HOT SPRINGS WORLD CLASS HIGH SCHOOL

Set in HOT SPRINGS, Arkansas, HOT SPRINGS WORLD CLASS HIGH SCHOOL is a mid-sized high school, operated by HOT SPRINGS SCHOOL DISTRICT. It educates 759 students across grades 10 through 12. That puts it 49% larger than the typical public school in Arkansas, which averages around 510 students.

HOT SPRINGS SCHOOL DISTRICT comprises 6 schools with combined enrollment of 3,576 students; HOT SPRINGS WORLD CLASS HIGH SCHOOL is among them.

In terms of who attends, HOT SPRINGS WORLD CLASS HIGH SCHOOL records that the most-represented group is Black (36%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Other groups include 28% White, 25% Hispanic, 10% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 8% Black, putting the school's mix visibly more Black than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, HOT SPRINGS WORLD CLASS HIGH SCHOOL lists 73 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 10.4:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 8.8:1 average. An estimated 100% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Garland County runs at roughly 72%, so the school's eligibility rate is above the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, HOT SPRINGS WORLD CLASS HIGH SCHOOL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 22.3%; this one delivers 22.6%.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for Garland County put the typical household earns roughly $57,181 per year, about 25% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. HOT SPRINGS WORLD CLASS HIGH SCHOOL is one of 28 public schools in Garland County (combined enrollment of about 14,391 students).

Nearest neighbor: HOT SPRINGS JUNIOR ACADEMY, around 0.2 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around HOT SPRINGS WORLD CLASS HIGH SCHOOL. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts HOT SPRINGS WORLD CLASS HIGH SCHOOL at 6th of 8; the average score across the group is 32.9%.

The school occupies a city-core site. HOT SPRINGS WORLD CLASS HIGH SCHOOL operates as a public charter school, meaning it is publicly funded but governed independently of the surrounding district's traditional schools.

Five-year trend. HOT SPRINGS WORLD CLASS HIGH SCHOOL's enrollment has decreased 18% since 2018, when it stood at 930 (now 759). The Black share of enrollment ticked down from 42% to 36% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 12.8:1 in 2018 to 10.4:1 today.

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