NCES CCD 2024-25 17 schools AR

Best-Resourced Schools in Fayetteville, AR

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17 public K-12 schools in Fayetteville 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
10,324
Students
40.5/100
Avg Resource Index
15.5:1
Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

Middle-of-corpus city profile

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, Fayetteville has more public-school enrollment than 81% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. Fayetteville 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.

Combined-grade campuses shape the local portfolio

8 of Fayetteville's 17 listed schools use NCES's combined or “other” grade-level classification. Citywide averages therefore blend campuses serving unusually broad or nonstandard grade spans with conventional elementary, middle, and high schools. Grade configuration is a first-order comparison here, not a minor label.

Campus spread matters more than the city mean

The 47-point gap between Fayetteville Virtual Academy- Dist Conversion Charter Sch and Happy Hollow Elementary School shows the range hidden by Fayetteville'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 19%
School count
Top 19%
Resource Index average
48th percentile
Teacher staffing
48th percentile

Fayetteville High School East accounts for 25.1% of all Fayetteville public-school enrollment

That concentration means Fayetteville-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 NCES Common Core of Data

Fayetteville school enrollment varies 16× across entities

Fayetteville school enrollment ranges from 165 students (lowest) to 2,588 students (highest), a spread of 2,423 students. That spread reflects typical urban portfolio variation between specialty programs and large neighbourhood schools. 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 NCES Common Core of Data

Fayetteville student-teacher ratio is 15.5:1 — 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 Fayetteville is typically wider than the Fayetteville-aggregate figure suggests.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data, Public School Universe NCES Common Core of Data, Public School Universe

2 of Fayetteville's 17 listed schools are charters

12% of the city's listed public-school campuses are reported as charter schools in NCES CCD. Charter status identifies a different governance arrangement; it does not establish admissions availability, academic quality, or the share of city students enrolled in those campuses. Open each school record to compare enrollment and staffing directly.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data NCES Common Core of Data

# School Score
1. Fayetteville Virtual Academy- Dist Conversion Charter Sch 74
2. Agee Lierly Life Preparation Services School 60
3. Haas Hall Academy 56
4. Leverett Elementary School 42
5. Fayetteville High School East 41
6. Washington Elementary School 41
7. Owl Creek School 40
8. Holcomb Elementary School 39
9. Root Elementary School 38
10. Woodland Junior High School 36
11. Ramay Junior High School 36
12. Asbell Elementary School 36
13. Vandergriff Elementary School 34
14. Mcnair Middle School 30
15. Holt Middle School 30
16. Butterfield Elementary School 29
17. Happy Hollow Elementary School 27

Most racially and ethnically mixed schools in Fayetteville

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 Asbell Elementary School 76.0/100
  2. 2 Owl Creek School 74.9/100
  3. 3 Agee Lierly Life Preparation Services School 74.3/100
  4. 4 Leverett Elementary School 69.6/100
  5. 5 Ramay Junior High School 66.1/100

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Which Fayetteville school has the highest Resource Investment Index? ▼

Fayetteville Virtual Academy- Dist Conversion Charter Sch has the highest Resource Investment Index among the Fayetteville schools in this federal-data comparison at 74/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.

How many schools are in Fayetteville, AR? ▼

Fayetteville has 17 public schools with a total enrollment of 10,324 students. 2 are charter schools. Average student-teacher ratio: 15.5:1.

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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.