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Enrollment
559
High
DISTRICT 469 · STATE 510
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MALVERN SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 050924001372
MALVERN HIGH SCHOOL
525 E HIGHLAND AVE, MALVERN, AR 72104 · (501) 332-6905 · Hot Spring County
GRADES 09–12HIGH31-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL559 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 38% of Arkansas public high schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Arkansas public high schools
Student : Teacher
8.6:1
65 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.0:1 · STATE 8.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
74%
411 students
DISTRICT 76% · STATE 70%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 158 | 28% |
| Grade 10 | 133 | 24% |
| Grade 11 | 127 | 23% |
| Grade 12 | 139 | 25% |
| Ungraded | 2 | 0% |
Student demographics
67%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 68% · STATE 61% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within MALVERN SCHOOL DISTRICT. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
ATLAS 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3+4)English Language Arts
24.5%
AR avg 34.9% . -2.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the ATLAS, Arkansas's statewide test, about 25 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level. The Arkansas average is about 35 of 100. Reading and writing scores are down about 2 points since 2023.
ATLAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts |
|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 24.5% |
| 2023-24 | 26.8% |
% Proficient (Level 3+4), all students and all tested grades.
Source: ATLAS. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
25.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
32.5%
based on AR schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-7.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 25% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 33% typical for Arkansas schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Arkansas's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like MALVERN HIGH SCHOOL
MALVERN HIGH SCHOOL's state test result (25.3% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| MALVERN HIGH SCHOOL this school | 559 | 73.5% | 25.3% |
| GOSNELL HIGH SCHOOL GOSNELL | 567 | 73.2% | 32.3% |
| ENGLAND HIGH SCHOOL ENGLAND | 272 | 70.2% | 22.9% |
| ASHDOWN HIGH SCHOOL ASHDOWN | 382 | 68.3% | 17.7% |
| HAMBURG HIGH SCHOOL HAMBURG | 508 | 63.6% | 22.2% |
| MARKED TREE HIGH SCHOOL MARKED TREE | 228 | 72.4% | 30.4% |
Matched among Arkansas high schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where MALVERN HIGH SCHOOL ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Arkansas |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 25.3% | #174 of 272 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 24.5% | #199 of 280 ▼ 25 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 559 | #84 of 310 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 8.6:1 | #119 of 245 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 67.0% | #7 of 246 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 73.5% | #103 of 273 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +5.7% | #72 of 105 |
Ranked against other public high schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
559
-29 (-5%) vs 2020
-2% since 1990-91, when it was 569
Student : Teacher
8.6:1
was 8.7:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 559 | 64.9 | 8.6:1 | 74% (411) |
| 2023-24 | 575 | 74.7 | 7.7:1 | 74% (424) |
| 2022-23 | 575 | 73.3 | 7.8:1 | 66% (379) |
| 2020-21 | 588 | 68 | 8.7:1 | 64% (377) |
| 2017-18 | 529 | 49.4 | 10.7:1 | 33% (174) |
| 2015-16 | 556 | 52 | 10.7:1 | 67% (371) |
| 2010-11 | 617 | 47 | 13.1:1 | 63% (387) |
| 2000-01 | 459 | 37 | 12.4:1 | 36% (167) |
| 1990-91 | 569 | 32 | 17.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for MALVERN HIGH SCHOOL.
About MALVERN HIGH SCHOOL
As a mid-sized high school, MALVERN HIGH SCHOOL serves students in MALVERN, Arkansas. Federal data show 559 students enrolled in grades 9 through 12 in 2024-25.
MALVERN SCHOOL DISTRICT counts 4 schools and 1,876 students, including MALVERN HIGH SCHOOL.
At MALVERN HIGH SCHOOL, White students make up the biggest share, 45%. Smaller groups are 32% Black, 13% Hispanic, and 9% multiracial. County-wide, 82% of Hot Spring County residents are White. A diversity index of 67% means there is a 67% chance two randomly chosen students at MALVERN HIGH SCHOOL are from different groups.
MALVERN HIGH SCHOOL has 64.9 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff and a student-to-teacher ratio of 8.6:1. The average for high schools in Arkansas is about 8.8:1. The school has 74% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The rate at public schools in Hot Spring County averages 64%, lower than here.
MALVERN HIGH SCHOOL holds a C+ allk12 Grade, placing it above 38% of Arkansas public high schools.
Based on student poverty, the model expects 32.5% at MALVERN HIGH SCHOOL; the school's average proficiency rate across its state test results is 25.3%.
In Hot Spring County, where the school is located, the median household earns about $55,405 a year, roughly 18% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Counting MALVERN HIGH SCHOOL, Hot Spring County has 15 public schools.
About 0.2 miles separate MALVERN HIGH SCHOOL from the closest public school, MALVERN MIDDLE SCHOOL. A five-mile radius around the school includes 3 other public schools. MALVERN HIGH SCHOOL ranks 7th of 9 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 25.3% against a local average of 31.2%.
NCES lists the school's locale as Town: Fringe. That means it sits in a town close to an urbanized area.
In 2020-21, MALVERN HIGH SCHOOL enrolled 588 students. By 2024-25, that number had fallen to 559.
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Hot Spring County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
33,180
Census ACS
Median income
$55,405
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
18%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
15
5,410 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in MALVERN SCHOOL DISTRICT
- MALVERN ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 781 students
- WILSON INTERMEDIATE SCHOOLMiddle · 272 students
- MALVERN MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 264 students
Other schools in MALVERN
- MALVERN ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 781 students
- GLEN ROSE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 507 students
- GLEN ROSE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 468 students
- MAGNET COVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 368 students
- GLEN ROSE MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 327 students
- MAGNET COVE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 307 students
Other Malvern High schools
One other US public school is named Malvern High. MALVERN HIGH SCHOOL is the largest of the 2.
- Malvern High SchoolMalvern, OH · 166 students
Nearby schools
- MALVERN MIDDLE SCHOOL0.2 mi · 264
- WILSON INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL1.7 mi · 272
- MALVERN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.1 mi · 781
- MAGNET COVE HIGH SCHOOL6.4 mi · 307
- MAGNET COVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL6.7 mi · 368
- GLEN ROSE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL8.1 mi · 507
Frequently asked questions
About MALVERN HIGH SCHOOLWhat is the total enrollment at MALVERN HIGH SCHOOL?
MALVERN HIGH SCHOOL enrolls approximately 559 students in grades 09-12.
What age range does MALVERN HIGH SCHOOL serve?
MALVERN HIGH SCHOOL serves students from grade 09 through grade 12.
How many teachers does MALVERN HIGH SCHOOL have?
MALVERN HIGH SCHOOL employs 65 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 8.6:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at MALVERN HIGH SCHOOL?
At MALVERN HIGH SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 45% White, 13% Hispanic, 32% Black, 0% Asian, 9% Two or more.
Is MALVERN HIGH SCHOOL public or private?
MALVERN HIGH SCHOOL is a public K-12 school, overseen by MALVERN SCHOOL DISTRICT.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.