Arkansas

Arkansas

Fast Facts

24,311

Associates Degrees & Certificates Awarded

48.6%

of All Degrees & Certificates Awarded Statewide

Arkansas

CTE Secondary Concentrators

No Data Found

Graduation Rate

Go on to Postsecondary Education

CTE Postsecondary Concentrators

No Data Found

Earn a Postsecondary Credential, Certificate, or Diploma

Placed in Employment, Military Service or Apprenticeships Within Six Months

Secondary CTE Enrollment

298

Public High Schools

143,948

Public High School Enrollment

43,192

High School CTE Concentrators

113,868

Total Secondary CTE Enrollment

By Race

Secondary CTE Enrollment

No Data Found

American Indian or Alaskan Native

Asian

Black

Latino

Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander

White

Two or More Races

By Gender

Secondary CTE Enrollment

No Data Found

Male

Female

Postsecondary CTE Enrollment

22

Community Colleges

63,304

Public Community Colleges Enrollment (full and part-time)

15,917

Postsecondary CTE Concentrators

19,819

Total Postsecondary CTE Enrollment

22

Area Technical Centers

By Race

Postsecondary CTE Enrollment

No Data Found

American Indian or Alaskan Native

Asian

Black

Latino

Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander

White

Two or More Races

Unknown

By Gender

Postsecondary CTE Enrollment

No Data Found

Male

Female

Perkins Data

Combined State Plan with Perkins and WIOA

Is the State Using the Reserve Fund?

Perkins Eligible Agency

Arkansas Department of Career Education

Funding For FY22

$14,260,647

Percentage of Funding Directed to:

No Data Found

Secondary

Postsecondary

$75,000

Amount of Leadership Funds the State Set Aside to Prepare Students for Non-Traditional Careers

15%

Percent of Funds Being Reserved in Total

5-8

Middle Grades That are Eligible for Perkins V Funding

1%

Percent of Leadership Funds the State Set Aside for State Correctional Institution

Ways the Secondary CTE, Postsecondary CTE and Workforce Systems Collaborate

  • Through statewide advisory committees/boards
  • Sharing labor market information
  • Shared definitions of “high skill, high-wage, in-demand”
  • Approving a common list of industry-recognized credentials

Secondary Program Quality Indicator(s)

  • Recognized postsecondary credential attainment

Postsecondary Goals

goal

60%

Attainment by 2025

progress

43.60%

Statewide Postsecondary
Attainment Progress

Every Student Succeeds Act Metrics

ESSA School Quality and Student Success Indicators

Arkansas’s SQSS Indicator currently includes students earning AP/IB/concurrent enrollment credits, one or more community service learning credits, silver or above on the ACT Work Keys exam, one or more American Council of Education concurrent credits, 3+ on an AP exam, or 4+ on an IB exam. The SQSS indicator is weighted at 15 percent of the high school score.

State CTE Director

Ross White, Ed.S.

Director, Arkansas Division of Career and Technical Education

Ross.White@ade.arkansas.gov

Arkansas Department of Career Education
3 Capitol Mall
Little Rock, AR 72201