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Enrollment
936
High
DISTRICT 786 · STATE 510
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LAKE HAMILTON SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 050861000575
LAKE HAMILTON HIGH SCHOOL
280 WOLF ST, PEARCY, AR 71964 · (501) 767-9311 · Garland County
GRADES 10–12HIGH23-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL936 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 59% of Arkansas public high schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-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 high schools
Student : Teacher
,
Teacher data unavailable
DISTRICT 11.1:1 · STATE 8.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
61%
567 students
DISTRICT 68% · STATE 70%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 10 | 342 | 37% |
| Grade 11 | 320 | 34% |
| Grade 12 | 270 | 29% |
| Ungraded | 4 | 0% |
Student demographics
40%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 43% · 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 LAKE HAMILTON SCHOOL DISTRICT. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
ATLAS 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3+4)English Language Arts
31.9%
AR avg 34.9% . +1.9pp since 2023
What this means: On the ATLAS, Arkansas's statewide test, about 32 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level. The Arkansas average is about 35 of 100. Reading and writing scores are up about 2 points since 2023.
ATLAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts |
|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 31.9% |
| 2023-24 | 30.0% |
% 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
31.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
37.3%
based on AR schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-5.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 32% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 37% 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 LAKE HAMILTON HIGH SCHOOL
LAKE HAMILTON HIGH SCHOOL's state test result (31.8% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| LAKE HAMILTON HIGH SCHOOL this school | 936 | 60.6% | 31.8% |
| LAKE HAMILTON JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL PEARCY | 636 | 64.3% | 40.8% |
| HUNTSVILLE HIGH SCHOOL HUNTSVILLE | 581 | 64.2% | 26.6% |
| BEEBE HIGH SCHOOL BEEBE | 1,049 | 48.0% | 32.5% |
| CABOT FRESHMAN ACADEMY CABOT | 827 | 46.7% | 41.1% |
| MENA HIGH SCHOOL MENA | 503 | 58.6% | 33.0% |
Matched among Arkansas high 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 LAKE HAMILTON HIGH SCHOOL ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Arkansas | In Garland County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 31.8% | #111 of 272 | #5 of 8 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 31.9% | #126 of 280 ▲ 15 | #4 of 8 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 936 | #40 of 310 | #2 of 8 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 40.3% | #113 of 246 | #5 of 8 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 60.6% | #156 of 273 | #6 of 8 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -7.1% | #92 of 133 | N/A |
Ranked against other public high 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
936
-50 (-5%) vs 2020
+29% since 1990-91, when it was 726
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 | 936 | N/A | N/A | 61% (567) |
| 2023-24 | 901 | 49 | 18.4:1 | 61% (550) |
| 2022-23 | 936 | 48.4 | 19.3:1 | 59% (552) |
| 2020-21 | 986 | 49 | 20.1:1 | 50% (497) |
| 2017-18 | 1,007 | 68.2 | 14.8:1 | 30% (306) |
| 2015-16 | 1,001 | 60 | 16.7:1 | 46% (461) |
| 2010-11 | 916 | 54 | 17.0:1 | 46% (424) |
| 2000-01 | 837 | 45 | 18.6:1 | 13% (108) |
| 1990-91 | 726 | 33 | 22.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for LAKE HAMILTON HIGH SCHOOL.
About LAKE HAMILTON HIGH SCHOOL
LAKE HAMILTON HIGH SCHOOL serves students in PEARCY, Arkansas, as a high-enrollment high school. There are 936 students enrolled, covering grades 10 through 12. On average, high schools in Arkansas enroll around 510, and this school is 84% larger than that mark.
LAKE HAMILTON SCHOOL DISTRICT operates 6 schools. Combined enrollment is 3,945 students.
Federal enrollment data show LAKE HAMILTON HIGH SCHOOL is 76% White. The next largest groups are 13% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, and 4% Black. A diversity index of 40% means there is a 40% chance two randomly chosen students at LAKE HAMILTON HIGH SCHOOL are from different groups.
The eligibility rate for free or reduced-price meals is 61%. Across public schools in Garland County, the average is 72%.
On the allk12 Grade, LAKE HAMILTON HIGH SCHOOL lands at B, ahead of 59% of Arkansas public high schools.
In Arkansas, LAKE HAMILTON HIGH SCHOOL is in the middle band of BeatsExpectations: 31.8% actual against a predicted 37.3%.
The school is in Garland County, where median household income comes to about $57,181, 25% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 11% of people live in poverty. Garland County's 28 public schools enroll about 14,391 students and include LAKE HAMILTON HIGH SCHOOL.
Of the public schools around it, LAKE HAMILTON HIGH SCHOOL is closest to LAKE HAMILTON JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL, about 0.1 miles away. Inside a five-mile radius, there are 5 other public schools. Compared with its nearest neighbors, LAKE HAMILTON HIGH SCHOOL ranks 6th of 8 on average proficiency.
NCES lists the school's locale as Suburb: Small. That means it sits in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population under 100,000.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment fell from 986 to 936, a 5% decline.
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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 LAKE HAMILTON SCHOOL DISTRICT
- LAKE HAMILTON JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 636 students
- LAKE HAMILTON MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 633 students
- LAKE HAMILTON PRIMARY SCHOOLElementary · 619 students
- LAKE HAMILTON INTERMEDIATE SCHOOLElementary · 566 students
- LAKE HAMILTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 555 students
Other schools in PEARCY
- LAKE HAMILTON JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 636 students
- LAKE HAMILTON MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 633 students
- LAKE HAMILTON PRIMARY SCHOOLElementary · 619 students
- LAKE HAMILTON INTERMEDIATE SCHOOLElementary · 566 students
- LAKE HAMILTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 555 students
Nearby schools
- LAKE HAMILTON JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL0.1 mi · 636
- LAKE HAMILTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.1 mi · 555
- LAKE HAMILTON PRIMARY SCHOOL0.3 mi · 619
- LAKE HAMILTON MIDDLE SCHOOL0.3 mi · 633
- LAKE HAMILTON INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL0.4 mi · 566
- HOT SPRINGS WORLD CLASS HIGH SCHOOL8.5 mi · 759
Frequently asked questions
About LAKE HAMILTON HIGH SCHOOLWhat is the total enrollment at LAKE HAMILTON HIGH SCHOOL?
LAKE HAMILTON HIGH SCHOOL enrolls approximately 936 students in grades 10-12.
What age range does LAKE HAMILTON HIGH SCHOOL serve?
LAKE HAMILTON HIGH SCHOOL serves students from grade 10 through grade 12.
What is the student diversity at LAKE HAMILTON HIGH SCHOOL?
Student demographics at LAKE HAMILTON HIGH SCHOOL are roughly 76% White, 13% Hispanic, 4% Black, 1% Asian, 6% Two or more.
What district is LAKE HAMILTON HIGH SCHOOL in?
LAKE HAMILTON HIGH SCHOOL is part of LAKE HAMILTON SCHOOL DISTRICT.
What city is LAKE HAMILTON HIGH SCHOOL in?
LAKE HAMILTON HIGH SCHOOL is located in PEARCY, AR.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.