NCES CCD 2024-25 17 schools AR

Best-Resourced Schools in Conway, AR

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17 public K-12 schools in Conway from NCES Common Core of Data: enrollment, grade span, demographics, and Civil Rights Data Collection statistics for every active campus.

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17
Schools
10,573
Students
44.1/100
Avg Resource Index
16.2:1
Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

Middle-of-corpus city profile

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, Conway has more public-school enrollment than 82% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. Conway sits in the broad middle of the national city distribution rather than at a single obvious extreme. Its scale, average Resource Investment Index, and staffing position need to be read together: a middle placement on one measure does not cancel a stronger or weaker result on another. The percentile panel makes those dimensions explicit, and the school table shows where the city aggregate breaks into materially different campus profiles.

The school portfolio is elementary-weighted

14 of Conway's 17 listed schools are elementary campuses. That composition means citywide enrollment and staffing averages are influenced more by early-grade operating patterns than by the city's 0 middle and 1 high-school records. Families comparing later grades should rely on those individual rows rather than the all-school mean.

Campus spread matters more than the city mean

The 24-point gap between Ray/Phyllis Simon Intermediate and Theodore Jones Elem. School shows the range hidden by Conway's average Resource Investment Index. The city figure is useful for national placement, but families ultimately choose among campuses with different grade spans, enrollment, district affiliations, and reported support fields. Start with schools serving the relevant grade level, then compare the index components rather than assuming the city average describes any one classroom.

City enrollment
Top 18%
School count
Top 19%
Resource Index average
66th percentile
Teacher staffing
41st percentile

Conway High West accounts for 22.2% of all Conway public-school enrollment

That concentration means Conway-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade level: High. The share measures enrollment concentration only; it does not establish how districts allocate programs, capital, or staff. Enrollment-weighted aggregates give this entity more weight than any smaller peer, while an unweighted entity average treats every record equally.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Conway school enrollment varies 8.5× across entities

Conway school enrollment ranges from 277 students (lowest) to 2,350 students (highest), a spread of 2,073 students. That relatively narrow ratio reflects an unusually homogeneous school portfolio for a city this size. Per-school staffing and program breadth can differ sharply at opposite ends of that enrollment range, so the city average should not be treated as a typical campus.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Conway student-teacher ratio is 16.2:1 — near the typical range (US average ~15.7) — citywide staffing is neither unusually lean nor unusually crowded by this measure

student-teacher ratio is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: the ratio counts FTE classroom teachers against total enrollment, push-in specialists, English-language aides, special-education co-teachers, and counselors are not included in most reporting Variation between sub-units within Conway is typically wider than the Conway-aggregate figure suggests.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data, Public School Universe

# School Score
1. Ray/Phyllis Simon Intermediate 57
2. Sallie Cone Preschool 57
3. Ruth Doyle Intermediate School 54
4. Vilonia Primary School 51
5. Carl Stuart Middle School 48
6. Conway Junior High School 47
7. Julia Lee Moore Elem. School 47
8. Jim Stone Elementary School 45
9. Conway High West 42
10. Carolyn Lewis Elementary School 42
11. Bob Courtway Middle School 42
12. Woodrow Cummins Elementary Sch 39
13. Marguerite Vann Elem. School 38
14. Ellen Smith Elementary School 36
15. Ida Burns Elementary School 36
16. Preston & Florence Mattison Elem. School 35
17. Theodore Jones Elem. School 33

Most racially and ethnically mixed schools in Conway

Ranked by the Simpson student-body diversity index (0-100) from NCES race and ethnicity data, where higher means a more evenly mixed student body. It measures mix, not quality.

  1. 1 Preston & Florence Mattison Elem. School 72.5/100
  2. 2 Bob Courtway Middle School 70.6/100
  3. 3 Ellen Smith Elementary School 70.0/100
  4. 4 Marguerite Vann Elem. School 69.9/100
  5. 5 Theodore Jones Elem. School 68.9/100

What do families ask about schools in Conway?

Which Conway school has the highest Resource Investment Index? ▼

Ray/Phyllis Simon Intermediate has the highest Resource Investment Index among the Conway schools in this federal-data comparison at 57/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.

How many schools are in Conway, AR? ▼

Conway has 17 public schools with a total enrollment of 10,573 students. Average student-teacher ratio: 16.2:1.

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Data from NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 and Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC) 2021-22. The Resource Investment Index uses reported student-teacher ratio, counselor access, gifted programs, and attendance; it is not an academic rating. Cities must include at least five schools to be listed. This public-data comparison is for informational purposes: verify current enrollment, attendance boundaries, and programs with the school district before acting. See the guide to understanding NCES data.