Bentonville School District

Bentonville School District serves 19,137 students across 24 ranked schools in northwest Arkansas. The district spans elementary through high school, giving families a complete pipeline within a single system. A district-wide average score of 7.4 out of 10 across all 24 schools reflects consistent performance from building to building — not a strong showing at the top held up by underperforming campuses below it.

Bentonville High School leads the district with a 9.3 out of 10, the highest-rated school in the system. J. William Fulbright Junior High follows closely at 9.2, meaning the jump from middle school to high school carries academic momentum rather than disrupting it. Those two scores together — 9.2 into 9.3 — describe a secondary pipeline parents can count on.

The depth across the middle school tier builds the case further. Washington Junior High scores 8.8 and Lincoln Junior High scores 8.6, putting three of Bentonville's middle schools above 8.5. For families with children in grades six through eight, that consistency matters — a student's outcome is less dependent on which building they're zoned for. Sugar Creek Elementary rounds out the top five at 8.6, a signal that the district is building strong academic foundations before students ever reach middle school.

The 7.4 district average provides the clearest picture of what Bentonville looks like at scale. With 24 schools holding that average, the high ratings at the top are not statistical outliers — they reflect a system-wide pattern. For parents deciding where to settle, a high average across two dozen buildings is often more predictive of daily student experience than a single headline score at the top. Bentonville clears both measures: a 9.3 at its ceiling and a 7.4 average holding across every school in the district.