LITTLE ROCK (KATV) — Six Arkansas school districts have for the first time received “F” letter grades from the state for last school year, under a new district-level grading system mandated by the Arkansas ACCESS Act signed into law after this year’s legislative session.
School district grades were determined using the same accountability formula as high schools, centered around student achievement, growth, and graduation rates—where the districts all ranked low.
The school districts receiving “F” grades were North Little Rock, Pine Bluff, Fordyce, Lafayette County, Crossett, and Watson Chapel…