Enrollment
357
Elementary
DISTRICT 344 · STATE 418
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CUTTER MORNING STAR SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 050486000209
CUTTER-MORNING STAR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
2801 SPRING STREET, HOT SPRINGS, AR 71901 · (501) 262-2414 · Garland County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY23-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL357 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
17.9:1
20 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.3:1 · STATE 16.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
78%
280 students
DISTRICT 72% · STATE 70%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
CUTTER-MORNING STAR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL→CUTTER-MORNING STAR HIGH SCHOOL
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ATLAS 2023-24 . % Proficient (Level 3+4)English Language Arts
35.4%
AR avg 33.9%
Math
30.3%
AR avg 36.5%
What this means: On the ATLAS, Arkansas's statewide test, about 35 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 30 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Arkansas schools, those numbers are about 34 and 36.
Source: ATLAS. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
33.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
30.1%
based on AR schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+2.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 33% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 30% typical for Arkansas schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Arkansas's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
357
-9 (-2%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
17.9:1
was 15.4:1
% White
69%
was 71%
% Hispanic
12%
was 14%
% Black
2%
was 4%
% Asian
0%
was 0%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About CUTTER-MORNING STAR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
As an average-sized K-5 school in HOT SPRINGS, Arkansas, CUTTER-MORNING STAR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL instructs 357 students from grades pre-K through 6, operated by CUTTER MORNING STAR SCHOOL DISTRICT.
CUTTER-MORNING STAR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 2 schools operated by CUTTER MORNING STAR SCHOOL DISTRICT, a district that serves 688 students overall.
For racial and ethnic makeup, CUTTER-MORNING STAR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL records that 69% of the student body identifies as White. The remainder comes out to 15% multiracial, 12% Hispanic, 2% Black. The wider county runs roughly 83% White, putting the school's mix considerably less White than the area baseline.
Looking at the economic backdrop, The school lists 20 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 17.9:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 16.0:1 average. An estimated 78% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.
Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, CUTTER-MORNING STAR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 30.1%, the actual is 33.0%, a residual of +2.9 points.
In the surrounding community, census data for Garland County shows median household earnings sit near $57,181, 25% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. In all, Garland County runs 28 public schools (combined enrollment of about 14,391 students), of which CUTTER-MORNING STAR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one.
The closest other public school is CUTTER-MORNING STAR HIGH SCHOOL, roughly 0.1 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around CUTTER-MORNING STAR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. On composite proficiency, CUTTER-MORNING STAR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL comes 5th of 8 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 36.7%.
CUTTER-MORNING STAR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL operates from an outer-ring location.
Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at CUTTER-MORNING STAR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has changed only slightly, going from 366 students in 2018 to 357 in 2025. Class-load math has grew: from 15.4:1 in 2018 to 17.9:1 in 2025.
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Garland County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
100,035
Census ACS
Median income
$57,181
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
25%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
28
14,391 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in CUTTER MORNING STAR SCHOOL DISTRICT
- CUTTER-MORNING STAR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 331 students
Other schools in HOT SPRINGS
- LAKESIDE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,107 students
- HOT SPRINGS JUNIOR ACADEMYMiddle · 803 students
- HOT SPRINGS WORLD CLASS HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 759 students
- LAKESIDE INTERMEDIATE SCHOOLElementary · 721 students
- MAIN STREET VISUAL & PERFORMING ARTS MAGNET SCHOOLElementary · 647 students
- LAKESIDE PRIMARY SCHOOLElementary · 583 students
Nearby schools
- CUTTER-MORNING STAR HIGH SCHOOL0.1 mi · 331
- LAKESIDE MIDDLE SCHOOL1.9 mi · 546
- LAKESIDE HIGH SCHOOL2.1 mi · 1,107
- LAKESIDE JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL2.1 mi · 581
- LAKESIDE INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL2.2 mi · 721
- LAKESIDE PRIMARY SCHOOL2.2 mi · 583
Frequently asked questions
About CUTTER-MORNING STAR ELEMENTARY SCHOOLWhat is the total enrollment at CUTTER-MORNING STAR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
CUTTER-MORNING STAR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 357 students in grades PK-06.
What grades does CUTTER-MORNING STAR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
CUTTER-MORNING STAR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves grades PK-06.
What is the student-teacher ratio at CUTTER-MORNING STAR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at CUTTER-MORNING STAR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is approximately 17.9:1 (20 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at CUTTER-MORNING STAR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
At CUTTER-MORNING STAR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 69% White, 12% Hispanic, 2% Black, 15% Two or more.
Is CUTTER-MORNING STAR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL public or private?
CUTTER-MORNING STAR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a public K-12 school, overseen by CUTTER MORNING STAR SCHOOL DISTRICT.
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