Van Winkle's Mill Site · Photo: Farther Along · CC BY 2.0Prairie Creek’s public schools outscore 82% of Arkansas districts
On the state math tests, 46% of Prairie Creek’s students scored proficient, above the Arkansas average (38%). The grade covers the public school district serving Prairie Creek, from kindergarten through graduation, on state tests and graduation. Each state writes its own tests, so this is the one TownRatings grade compared within Arkansas, not nationally.
From Arkansas state tests taken in spring 2022, when 100% of students in the tested grades sat them, and the class of 2023’s four-year graduation rate, as reported to the U.S. Department of Education.
Prairie Creek’s schools, in brief
Against towns with similar incomes
Among the 82 Arkansas towns with household incomes within a quarter of Prairie Creek’s, its schools beat 71%, lower than their 82% against all the state’s districts. The grade ↓
Above the state on both counts
Reading proficiency is 47% and math 46% in spring 2022, against 40% and 38% statewide; 94% of the class of 2023 graduated in four years, against 90%. Test scores ↓
Spending and class size
The district spends $12,206 per student, against $13,585 across Arkansas (FY2024). Spending doesn’t count toward the grade. Districts ↓
15 elementary schools, then four middle and two high schools
Which school depends on the address at every step. See the path ↓
Written from the figures on this page. Tests are from 2021–22, graduation from the class of 2023; each school’s own letter uses 2020–21 results.
What’s behind Prairie Creek’s grade
A−: better than 82% of Arkansas school districts. Test scores and graduation are both above the Arkansas average; graduation is the stronger of the two.
Where will my kid go?
Pick a grade. These are the public schools that serve Prairie Creek, with each school’s own grade.
9th grade in Prairie Creek · depends on your address
Rogers High School
Grades 9–12 · 2,492 students · 14:1 students per teacher · in Rogers
Rogers Heritage High School
Grades 9–12 · 2,008 students · 11:1 students per teacher · in Rogers
10th grade in Prairie Creek · depends on your address
Rogers High School
Grades 9–12 · 2,492 students · 14:1 students per teacher · in Rogers
Rogers Heritage High School
Grades 9–12 · 2,008 students · 11:1 students per teacher · in Rogers
11th grade in Prairie Creek · depends on your address
Rogers High School
Grades 9–12 · 2,492 students · 14:1 students per teacher · in Rogers
Rogers Heritage High School
Grades 9–12 · 2,008 students · 11:1 students per teacher · in Rogers
12th grade in Prairie Creek · depends on your address
Rogers High School
Grades 9–12 · 2,492 students · 14:1 students per teacher · in Rogers
Rogers Heritage High School
Grades 9–12 · 2,008 students · 11:1 students per teacher · in Rogers
Prairie Creek’s public schools are run by Rogers Public Schools, which also serves Avoca, Garfield, Gateway and Little Flock and others. To confirm the school for a specific address, ask the district.
The district
Spending and class size are shown but don’t count toward the grade. Each district’s own page has every school.
Well above the state in reading
Prairie Creek vs. its neighbors
Schools grades for the Arkansas towns that share Prairie Creek’s borders.
| Town | Schools | Main districts |
|---|---|---|
| Prairie Creek | A− | Rogers |
Every school in Prairie Creek
21 schools. Each public school’s letter compares its own 2020–21 reading and math results with Arkansas’s other public schools (the newest school-level results we have).
Questions about Prairie Creek’s schools
Are Prairie Creek’s schools good?
By Arkansas’s own tests, yes: the public schools Prairie Creek children attend outscore 82% of Arkansas’s school districts on tests and graduation, an A− Schools grade. Among towns with similar incomes they beat 71%. Tests are from 2021–22, graduation from the class of 2023.
What school district is Prairie Creek in?
Rogers Public Schools, which runs grades PK–12 and enrolls 15,604 students in 22 schools (2024–25).
Where do Prairie Creek kids go to high school?
One of 2 high schools, depending on your address: Rogers High School and Rogers Heritage High School.
What is Prairie Creek’s graduation rate?
94% of the class of 2023 in Rogers Public Schools graduated in four years, against 90% across Arkansas.
How much does Prairie Creek spend per student?
$12,206 in Rogers Public Schools (FY2024), against $13,585 across Arkansas. Spending doesn’t count toward the grade.
Parents talk
What Prairie Creek families are saying about school.
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School data: state test results (2021–22, with participation) and four-year graduation rates (class of 2023) reported to the U.S. Department of Education (EDFacts via ED Data Express); each school’s own letter uses its 2020–21 results (EDFacts via the Urban Institute); schools and enrollment from NCES (2024–25; private schools 2023–24); spending from the Census Bureau’s school finance survey (FY2024). The School Grade is our own summary, graded within Arkansas. Stars are from neighbors.