OAKLAWN STEM MAGNET SCHOOL

Located at 525 HAMMOND LANE, in HOT SPRINGS, Arkansas, OAKLAWN STEM MAGNET SCHOOL is a reasonably sized elementary campus that instructs 452 students (grades pre-K through 6), run under HOT SPRINGS SCHOOL DISTRICT.

HOT SPRINGS SCHOOL DISTRICT runs 6 schools in total, collectively educating 3,576 students. OAKLAWN STEM MAGNET SCHOOL is one of those campuses.

In terms of who attends, OAKLAWN STEM MAGNET SCHOOL lists that the largest single group is White at 36%, but no single group is in the majority. The remainder reads as 31% Black, 21% Hispanic, 10% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 83% White, putting the school's mix meaningfully less White than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, OAKLAWN STEM MAGNET SCHOOL logs 26 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 17.2:1. The state averages around 16.0:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Roughly 100% of students at OAKLAWN STEM MAGNET SCHOOL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is above Garland County's rate of about 72%.

With demographic context factored in, OAKLAWN STEM MAGNET SCHOOL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 22.3% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 23.6%.

Around the school, ACS estimates for Garland County put median household income runs about $57,181, about 25% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. Across Garland County's 28 public schools (combined enrollment of about 14,391 students), OAKLAWN STEM MAGNET SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

MAIN STREET VISUAL & PERFORMING ARTS MAGNET SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.6 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around OAKLAWN STEM MAGNET SCHOOL. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), OAKLAWN STEM MAGNET SCHOOL ranks 5th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 32.7%.

The school occupies an urban site.

Looking at the recent track record. OAKLAWN STEM MAGNET SCHOOL's enrollment has held roughly steady since 2018, when it stood at 447 (now 452). Over the same period, the White share shrank from 46% to 36%. Class-load math has rose: from 15.0:1 in 2018 to 17.2:1 in 2025.

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