FOUNTAIN LAKE MIDDLE SCHOOL

FOUNTAIN LAKE MIDDLE SCHOOL operates as a compact junior high in HOT SPRINGS, Arkansas, overseen by FOUNTAIN LAKE SCHOOL DISTRICT. Current enrollment sits at 389 students spanning grades 5 through 8.

FOUNTAIN LAKE SCHOOL DISTRICT comprises 3 schools with combined enrollment of 1,248 students; FOUNTAIN LAKE MIDDLE SCHOOL is among them.

In terms of who attends, FOUNTAIN LAKE MIDDLE SCHOOL shows that the student body is overwhelmingly White (87%). The remainder reads as 9% Hispanic, 3% multiracial.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, FOUNTAIN LAKE MIDDLE SCHOOL has 35 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 11.0:1. The state averages around 13.9:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 55% of students at FOUNTAIN LAKE MIDDLE SCHOOL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is lower than Garland County's rate of about 72%.

After controlling for student poverty, FOUNTAIN LAKE MIDDLE SCHOOL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 38.7% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 36.8%.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Garland County indicate median household income runs about $57,181, about 25% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. In all, Garland County runs 28 public schools (combined enrollment of about 14,391 students), of which FOUNTAIN LAKE MIDDLE SCHOOL is one.

The closest other public school is FOUNTAIN LAKE CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL, roughly 0.0 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 4 other public schools cluster around FOUNTAIN LAKE MIDDLE SCHOOL. On composite proficiency, FOUNTAIN LAKE MIDDLE SCHOOL comes 6th of 9 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 36.3%.

Geographically, the school is in a small-town area.

Trend over the last 7 years. FOUNTAIN LAKE MIDDLE SCHOOL's enrollment has contracted 8% since 2018, when it stood at 424 (now 389). Class-load math has narrowed: from 12.4:1 in 2018 to 11.0:1 in 2025.

On the community side, members of the FOUNTAIN LAKE MIDDLE SCHOOL community share and discuss fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.