Arkansas school districts with high community infection rates hit new record

Arkansas – There are now 150 Arkansas school districts that have had 50 or more new known COVID-19 infections per 10,000 district residents over a 14-day period, up from 113 a week ago and a new record high, the Arkansas Center for Health Improvement said Thursday.

43 school districts were added to the list this week, and 107 remained on the list.

ACHI also found that 23 school districts — up from 15 the previous week, also a record high — had exceeded 100 new known infections per 10,000 district residents over a 14-day period, or more than 1% of district residents: Paragould, Danville, Green Forest, Piggott, McGehee, Elkins, Monticello, Dardanelle, Hermitage, Star City, Blytheville, Bay, Drew Central, Pottsville, Barton-Lexa, Trumann, Warren, East Poinsett County, Cleveland County, Magazine, Clinton, Valley View, and Searcy County.

ACHI identified school districts with high infection rates by analyzing data received Monday from the Arkansas Department of Health. The infections are among community residents living within the geographical boundaries of the school districts and are not specific to school employees and students. Known infections include confirmed and probable cases. Probable cases are based on verbal reporting and antigen test results, as identified by the department of health.

ACHI identifies districts with 50 to 99 new known infections per 10,000 residents as being in the “red zone” and districts with 100 or more new known infections per 10,000 residents as being in the “purple zone.” The districts are shaded in these colors on the school district map on ACHI’s COVID-19 in Arkansas web page at achi.net/covid19.

Rates of new known infections in school districts across the state, as well as counts of cumulative and new infections, are tracked on ACHI’s COVID-19 in Arkansas web page. Rates and counts are not shown for districts with fewer than five infections, to reduce the possibility of identifying individuals. School district counts do not include infections among incarcerated populations, in nursing homes, or in human development centers.

As of Monday, the following 150 school districts had a rate of at least 50 new known infections per 10,000 district residents over the previous 14 days. An asterisk denotes a district that entered the list this week.

Alma

Alpena

Arkadelphia*

Atkins

Augusta*

Barton-Lexa – rate of 100 or more new known infections per 10K residents

Bauxite

Bay – rate of 100 or more new known infections per 10K residents

Bearden

Benton

Bergman

Berryville

Blytheville – rate of 100 or more new known infections per 10K residents

Booneville

Bradford

Brinkley*

Brookland

Bryant

Buffalo Island Central

Cabot*

Caddo Hills

Camden Fairview

Carlisle

Cedar Ridge

Centerpoint

Clarendon

Clarksville

Cleveland County – rate of 100 or more new known infections per 10K residents

Clinton* – rate of 100 or more new known infections per 10K residents

Concord

Conway

Corning

County Line

Cutter-Morning Star*

Danville – rate of 100 or more new known infections per 10K residents

Dardanelle – rate of 100 or more new known infections per 10K residents

Dermott

Dover

Drew Central – rate of 100 or more new known infections per 10K residents

Dumas*

East Poinsett County – rate of 100 or more new known infections per 10K residents

Elkins – rate of 100 or more new known infections per 10K residents

England*

Eureka Springs*

Farmington

Fayetteville

Fordyce

Fort Smith

Gentry

Glen Rose

Gosnell

Green Forest – rate of 100 or more new known infections per 10K residents

Greenbrier*

Greene County Tech

Greenland*

Greenwood*

Gurdon

Guy-Perkins*

Hamburg*

Harmony Grove (Saline County)

Harrisburg

Harrison

Hazen*

Heber Springs*

Hermitage – rate of 100 or more new known infections per 10K residents

Highland*

Hope*

Horatio*

Huntsville

Jackson County

Jasper

Jessieville*

Jonesboro

Kirby

Lakeside #1

Lavaca*

Lawrence County

Lead Hill*

Lee County

Lincoln*

Little Rock

Lonoke*

Magazine – rate of 100 or more new known infections per 10K residents

Magnolia*

Malvern

Mammoth Spring

Manila

Marion

Marked Tree*

Marmaduke

Marvell*

Maynard*

McCrory*

McGehee – rate of 100 or more new known infections per 10K residents

Mena

Midland

Monticello – rate of 100 or more new known infections per 10K residents

Mount Ida

Mountain View

Mulberry/Pleasant View

Nashville*

Nemo Vista

Nettleton

Newport

Omaha

Osceola

Ouachita River

Ouachita*

Ozark

Paragould – rate of 100 or more new known infections per 10K residents

Pea Ridge*

Piggott – rate of 100 or more new known infections per 10K residents

Pocahontas

Pottsville – rate of 100 or more new known infections per 10K residents

Poyen*

Prairie Grove

Prescott

Pulaski County Special*

Quitman*

Rector

Rivercrest

Riverside

Riverview*

Rogers

Russellville

Salem

Scranton*

Searcy County – rate of 100 or more new known infections per 10K residents

Sheridan

Siloam Springs

Sloan-Hendrix

Smackover

South Conway County

South Side*

Springdale

Star City – rate of 100 or more new known infections per 10K residents

Trumann – rate of 100 or more new known infections per 10K residents

Two Rivers*

Valley Springs

Valley View – rate of 100 or more new known infections per 10K residents

Van Buren

Vilonia*

Waldron

Warren – rate of 100 or more new known infections per 10K residents

West Fork*

Westside Consolidated

White County Central*

White Hall

Wynne

Yellville-Summit*

The following six districts were in the red or purple zone a week earlier but have dropped below that level this week: Armorel, Batesville, Hampton, Harmony Grove, Mayflower, and Woodlawn.