McRae Jail · Photo: Valis55 · CC BY-SA 3.0Living in McRae, AR: what to set up and who to call
Every home in McRae is in ZIP code 72102. Beebe School District runs the public schools in McRae.
I’m new in town
What to set up in McRae, and who provides it. Tap an answer for the details and where they come from.
Power, water and internet
Who to call to start service at a new address in McRae.
Power comes from Entergy Arkansas
Entergy Arkansas (Entergy Arkansas LLC), an investor-owned utility, serves all of McRae. Its homes paid an average of 13.4¢ per kWh in 2025, about $145 a month (its average across Arkansas).
Service territory: HIFLD Electric Retail Service Territories (map dated Aug 2023). Prices and customers: EIA-861, 2025.
Water comes from Mc Rae Waterworks
Mc Rae Waterworks supplies almost all of McRae. It buys treated surface water (EPA lists Se White County Water Assoc as seller) and serves 870 people in all.
No health-based violations reported to EPA in the five years to October 2026, like 78% of the 5,327 systems serving 501–1,000 people.
The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jul–Dec 2005, was 3.0 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. It’s from 2005: EPA has no newer result for this system.
The system’s full record: EPA ECHO report
EPA SDWIS via Envirofacts (violations pulled Oct 9, 2026) and ECHO (lead samples, 2026Q3); service area: EPA Community Water System Service Area Boundaries v3.0. Violations are counted by the start of their compliance period. AR0000589.
3 home internet providers serve McRae
94% of 313 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 86% can get fiber.
| Provider | Technology | Addresses | Fastest (Mbps) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brightspeed | Fiber, DSL | 88% | 2,000/2,000 |
| Verizon | Fixed wireless | 91% | 300/20 |
| G5 Internet | Fixed wireless | 43% | 100/50 |
FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025. Availability as providers report it, not speeds people get.
We don’t have McRae’s trash rules yet
Pickup rules, the dump and recycling in McRae.
Where your child goes to school
Public school districts and the school path by grade.
McRae is in Beebe School District.
Test scores and every school: see Schools →U.S. Department of Education, NCES Common Core of Data, 2024–25. Enrollment rules and registration are the district’s.
Town hall and registering to vote
Who to call, and how to register.
Election office: FVAP local election office directory, updated Oct 2015; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
McRae is in ZIP code 72102
ZIP codes where McRae residents live, with the share of the town in each.
| ZIP | Post office name | Share of McRae | ZIP’s residents in McRae |
|---|---|---|---|
| 72102 | Mc Rae, AR | 100% | 24% |
Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas, by census block; post office names: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). ZIPs created since 2020 are missing.
Getting around, the ER and the library
One line each; the subject pages have the rest.
ER: CMS hospital data. Library: IMLS Public Libraries Survey, FY2024.
Questions about living in McRae
Who supplies McRae’s drinking water, and has it had violations?
Mc Rae Waterworks (EPA ID AR0000589). It reported no health-based violations to EPA in the five years to October 2026; 78% of systems its size had none. Its latest lead 90th percentile was 3.0 ppb (Jul–Dec 2005), against a 15 ppb action level.
Who provides electricity in McRae?
Entergy Arkansas (Entergy Arkansas LLC), an investor-owned utility. Its homes paid about 13.4¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA).
What internet providers serve McRae?
Brightspeed, Verizon, G5 Internet (FCC, as of December 2025).
What ZIP codes are in McRae?
72102. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.
What school district is McRae in?
Beebe School District.
How do I register to vote in McRae?
Arkansas has no online registration; you can register in person until 30 days before Election Day or by mail (postmarked 30 days before). Elections here are run by the White County Clerk. Check your registration at voterview.ar-nova.org.
Sources & dates
Every answer above names its source. Here they are with their dates.
- Water: EPA SDWIS (Envirofacts, pulled Oct 9, 2026), ECHO SDWA 2026Q3, EPA CWS Service Area Boundaries v3.0.
- Power: HIFLD Electric Retail Service Territories (map Aug 2023); EIA-861 final 2025.
- Trash: OpenStreetMap, Geofabrik extract of Oct 9, 2026. © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).
- ZIP codes: Census 2020 ZCTA relationship files; GeoNames postal codes (CC BY 4.0).
- Schools: NCES Common Core of Data, 2024–25.
- Registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024 (read Oct 10, 2026). Official sites and area codes: Wikidata.
- Election office: FVAP local election office directory (fetched Oct 10, 2026; each record dated), EAC EAVS 2024 jurisdictions; registration and lookup links from vote.gov’s state data, checked Oct 10, 2026.
- Internet: FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025.