MAGNET COVE HIGH SCHOOL

Set in MALVERN, Arkansas, MAGNET COVE HIGH SCHOOL is a small senior high, overseen by MAGNET COVE SCHOOL DISTRICT. It works with 307 students across grades 7 through 12. Compared to the state average of about 510 students per school, that is 40% smaller than typical.

Across the 2 schools in MAGNET COVE SCHOOL DISTRICT (675 students total), MAGNET COVE HIGH SCHOOL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

For racial and ethnic makeup, MAGNET COVE HIGH SCHOOL reports that 90% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. The remainder looks like 7% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 82% White, putting the school's mix visibly more White than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, MAGNET COVE HIGH SCHOOL lists 54 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 5.7:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 8.8:1 average. About 48% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Hot Spring County (around 64%), the school's rate is somewhat below typical.

With demographic context factored in, MAGNET COVE HIGH SCHOOL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 41.3%; this one delivers 36.0%.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for Hot Spring County put median household earnings sit near $55,405, about 18% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. MAGNET COVE HIGH SCHOOL is one of 15 public schools in Hot Spring County (combined enrollment of about 5,410 students).

MAGNET COVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 3 other public schools cluster around MAGNET COVE HIGH SCHOOL. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts MAGNET COVE HIGH SCHOOL at 1st of 9; the average score across the group is 27.3%.

MAGNET COVE HIGH SCHOOL operates from an outlying location.

Looking at the recent track record. MAGNET COVE HIGH SCHOOL's enrollment has contracted 6% since 2018, when it stood at 328 (now 307). Class-load math has pulled in: from 10.6:1 in 2018 to 5.7:1 in 2025.

Within the allk12 community for this school, recent activity here tends to focus on fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.