Fall 2025 Early Childhood Landscape Analysis
The state’s ECCE system is best understood both through data and stories of lived experience. This report combines statewide research, local data, and the perspectives of families, educators, and local leadership to show where the system is working and where children are being left behind. It begins with a wide-angle view of state data, narrows to Local Lead regions, examines a sample of counties and public school district-level analysis highlighting regions in which we find families who may be living in poverty, families experiencing homelessness, and high or low percentages of children with disabilities and developmental delays and/or are multilingual.
This report captures both the current landscape and future opportunities for strengthening Arkansas’s ECCE system. It brings together state-level data and research with authentic feedback and insights from those directly impacted.