MAGNET COVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

MAGNET COVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL operates as a medium-sized elementary campus in MALVERN, Arkansas, overseen by MAGNET COVE SCHOOL DISTRICT. Current enrollment sits at 368 students spanning grades pre-K through 6.

MAGNET COVE SCHOOL DISTRICT runs 2 schools in total, collectively educating 675 students. MAGNET COVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, MAGNET COVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL logs that the student body is overwhelmingly White (90%). Beyond that, the school shows 7% multiracial, 2% Hispanic.

Looking at school resources, MAGNET COVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL lists 22 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 17.1:1. The state averages around 16.0:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. An estimated 60% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, MAGNET COVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 36.9%; this one delivers 33.1%.

In the broader community, census data for Hot Spring County shows median household income runs about $55,405, 18% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Hot Spring County's 15 public schools (combined enrollment of about 5,410 students), MAGNET COVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

MAGNET COVE HIGH SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 2 other public schools cluster around MAGNET COVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts MAGNET COVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL at 3rd of 9; the average score across the group is 27.7%.

MAGNET COVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL operates from an outlying location.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at MAGNET COVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has ticked down 8%, going from 402 students in 2018 to 368 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio grew from 14.9:1 in 2018 to 17.1:1 today.

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