	0.422	154	1
156^th	Walnut Ridge	1	0	1	0	0	0.421	134	22
157^th	Tyronza	1	0	0	0	0	0.416	121	36
158^th	Jonesboro	16	5	5	0	4	0.416	155	3
159^th	Arkadelphia	2	1	1	0	0	0.415	158	1
160^th	Palestine	1	0	1	0	0	0.415	111	49
161^st	White Hall	3	1	1	0	0	0.414	133	28
162^nd	Omaha	1	0	1	0	0	0.412	168	6
163^rd	Hackett	1	0	1	0	0	0.408	160	3
164^th	Belleville	1	0	0	0	0	0.406	184	20
165^th	Hartman	1	0	0	0	0	0.404	159	6
166^th	Saint Paul	1	0	1	0	0	0.403	195	29
167^th	Cove	0	0	1	0	0	0.394	167
168^th	Mayflower	1	1	1	0	0	0.391	162	6
169^th	Greenland	1	1	1	0	0	0.389	189	20
170^th	Violet Hill	1	0	0	0	0	0.386		(n/a)
171^st	Harrisburg	1	0	2	0	0	0.385	169	2
172^nd	Star City	1	1	1	0	0	0.381	198	26
173^rd	Mountainburg	1	1	1	0	0	0.379	174	1
174^th	Dierks	1	0	1	0	0	0.379	145	29
175^th	Hope	2	3	3	1	2	0.376	173	2
176^th	Monticello	3	2	3	0	1	0.374	197	21
177^th	Little Rock	44	13	15	4	32	0.368	187	10
178^th	Gurdon	1	0	1	0	0	0.366	219	41
179^th	Rector	1	0	1	0	0	0.364	201	22
180^th	Kirby	1	0	1	0	0	0.362	188	8
181^st	Clarksville	3	1	1	1	0	0.358	157	24
182^nd	Oark	1	0	1	0	0	0.357	208	26
183^rd	Bay	1	0	1	0	0	0.351	178	5
184^th	Marked Tree	1	0	1	0	0	0.351	177	7
185^th	Mansfield	1	1	2	0	0	0.338	171	14
186^th	Huntsville	2	1	1	0	0	0.336	143	43
187^th	Hoxie	1	0	1	0	0	0.328	204	17
188^th	Stuttgart	1	2	2	0	4	0.325	182	6
189^th	Warren	2	1	2	0	2	0.321	185	4
190^th	Camden	4	1	3	0	1	0.32	191	1
191^st	Kensett	1	0	0	0	0	0.315	216	25
192^nd	Portland	1	0	0	0	0	0.313	163	29
193^rd	Hattieville	1	0	1	0	0	0.309	175	18
194^th	Timbo	1	0	1	0	0	0.304	138	56
195^th	Carlisle	1	0	1	0	0	0.294	207	12
196^th	McGehee	1	1	1	0	0	0.293	192	4
197^th	Mulberry	1	0	1	0	0	0.29	140	57
198^th	Hermitage	1	0	1	0	0	0.277	193	5
199^th	Piggott	1	0	1	0	0	0.276	203	4
200^th	Western Grove	1	0	1	0	0	0.276	150	50
201^st	Magnolia	3	1	1	0	1	0.274	213	12
202^nd	Ashdown	2	1	1	0	0	0.274	181	21
203^rd	Shirley	1	0	1	0	0	0.273	206	3
204^th	Lead Hill	1	0	1	0	0	0.273	179	25
205^th	Bradford	1	0	1	0	1	0.268	212	7
206^th	Ola	1	0	1	0	0	0.266	223	17
207^th	Decatur	1	1	1	0	0	0.265	229	22
208^th	Little Rock Air Force Base	0	1	0	0	0	0.259	209	1
209^th	Pocahontas	1	2	2	0	1	0.259	190	19
210^th	Floral	1	0	0	0	0	0.255	183	27
211^th	North Little Rock	19	4	5	1	8	0.254	211
212^th	Hamburg	2	1	1	0	0	0.252	186	26
213^th	Mountain Pine	1	0	1	0	0	0.252	202	11
214^th	Prescott	1	2	1	0	0	0.246	217	3
215^th	Helena	1	1	1	0	0	0.236	227	12
216^th	Junction City	1	0	1	0	0	0.229	205	11
217^th	Lake Village	1	1	1	0	0	0.227	224	7
218^th	England	1	0	1	0	0	0.217	194	24
219^th	Hazen	1	0	1	0	0	0.216	215	4
220^th	Barton	1	0	1	0	0	0.215	220
221^st	Waldron	1	1	1	1	0	0.209	149	72
222^nd	Bearden	1	0	1	0	0	0.208	230	8
223^rd	Rosston	1	0	1	0	0	0.204	235	12
224^th	Havana	0	0	1	0	0	0.177	218	6
225^th	Jacksonville	13	3	3	0	1	0.175	234	9
226^th	Hampton	1	0	1	0	0	0.174	232	6
227^th	Augusta	1	0	1	0	0	0.165	236	9
228^th	Fordyce	1	0	1	0	0	0.165	228
229^th	Marion	2	1	1	1	0	0.163	225	4
230^th	Coal Hill	0	0	1	0	0	0.163	221	9
231^st	Trumann	2	1	1	0	0	0.149	210	21
232^nd	Dermott	1	0	2	0	0	0.143	243	11
233^rd	Crossett	1	1	1	0	0	0.138	222	11
234^th	Pine Bluff	12	6	7	1	1	0.123	241	7
235^th	Marianna	1	0	1	0	2	0.112	244	9
236^th	Forrest City	2	2	2	0	1	0.109	233	3
237^th	West Memphis	7	2	2	0	2	0.106	240	3
238^th	Mineral Springs	1	0	1	0	0	0.096	237	1
239^th	Blytheville	3	2	2	0	0	0.093	245	6
240^th	Blevins	1	0	1	0	0	0.086	226	14
241^st	Marvell	1	0	1	0	1	0.08	252	11
242^nd	Dumas	2	1	1	0	0	0.069	239	3
243^rd	West Helena	1	0	1	0	2	0.068	247	4
244^th	Osceola	2	1	1	0	0	0.065	248	4
245^th	Brinkley	1	0	1	0	0	0.064	238	7
246^th	Clarendon	1	0	1	0	0	0.058	246
247^th	Mabelvale	2	1	1	0	0	0.056	250	3
248^th	College Station	1	0	0	0	0	0.044	231	17
249^th	Lewisville	1	0	0	0	1	0.034	242	7
250^th	Earle	1	0	1	0	0	0.025	251	1
251^st	Stamps	0	0	1	0	0	0.015	249	2

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