LAKE HAMILTON PRIMARY SCHOOL

LAKE HAMILTON PRIMARY SCHOOL operates as a medium-sized K-5 school in PEARCY, Arkansas, part of LAKE HAMILTON SCHOOL DISTRICT. Current enrollment sits at 619 students spanning grades pre-K through 1. By comparison, Arkansas's public schools average about 418 students each, so LAKE HAMILTON PRIMARY SCHOOL sits 48% bigger than that benchmark.

LAKE HAMILTON SCHOOL DISTRICT runs 6 schools in total, collectively educating 3,945 students. LAKE HAMILTON PRIMARY SCHOOL is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, LAKE HAMILTON PRIMARY SCHOOL records that the largest single group is White, at 71% of enrollment; the rest breaks down as 15% Hispanic, 9% multiracial, 4% Black. That is noticeably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 83%.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 35 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 17.8:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 16.0:1, putting LAKE HAMILTON PRIMARY SCHOOL higher than the state norm the norm. Around 70% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

In the broader community, Garland County reports that 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%. Across Garland County's 28 public schools (combined enrollment of about 14,391 students), LAKE HAMILTON PRIMARY SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: LAKE HAMILTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, around 0.3 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 5 other public schools cluster around LAKE HAMILTON PRIMARY SCHOOL.

Geographically, the school is in an outlying area.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 10%: 691 students in 2018 compared to 619 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 81% to 71% across the same window.

Within the allk12 community for this school, posts here usually surface around science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.