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Enrollment
837
Elementary
DISTRICT 565 · STATE 418
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MOUNTAIN HOME SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 050004301522
HACKLER INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL
1310 POST OAK ROAD, MOUNTAIN HOME, AR 72653 · (870) 425-1288 · Baxter County
GRADES 03–05ELEMENTARY33-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL837 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 57% of Arkansas public elementary schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Arkansas public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
18.6:1
45 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.4:1 · STATE 16.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
50%
422 students
DISTRICT 47% · STATE 70%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 3 | 252 | 30% |
| Grade 4 | 300 | 36% |
| Grade 5 | 285 | 34% |
Student demographics
19%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 18% · STATE 61% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within MOUNTAIN HOME SCHOOL DISTRICT. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
ATLAS 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3+4)English Language Arts
39.5%
AR avg 34.9% . +0.6pp since 2023
Math
46.5%
AR avg 38.9% . -1.7pp since 2023
What this means: On the ATLAS, Arkansas's statewide test, about 40 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 47 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Arkansas schools, those numbers are about 35 and 39. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2023, while math scores are down about 2 points.
ATLAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 39.5% | 46.5% |
| 2023-24 | 38.9% | 48.2% |
% Proficient (Level 3+4), all students and all tested grades.
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
42.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
41.1%
based on AR schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+1.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 42% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 41% 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 →
Schools most like HACKLER INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL
HACKLER INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL's state test result (42.1% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| HACKLER INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL this school | 837 | 50.4% | 42.1% |
| SOUTHSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL SOUTHSIDE | 852 | 52.1% | 42.1% |
| PINE HAVEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL BAUXITE | 753 | 46.5% | 33.7% |
| HEBER SPRINGS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL HEBER SPRINGS | 743 | 55.2% | 50.1% |
| WESTSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL JONESBORO | 756 | 55.0% | 42.2% |
| ALMA INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL ALMA | 685 | 50.7% | 34.9% |
Matched among Arkansas elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where HACKLER INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Arkansas |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 42.1% | #161 of 461 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 46.5% | #154 of 465 ▼ 37 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 39.5% | #178 of 465 ▲ 8 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 837 | #11 of 531 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.6:1 | #411 of 480 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 19.2% | #394 of 480 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 50.4% | #422 of 513 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -6.3% | #252 of 311 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
837
-6 (-1%) vs 2020
-9% since 2010-11, when it was 919
Student : Teacher
18.6:1
was 17.2:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 837 | 45 | 18.6:1 | 50% (422) |
| 2023-24 | 869 | 49.4 | 17.6:1 | 50% (433) |
| 2022-23 | 830 | 47.3 | 17.6:1 | 46% (381) |
| 2020-21 | 843 | 49 | 17.2:1 | 51% (431) |
| 2017-18 | 893 | 52.1 | 17.1:1 | 25% (227) |
| 2015-16 | 919 | 57 | 16.1:1 | 55% (503) |
| 2010-11 | 919 | 53 | 17.3:1 | 56% (512) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for HACKLER INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL.
About HACKLER INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL
HACKLER INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL is a large elementary school in Arkansas, located in MOUNTAIN HOME. Enrollment totals 837 students across grades 3 through 5. That puts enrollment 100% bigger than the 418-student average for elementary schools in Arkansas.
MOUNTAIN HOME SCHOOL DISTRICT operates 6 schools. Combined enrollment is 3,817 students.
HACKLER INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL is 90% White by enrollment. Other reported shares: 4% Hispanic and 4% multiracial. That is in line with Baxter County, where about 92% of residents are White. The diversity index for HACKLER INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL is 19%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
With 45 full-time-equivalent teachers, the student-to-teacher ratio is about 18.6:1. Elementary schools in Arkansas average 16.0:1, 2.6 fewer students per teacher than here. Roughly 50% of students come from households that qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. The average for public schools in Baxter County is similar, at 52%.
Among Arkansas public elementary schools, HACKLER INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL outscored 57%, which works out to a B on the allk12 Grade.
Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the BeatsExpectations model predicts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 41.1% for HACKLER INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL. The school posts 42.1%, 1.1 points above the prediction.
In Baxter County, where the school is located, median household income comes to about $48,452, about 19% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 9% of residents are in poverty. There are 11 public schools in the county, enrolling about 4,984, HACKLER INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL among them.
HACKLER INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL's closest public school neighbor is MOUNTAIN HOME CAREER ACADEMIES, about 0.3 miles away. The five-mile area around HACKLER INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL holds 5 other public schools. HACKLER INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL's average proficiency of 42.1% compares with 37.2% for its nearest scored neighbors.
In the federal locale system, HACKLER INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL is coded Town: Remote, for schools in a town far from an urbanized area.
The school's size has been steady, with 843 students in 2020-21 and 837 in 2024-25. Its ratio of students to teachers was 17.2:1 in 2020-21, and 18.6:1 in 2024-25.
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Baxter County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
42,407
Census ACS
Median income
$48,452
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
19%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
11
4,984 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in MOUNTAIN HOME SCHOOL DISTRICT
- MOUNTAIN HOME CAREER ACADEMIESHigh · 1,523 students
- NELSON WILKS HERRON ELEMENTARYElementary · 559 students
- PINKSTON MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 546 students
- MOUNTAIN HOME KINDERGARTENElementary · 300 students
- GUY BERRY COLLEGE AND CAREER ACADEMYHigh · 52 students
Other schools in MOUNTAIN HOME
- MOUNTAIN HOME CAREER ACADEMIESHigh · 1,523 students
- NELSON WILKS HERRON ELEMENTARYElementary · 559 students
- PINKSTON MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 546 students
- MOUNTAIN HOME KINDERGARTENElementary · 300 students
- GUY BERRY COLLEGE AND CAREER ACADEMYHigh · 52 students
- ARKANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY-MOUNTAIN HOME CAREER CENTERHigh
Nearby schools
- MOUNTAIN HOME CAREER ACADEMIES0.3 mi · 1,523
- GUY BERRY COLLEGE AND CAREER ACADEMY0.9 mi · 52
- NELSON WILKS HERRON ELEMENTARY1.4 mi · 559
- PINKSTON MIDDLE SCHOOL1.4 mi · 546
- MOUNTAIN HOME KINDERGARTEN1.5 mi · 300
- AMANDA GIST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL7.7 mi · 374
Frequently asked questions
About HACKLER INTERMEDIATE SCHOOLHow large is HACKLER INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL?
HACKLER INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL enrolls approximately 837 students in grades 03-05.
Is HACKLER INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
HACKLER INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL is an elementary school covering grades 03-05.
How many students per teacher at HACKLER INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL?
Approximately 18.6:1 students per teacher at HACKLER INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL.
How diverse is HACKLER INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL?
HACKLER INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL reports a student body of 90% White, 4% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Who oversees HACKLER INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL?
HACKLER INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL is overseen by MOUNTAIN HOME SCHOOL DISTRICT in Baxter County.
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