MAIN STREET VISUAL & PERFORMING ARTS MAGNET SCHOOL

MAIN STREET VISUAL & PERFORMING ARTS MAGNET SCHOOL is one of the expansive K-5 schools in HOT SPRINGS, Arkansas, part of HOT SPRINGS SCHOOL DISTRICT, with 647 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 6. That puts it 55% larger than the typical public school in Arkansas, which averages around 418 students.

HOT SPRINGS SCHOOL DISTRICT runs 6 schools in total, collectively educating 3,576 students. MAIN STREET VISUAL & PERFORMING ARTS MAGNET SCHOOL is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, MAIN STREET VISUAL & PERFORMING ARTS MAGNET SCHOOL lists that the largest single group is Black at 39%, but no single group is in the majority. The remainder comes out to 30% White, 18% Hispanic, 13% multiracial. That is visibly more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 8%.

Looking at school resources, MAIN STREET VISUAL & PERFORMING ARTS MAGNET SCHOOL logs 41 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 15.9:1. The state averages about 16.0:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Around 100% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is above Garland County's rate of about 72%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, MAIN STREET VISUAL & PERFORMING ARTS MAGNET SCHOOL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 22.4% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 18.9%.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Garland County indicate the typical household earns roughly $57,181 per year, 25% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, 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), MAIN STREET VISUAL & PERFORMING ARTS MAGNET SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is PARK MAGNET AN IB PYP WORLD CLASS SCHOOL, roughly 0.2 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), MAIN STREET VISUAL & PERFORMING ARTS MAGNET SCHOOL ranks 7th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 33.4%.

MAIN STREET VISUAL & PERFORMING ARTS MAGNET SCHOOL operates from an urban location.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at MAIN STREET VISUAL & PERFORMING ARTS MAGNET SCHOOL has stayed largely flat, going from 635 students in 2018 to 647 in 2025. Black enrollment moved from 43% to 39% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio loosened from 13.3:1 in 2018 to 15.9:1 today.

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