Best High Schools in Arkansas

The top 33 high schools (grades 9-12) in Arkansas, ranked by enrollment from NCES data with EDFacts proficiency rates where available. Average proficiency across this list is 60%.

#	School	City	Enrollment	Proficiency
1	Bentonville High School	Bentonville, AR	3,322	62%
2	Arkansas Connections Academy High	Bentonville, AR	3,231	53%
3	Fayetteville High School East	Fayetteville, AR	2,685	60%
4	Northside High School	Fort Smith, AR	2,433	31%
5	Bentonville West High School	Centerton, AR	2,418	54%
6	Central High School	Little Rock, AR	2,338	42%
7	Rogers High School	Rogers, AR	2,284	58%
8	Har-Ber High School	Springdale, AR	2,274	48%
9	Bryant High School	Bryant, AR	2,199	57%
10	Cabot High School	Cabot, AR	2,198	49%
11	Mtn Home High Career Academics	Mountain Home, AR	1,518	64%
12	Russellville High School	Russellville, AR	1,227	64%
13	Parkview Magnet High School	Little Rock, AR	1,081	42%
14	Vilonia High School	Vilonia, AR	859	66%
15	Joe T. Robinson High School	Little Rock, AR	783	64%
16	Valley View Junior High School	Jonesboro, AR	712	66%
17	Valley View High School	Jonesboro, AR	631	68%
18	Prairie Grove High School	Prairie Grove, AR	605	64%
19	Greenbrier Junior High School	Greenbrier, AR	590	65%
20	Arkansas Arts Academy High School	Rogers, AR	540	64%
21	Bauxite High School	Bauxite, AR	492	63%
22	Walnut Ridge High School	Walnut Ridge, AR	462	61%
23	Haas Hall Academy	Fayetteville, AR	433	72%
24	Haas Hall Bentonville	Bentonville, AR	405	66%
25	Smackover High School	Smackover, AR	299	62%
26	Greenwood Freshman Center	Greenwood, AR	298	63%
27	West Fork High School	West Fork, AR	291	62%
28	Haas Hall Academy at the Lane	Rogers, AR	255	68%
29	Founders Classical Academies of Arkansas High School Rogers	Bentonville, AR	250	64%
30	Haas Hall Academy Jones Center	Springdale, AR	155	68%
31	Premier High School Online	Little Rock, AR	125	65%
32	School for the Deaf Schools	Little Rock, AR	106	66%
33	Polk County Virtual Academy	Mena, AR	8	60%

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is the best high school in Arkansas?

The largest high school in Arkansas is Bentonville High School in Bentonville with 3,322 students and a 62% proficiency rate. Rankings are based on NCES Common Core of Data enrollment and EDFacts proficiency results.

How many high schools are in Arkansas?

This page shows the top 33 high schools (grades 9-12) in Arkansas by enrollment. Browse the full state directory to see all schools.

What does the proficiency rate measure?

Proficiency rate is the percentage of students meeting grade-level standards on combined math and reading assessments, as reported by EDFacts. Data is district-level and applied to each school in the district.

Where does this data come from?

Enrollment and school characteristics come from the NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency rates come from EDFacts assessment results. Both are official federal datasets published by the U.S. Department of Education.

The this entity category groups every U.S. K-12 school outcomes and enrollment entity sharing this attribute. The list above is the data; the paragraphs below explain what the grouping means against the broader NCES Common Core of Data and EDFacts distribution and how to read the relative rankings within the category.

For readers using this category as a starting point, the per-entity detail pages linked from the table above carry the underlying NCES Common Core of Data and EDFacts data in full. The category-level view is the filter; the per-entity pages are the actual answer.

Sources: NCES Common Core of Data, EDFacts

Last updated: June 2026

Schools are ranked by enrollment within the state. Proficiency rates come from EDFacts assessment results, district-level figures applied to each school in the district.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data, 2026.