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What's one thing MOUNTAIN HOME CAREER ACADEMIES gets right about preparing students for what comes next?
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Enrollment
1,523
High
DISTRICT 788 · STATE 510
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MOUNTAIN HOME SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 050004300676
MOUNTAIN HOME CAREER ACADEMIES
500 BOMBER BLVD., MOUNTAIN HOME, AR 72653 · (870) 425-1215 · Baxter County
GRADES 08–12HIGH33-TOWNCHARTERREGULAR SCHOOL1,523 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
11.9:1
128 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.3:1 · STATE 8.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
33%
505 students
DISTRICT 47% · 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 8 | 318 | 21% |
| Grade 9 | 330 | 22% |
| Grade 10 | 286 | 19% |
| Grade 11 | 309 | 20% |
| Grade 12 | 280 | 18% |
Student demographics
17%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 18% · 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 MOUNTAIN HOME SCHOOL DISTRICT. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
ATLAS 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3+4)English Language Arts
35.5%
AR avg 34.9% . +1.3pp since 2023
Math
46.2%
AR avg 38.9% . +14.5pp since 2023
What this means: On the ATLAS, Arkansas's statewide test, about 36 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 46 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Arkansas schools, those numbers are about 35 and 39. Reading and writing scores are up about 1 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 15 points.
ATLAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 35.5% | 46.2% |
| 2023-24 | 34.2% | 31.7% |
% 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
38.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
47.5%
based on AR schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-8.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 39% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 48% 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 MOUNTAIN HOME CAREER ACADEMIES
MOUNTAIN HOME CAREER ACADEMIES's state test result (38.8% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| MOUNTAIN HOME CAREER ACADEMIES this school | 1,523 | 33.2% | 38.8% |
| SHERIDAN HIGH SCHOOL SHERIDAN | 1,239 | 37.5% | 33.4% |
| VILONIA HIGH SCHOOL VILONIA | 886 | 39.2% | 42.0% |
| GREENBRIER HIGH SCHOOL GREENBRIER | 818 | 39.1% | 30.0% |
| ALMA HIGH SCHOOL ALMA | 981 | 41.9% | 38.3% |
| BENTON HIGH SCHOOL BENTON | 1,298 | 30.2% | 46.2% |
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 MOUNTAIN HOME CAREER ACADEMIES ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Arkansas |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 38.8% | #49 of 272 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 46.2% | #28 of 132 ▲ 29 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 35.5% | #89 of 280 ▲ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,523 | #18 of 310 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.9:1 | #198 of 245 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 17.2% | #195 of 246 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 33.2% | #252 of 273 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +22.4% | #21 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
1,523
-61 (-4%) vs 2020
+28% since 2010-11, when it was 1,194
Student : Teacher
11.9:1
was 12.5:1
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 | 1,523 | 127.5 | 11.9:1 | 33% (505) |
| 2023-24 | 1,517 | 125.8 | 12.1:1 | 38% (580) |
| 2022-23 | 1,518 | 124.6 | 12.2:1 | 38% (570) |
| 2020-21 | 1,584 | 127 | 12.5:1 | 38% (596) |
| 2017-18 | 1,244 | 99 | 12.6:1 | 25% (305) |
| 2015-16 | 1,199 | 103 | 11.6:1 | 46% (554) |
| 2010-11 | 1,194 | 102 | 11.7:1 | 50% (595) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for MOUNTAIN HOME CAREER ACADEMIES.
About MOUNTAIN HOME CAREER ACADEMIES
MOUNTAIN HOME CAREER ACADEMIES is a public high school in MOUNTAIN HOME, Arkansas. Its grade span covers grades 8 through 12, with 1,523 students on the rolls. That compares with an average of about 510 students for high schools in Arkansas.
MOUNTAIN HOME SCHOOL DISTRICT, which runs MOUNTAIN HOME CAREER ACADEMIES, has 6 schools and 3,817 students.
Roughly 91% of students at MOUNTAIN HOME CAREER ACADEMIES are White. Other groups make up 4% Hispanic and 3% multiracial. Baxter County residents are about 92% White, a similar share. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 17%.
The school's 127.5 full-time-equivalent teachers translate to a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.9:1. High schools in Arkansas average 8.8:1, 3.1 fewer students per teacher than here. Income data for the school show 33% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Public schools in Baxter County average 52%.
The school's average proficiency rate across its state test results is 38.8%. For its free or reduced-price lunch share, the predicted value is 47.5%.
Baxter County is the school's county. There, the median household earns about $48,452 a year, roughly 19% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Public schools in Baxter County number 11, with about 4,984 students.
A public school about 0.3 miles away, HACKLER INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL, is the closest to MOUNTAIN HOME CAREER ACADEMIES. MOUNTAIN HOME CAREER ACADEMIES has 5 other public schools within five miles. MOUNTAIN HOME CAREER ACADEMIES comes in 6th of 7 nearby schools on average proficiency.
The school's federal locale classification is Town: Remote. MOUNTAIN HOME CAREER ACADEMIES is a publicly funded charter school.
A 4% decline took enrollment from 1,584 in 2020-21 to 1,523 in 2024-25.
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Baxter County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
42,407
Census ACS
Median income
$48,452
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
19%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
11
4,984 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in MOUNTAIN HOME SCHOOL DISTRICT
- HACKLER INTERMEDIATE SCHOOLElementary · 837 students
- NELSON WILKS HERRON ELEMENTARYElementary · 559 students
- PINKSTON MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 546 students
- MOUNTAIN HOME KINDERGARTENElementary · 300 students
- GUY BERRY COLLEGE AND CAREER ACADEMYHigh · 52 students
Other schools in MOUNTAIN HOME
- HACKLER INTERMEDIATE SCHOOLElementary · 837 students
- NELSON WILKS HERRON ELEMENTARYElementary · 559 students
- PINKSTON MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 546 students
- MOUNTAIN HOME KINDERGARTENElementary · 300 students
- GUY BERRY COLLEGE AND CAREER ACADEMYHigh · 52 students
- ARKANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY-MOUNTAIN HOME CAREER CENTERHigh
Nearby schools
- HACKLER INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL0.3 mi · 837
- GUY BERRY COLLEGE AND CAREER ACADEMY0.7 mi · 52
- PINKSTON MIDDLE SCHOOL1.1 mi · 546
- MOUNTAIN HOME KINDERGARTEN1.2 mi · 300
- NELSON WILKS HERRON ELEMENTARY1.4 mi · 559
- AMANDA GIST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL7.7 mi · 374
Frequently asked questions
About MOUNTAIN HOME CAREER ACADEMIESWhat is the total enrollment at MOUNTAIN HOME CAREER ACADEMIES?
MOUNTAIN HOME CAREER ACADEMIES enrolls approximately 1,523 students in grades 08-12.
What grades does MOUNTAIN HOME CAREER ACADEMIES serve?
MOUNTAIN HOME CAREER ACADEMIES serves grades 08-12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at MOUNTAIN HOME CAREER ACADEMIES?
The student-to-teacher ratio at MOUNTAIN HOME CAREER ACADEMIES is approximately 11.9:1 (128 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at MOUNTAIN HOME CAREER ACADEMIES?
Student demographics at MOUNTAIN HOME CAREER ACADEMIES are roughly 91% White, 4% Hispanic, 0% Black, 1% Asian, 3% Two or more.
What district is MOUNTAIN HOME CAREER ACADEMIES in?
MOUNTAIN HOME CAREER ACADEMIES is part of MOUNTAIN HOME SCHOOL DISTRICT.
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