OMAHA, Ark. — Arkansas Public Schools getting national recognition for internet connection.

A new report released this week reveals the schools are traveling at a high rate of speed on the information highway.

The report released on Tuesday is from EducationSuperHighway — a non-profit that promotes internet connectivity in public schools around the country.

“The internet here is great. It’s better than the internet I have at home,” said Aidan Kimberlin a senior

According to EducationSuperHighway, schools in the “Natural State” are a good example for other schools around the country when it comes to broadband.

“Well, I think it’s great that we’ll be able to offer things that some of the more affluent areas can,” said Dr. Ryan Huff, Superintendent for Omaha Public Schools.

The report reveals that students in almost 100-percent of Arkansas school district have access to internet speeds of 1 megabit per second.

“We have a very high poverty rate in a lot of the rural areas of Arkansas. Just as well as other states,” Dr. Huff said, “As a rural school it’s very difficult for us to be able to offer a lot of the courses than some of the larger schools in more metropolitan areas can offer kids..and so here at Omaha we’re fortunate to be able to offer our kids a lot of courses through online access.”

“Majority of our students do have a Chrome Book that they take to class. So, as that has been moved into the forefront..to also texts books have moved online — and so a lot of the resources that we use at schools have moved online,” said Dr. Huff.

Kimberlin says having this type of technology in school gives him an edge when it comes to learning new skills.

“Well… I’m currently enrolled in both a computer security class of the coding aspect of it,” said Kimberlin, “Through virtual Arkansas I’m also taking college algebra, through Arkansas Tech online.”

“Having access to internet period..is great for some kids here. Because I know a lot of my friends don’t have internet around here.” Kimberlin said.

Over the past four years, Arkansas has partnered with 21 service providers in order to upgrade their networks by replacing copper connections with fiber.