LAKE HAMILTON INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL

LAKE HAMILTON INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL is an average-sized elementary-level community in PEARCY, Arkansas, one of the schools within LAKE HAMILTON SCHOOL DISTRICT. The school enrolls 566 students in grades 4 through 5. That puts it 35% bigger than the typical public school in Arkansas, which averages around 418 students.

Within LAKE HAMILTON SCHOOL DISTRICT, which oversees 6 schools and 3,945 students, LAKE HAMILTON INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL is one campus in the system.

On demographics, LAKE HAMILTON INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL shows that the largest single group is White, at 72% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school logs 15% Hispanic, 8% multiracial, 3% Black. The wider county runs roughly 83% White, putting the school's mix noticeably less White than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, LAKE HAMILTON INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL has 35 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 16.3:1. The state averages about 16.0:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Roughly 70% of students at LAKE HAMILTON INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, LAKE HAMILTON INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 33.0% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 43.0%.

Across the wider county, 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 roughly 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Garland County runs 28 public schools (combined enrollment of about 14,391 students), of which LAKE HAMILTON INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL is one.

LAKE HAMILTON MIDDLE SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 5 other public schools cluster around LAKE HAMILTON INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts LAKE HAMILTON INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL at 2nd of 8; the average score across the group is 34.6%.

The campus sits in a suburban setting.

Five-year trend. LAKE HAMILTON INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL's enrollment has fell 17% since 2018, when it stood at 683 (now 566). Class-load math has pulled in: from 19.4:1 in 2018 to 16.3:1 in 2025.

On the community side, the feed for LAKE HAMILTON INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL typically covers open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.