MALVERN HIGH SCHOOL

MALVERN HIGH SCHOOL operates as a middle-of-the-pack secondary school in MALVERN, Arkansas, part of MALVERN SCHOOL DISTRICT. Current enrollment sits at 559 students spanning grades 9 through 12.

MALVERN SCHOOL DISTRICT comprises 4 schools with combined enrollment of 1,876 students; MALVERN HIGH SCHOOL is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, MALVERN HIGH SCHOOL lists that the largest single group is White at 45%, but no single group is in the majority. Other groups include 32% Black, 13% Hispanic, 9% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 82% White, putting the school's mix meaningfully less White than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 65 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 8.6:1 students per teacher. The state averages about 8.8:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. About 74% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is noticeably above Hot Spring County's rate of about 64%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), MALVERN HIGH SCHOOL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 31.9%; this one delivers 25.9%.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Hot Spring County indicate median household income runs about $55,405, 18% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. Across Hot Spring County's 15 public schools (combined enrollment of about 5,410 students), MALVERN HIGH SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: MALVERN MIDDLE SCHOOL, around 0.2 miles off. Within five miles, there are 3 other public schools. On composite proficiency, MALVERN HIGH SCHOOL comes 6th of 9 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 28.6%.

Geographically, the school is in a town-center area.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at MALVERN HIGH SCHOOL has grew 6%, going from 529 students in 2018 to 559 in 2025. The White share of enrollment decreased from 54% to 45% over that span. Class-load math has tightened: from 10.7:1 in 2018 to 8.6:1 in 2025.

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