County / FIPS 05063
Independence County
Arkansas
Independence County runs 14 public schools reporting to NCES. It also has 1 Medicare-certified hospital reporting to CMS, of which 1 carry an overall star rating.
At a glance
Public schools
14
Hospitals
1
With a star rating
1
Land area
764
Independence County in numbers
American Community Survey five-year estimates ending 2024. These are sample estimates, not a count — each carries a margin of error, and where that margin is too wide to mean anything the figure is withheld rather than printed.
Population
38,175
Median household income
$56,609
Poverty rate
20.4%
Unemployment rate
3.9%
Median home value
$142,600
Median gross rent
$845
Bachelor's degree or higher
18.1%
Federal money
Obligations recorded against a place of performance in Independence County. An obligation is a legal commitment to pay, not cash out the door — outlays follow later, sometimes by years.
Obligations, FY2025
$262.4M
Per resident
$6,916
Change since FY2021
+8%
Fiscal years covered
5
▸ View as table
| Period | Obligations |
|---|---|
| 2021 | $243M |
| 2022 | $217M |
| 2023 | $245M |
| 2024 | $240M |
| 2025 | $262M |
Figures are nominal — not adjusted for inflation — because USAspending publishes them that way and adjusting them here would mean this site had edited a government figure. The per-resident figure divides by the 2020 decennial count, which is the population USAspending carries; a 2020 denominator against 2025 spending overstates per-head figures wherever a place has grown since. Independence County ranks 1382nd of 3,233 on this measure in FY2025.
Hospitals in Independence County
| Hospital | City | CMS rating |
|---|---|---|
| White River Medical Center | Batesville |
Public schools in Independence County
Enrollment is the most recent year NCES published.
| School | District | City | Enrollment |
|---|---|---|---|
| Batesville High School | Batesville School District | Batesville | 973 |
| Batesville Junior High School Charter | Batesville School District | Batesville | 772 |
| Cedar Ridge High School | Cedar Ridge School District | Newark | 368 |
| Eagle Mountain Magnet School | Batesville School District | Batesville | 903 |
| Midland Elementary School | Midland School District | Floral | 277 |
| Midland High School | Midland School District | Pleasant Plains | 234 |
| Newark Elementary School | Cedar Ridge School District | Newark | 273 |
| Southside Charter High School | Southside School District | Batesville | 446 |
| Southside Elementary School | Southside School District | Batesville | 854 |
| Southside Junior High School | Southside School District | Batesville | 481 |
| Southside Middle School | Southside School District | Batesville | 453 |
| Sulphur Rock Magnet School | Batesville School District | Sulphur Rock | 272 |
| West Magnet School | Batesville School District | Batesville | 549 |
| Uaccb Technical Center | Uaccb Technical Center | Batesville | — |