LAKE HAMILTON MIDDLE SCHOOL

LAKE HAMILTON MIDDLE SCHOOL, a moderately sized junior high in PEARCY, Arkansas, overseen by LAKE HAMILTON SCHOOL DISTRICT, enrolls 633 students, covering grades 6 through 7. That puts it 36% larger than the typical public school in Arkansas, which averages around 464 students.

LAKE HAMILTON SCHOOL DISTRICT comprises 6 schools with combined enrollment of 3,945 students; LAKE HAMILTON MIDDLE SCHOOL is among them.

Demographically, LAKE HAMILTON MIDDLE SCHOOL lists that 73% of the student body identifies as White; the rest consists of 13% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, 5% Black. That is visibly less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 83%.

On the resource side, On paper, LAKE HAMILTON MIDDLE SCHOOL has 38 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 16.4:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 13.9:1 average. Roughly 67% of students at LAKE HAMILTON MIDDLE SCHOOL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

After controlling for student poverty, LAKE HAMILTON MIDDLE SCHOOL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 34.4% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 38.8%.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Garland County indicate median household income runs about $57,181, roughly 25% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Garland County's 28 public schools (combined enrollment of about 14,391 students), LAKE HAMILTON MIDDLE SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is LAKE HAMILTON INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL, roughly 0.1 miles away. Within five miles, there are 5 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts LAKE HAMILTON MIDDLE SCHOOL at 5th of 8; the average score across the group is 35.2%.

The campus sits in an outer-ring setting.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 10%: 704 students in 2018 compared to 633 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share decreased from 77% to 73%.

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