FAYETTEVILLE (KNWA/KFTA) — The Arkansas Department of Education (ADE) has released school building and district letter grades for the 2025-26 academic year.
All K-12 public and charter schools in Arkansas receive annual letter grades, with lower-performing schools receiving additional support.
The state’s school accountability formula, which launched last year, uses student performance on the annual ATLAS standardized test and weighs year-to-year growth more heavily than high performance. The acronym “ATLAS” stands for Arkansas Teaching, Learning & Assessment System…