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Arkansas school board elections, 2014
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A total of seven Arkansas school districts among America's largest school districts by enrollment held elections in 2014 for 11 seats. Each district held elections on September 16, 2014.
Here are several quick facts about Arkansas's school board elections in 2014:
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- 72.73 percent of incumbents whose seats were on the ballot in 2014 ran for re-election, and they retained 45.45 percent of the total seats up for election.
- Six newcomers were elected to school boards in Arkansas. They took 54.55 percent of the total seats in 2014, which was higher than the 38.19 percent of school board seats that went to newcomers nationally.
- The largest school district by enrollment with an election in 2014 was Little Rock School District with 25,685 K-12 students.
- The smallest school district by enrollment with an election in 2014 was Conway Public Schools with 9,455 K-12 students.
- Four school districts were tied for the most seats on the ballot in 2014 with two seats up for election in each district.
- The Cabot Public School District, the Rogers School District and Springdale Public Schools had the fewest seats on the ballot in 2014 with one seat up for election in each district.
The districts listed below served 106,835 K-12 students during the 2010-2011 school year, according to the National Center for Education Statistics.[1] Click on the district names for more information on the district and its school board elections.
| 2014 Arkansas School Board Elections | ||||
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| District | Date | Seats up for election | Total board seats | Student enrollment |
| Bentonville School District | 9/16/2014 | 2 | 7 | 13,530 |
| Cabot Public School District | 9/16/2014 | 1 | 7 | 10,307 |
| Conway Public Schools | 9/16/2014 | 2 | 7 | 9,455 |
| Fort Smith Public Schools | 9/16/2014 | 2 | 7 | 14,107 |
| Little Rock School District | 9/16/2014 | 2 | 7 | 25,685 |
| Rogers School District | 9/16/2014 | 1 | 7 | 14,340 |
| Springdale Public Schools | 9/16/2014 | 1 | 7 | 19,411 |
State profile
| Demographic data for Arkansas | ||
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| Arkansas | U.S. | |
| Total population: | 2,977,853 | 316,515,021 |
| Land area (sq mi): | 52,035 | 3,531,905 |
| Race and ethnicity** | ||
| White: | 78% | 73.6% |
| Black/African American: | 15.5% | 12.6% |
| Asian: | 1.4% | 5.1% |
| Native American: | 0.6% | 0.8% |
| Pacific Islander: | 0.2% | 0.2% |
| Two or more: | 2.1% | 3% |
| Hispanic/Latino: | 6.9% | 17.1% |
| Education | ||
| High school graduation rate: | 84.8% | 86.7% |
| College graduation rate: | 21.1% | 29.8% |
| Income | ||
| Median household income: | $41,371 | $53,889 |
| Persons below poverty level: | 22.9% | 11.3% |
| Source: U.S. Census Bureau, "American Community Survey" (5-year estimates 2010-2015) Click here for more information on the 2020 census and here for more on its impact on the redistricting process in Arkansas. **Note: Percentages for race and ethnicity may add up to more than 100 percent because respondents may report more than one race and the Hispanic/Latino ethnicity may be selected in conjunction with any race. Read more about race and ethnicity in the census here. | ||
Presidential voting pattern
- See also: Presidential voting trends in Arkansas
Arkansas voted Republican in all seven presidential elections between 2000 and 2024.
Pivot Counties (2016)
Ballotpedia identified 206 counties that voted for Donald Trump (R) in 2016 after voting for Barack Obama (D) in 2008 and 2012. Collectively, Trump won these Pivot Counties by more than 580,000 votes. Of these 206 counties, one is located in Arkansas, accounting for 0.5 percent of the total pivot counties.[2]
Pivot Counties (2020)
In 2020, Ballotpedia re-examined the 206 Pivot Counties to view their voting patterns following that year's presidential election. Ballotpedia defined those won by Trump won as Retained Pivot Counties and those won by Joe Biden (D) as Boomerang Pivot Counties. Nationwide, there were 181 Retained Pivot Counties and 25 Boomerang Pivot Counties. Arkansas had one Retained Pivot County, 0.55 percent of all Retained Pivot Counties.
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Academic performance
- See also: Public education in Arkansas
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NAEP scores
- See also: NAEP scores by state
The National Center for Education Statistics provides state-by-state data on student achievement levels in mathematics and reading in the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP). Compared to three neighboring states (Louisiana, Mississippi, and Missouri), Arkansas' fourth grade students scored the highest in mathematics (tying with Missouri).[3]
| Percent of students scoring at or above proficient, 2012-2013 | ||||
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| Math - Grade 4 | Math - Grade 8 | Reading - Grade 4 | Reading - Grade 8 | |
| Arkansas | 39% | 28% | 32% | 30% |
| Louisiana | 26% | 21% | 23% | 24% |
| Mississippi | 26% | 21% | 21% | 20% |
| Missouri | 39% | 33% | 35% | 36% |
| U.S. average | 41% | 34% | 34% | 34% |
| Source: United States Department of Education, ED Data Express, "State Tables," accessed May 13, 2014 | ||||
Graduation, ACT and SAT scores
The following table shows the graduation rates and average composite ACT and SAT scores for Arkansas and surrounding states during the 2012-2013 school year. All statements made in this section refer to that school year.[3][4][5]
| Comparison table for graduation rates and test scores* | |||||||
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| State | Graduation rate, 2012 | Average ACT composite, 2012 | Average SAT composite, 2013 | ||||
| Percent | Quintile ranking** | Score | Participation rate | Score | Participation rate | ||
| Arkansas | 84% | Second | 20.3 | 88% | 1,697 | 4% | |
| Louisiana | 72% | Fourth | 20.3 | 100% | 1,655 | 5% | |
| Mississippi | 75% | Fourth | 18.7 | 100% | 1,673 | 3% | |
| Missouri | 86% | First | 21.6 | 75% | 1,773 | 4% | |
| U.S. average | 80% | 21.1 | 1,498 | ||||
| *Regulatory Adjusted Cohort Rate (except for Idaho, Kentucky, Oklahoma, which did not report “Regulatory Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate,” but instead used their own method of calculation). **Graduation rates for states in the first quintile ranked in the top 20 percent nationally. Similarly, graduation rates for states in the fifth quintile ranked in the bottom 20 percent nationally. Source: United States Department of Education, ED Data Express | |||||||
Dropout rate
- See also: Public high school dropout rates by state for a full comparison of dropout rates by group in all states
The high school event dropout rate indicates the proportion of students who were enrolled at some time during the school year and were expected to be enrolled in grades 9–12 in the following school year but were not enrolled by October 1 of the following school year. Students who have graduated, transferred to another school, died, moved to another country, or who are out of school due to illness are not considered dropouts. The average public high school event dropout rate for the United States remained constant at 3.3 percent for both SY 2010–11 and SY 2011–12. The event dropout rate for Arkansas was higher than the national average at 3.5 percent in the 2010-2011 school year. The dropout rate was lower than the national average at 3.2 percent in the 2011-2012 school year.[6]
See also
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Footnotes
- ↑ National Center for Education Statistics, "Elementary/Secondary Information System," accessed March 21, 2014
- ↑ The raw data for this study was provided by Dave Leip of Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 United States Department of Education, ED Data Express, "State Tables," accessed May 13, 2014
- ↑ ACT, "2012 ACT National and State Scores," accessed May 13, 2014
- ↑ Commonwealth Foundation, "SAT Scores by State 2013," October 10, 2013
- ↑ United States Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, "Common Core of Data (CCD), State Dropout and Graduation Rate Data File, School Year 2010-11, Provision Version 1a and School Year 2011-12, Preliminary Version 1a," accessed May 13, 2014
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