Bentonville Schools encompasses 141.54 square miles (366.6 km2) of land,[citation needed] including most of Bentonville, and portions of Bella Vista, Cave Springs, Centerton, Gravette, Highfill, Little Flock, Rogers, and Springdale.

[4] Bentonville Schools has grown dramatically in the last decade and is now one of the largest districts (by student population) in the state.

In response to the Uvalde school shooting of 2022 there was more of a demand for armed guards.

In 2022 the Bentonville School District administrators stated that they increased security but that it was not feasible to hire armed guards for all campuses due to difficulties in hiring and in loaning police officers from police departments.

An additional junior high school will open in fall of 2020.