LAKESIDE HIGH SCHOOL

LAKESIDE HIGH SCHOOL operates as a roomy 9-12 campus in HOT SPRINGS, Arkansas, overseen by LAKESIDE SCHOOL DISTRICT (Garland). Current enrollment sits at 1,107 students spanning grades 8 through 12. Compared to the state average of about 510 students per school, that is 117% above typical.

Within LAKESIDE SCHOOL DISTRICT (Garland), which oversees 5 schools and 3,538 students, LAKESIDE HIGH SCHOOL is one campus in the system.

In terms of who attends, LAKESIDE HIGH SCHOOL reports that White students make up the majority at 71%; the rest reads as 13% Hispanic, 7% Black, 7% multiracial, 2% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 83% White, putting the school's mix meaningfully less White than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, LAKESIDE HIGH SCHOOL records 104 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 10.6:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 8.8:1 average. About 37% of enrolled students meet the income threshold 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 lower than the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, LAKESIDE HIGH SCHOOL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 45.1%; this one delivers 43.3%.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Garland County indicate median household income runs about $57,181, about 25% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. Across Garland County's 28 public schools (combined enrollment of about 14,391 students), LAKESIDE HIGH SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: LAKESIDE INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL, around 0.1 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), LAKESIDE HIGH SCHOOL ranks 4th on composite proficiency, above the local average of 35.2%.

The school occupies a city-core site.

Looking at the recent track record. LAKESIDE HIGH SCHOOL's enrollment has contracted 18% since 2018, when it stood at 1,346 (now 1,107). Class-load math has narrowed: from 14.9:1 in 2018 to 10.6:1 in 2025.

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