Columnist Bill Marvel recently compared Conway’s school district to others with similar-sized student populations and made the point that given the district’s resources and makeup of its student population, proficiency test scores, which have been declining, should be better..

He pointed out that Conway ranks near the top of a group of 10 districts in low teacher-student ratios, second only to Lebanon — the poster child of wealthy school demographics.

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