Report: NWA Students Outperform Rest of State
By: Amanda Ashley
Updated: December 11, 2012
An education report card shows Northwest Arkansas students outperform others around the state.
Published by the Office for Education Policy at the University of Arkansas, the report indicates public schools in Benton and Washington counties are outstanding in several areas. Here's a look at some of the statistics:
13 of 17 school districts in the two counties had a higher National Percentile Ranking (NPR) on the Iowa Tests of Basic Skills than both the country and state.
The average graduation rate in NWA is 85%, 4 percentage points higher than the state average.
Only one school district on the report, Decatur, was labeled as high poverty, all others in NWA are identified as low or mid-poverty.
For those who want to dig deeper, there's greater detail in reports compiled by the Office for
Education Policy at the website www.uark.edu/ua/oep/.
Published by the Office for Education Policy at the University of Arkansas, the report indicates public schools in Benton and Washington counties are outstanding in several areas. Here's a look at some of the statistics:
13 of 17 school districts in the two counties had a higher National Percentile Ranking (NPR) on the Iowa Tests of Basic Skills than both the country and state.
The average graduation rate in NWA is 85%, 4 percentage points higher than the state average.
Only one school district on the report, Decatur, was labeled as high poverty, all others in NWA are identified as low or mid-poverty.
For those who want to dig deeper, there's greater detail in reports compiled by the Office for
Education Policy at the website www.uark.edu/ua/oep/.
