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Best Public Schools in Garland County, AR

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13,755

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Top rankedJessieville Elementary School46^th of 494 Arkansas elementary schools

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Biggest riser

Lake Hamilton Elementary School up 148 spots statewide this year

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Smallest classes

Jessieville High School 5.1 students per teacher

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Newly ranked this year

Fountain Lake Middle School

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2026)				Ranking (2025)				ATLAS English Language Arts (2026)											ATLAS Reading (2026)											ATLAS Mathematics (2026)											ATLAS Algebra (2026)											ATLAS Geometry (2026)											ATLAS Science (2026)											ATLAS Biology (2026)											Per Pupil Expenditures (2024)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/reduced lunch (2024-25)	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2026)	Statewide Rank (2026)	State Percentile (2026)	SchoolDigger Rating (2026)	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	Rank Change from Previous Year	ATLAS English Language Arts 3rd Grade	ATLAS English Language Arts 4th Grade	ATLAS English Language Arts 5th Grade	ATLAS English Language Arts 6th Grade	ATLAS English Language Arts 7th Grade	ATLAS English Language Arts 8th Grade	ATLAS English Language Arts 9th Grade	ATLAS English Language Arts 10th Grade	ATLAS English Language Arts 11th Grade	ATLAS English Language Arts 12th Grade	ATLAS English Language Arts All Grades	ATLAS Reading 3rd Grade	ATLAS Reading 4th Grade	ATLAS Reading 5th Grade	ATLAS Reading 6th Grade	ATLAS Reading 7th Grade	ATLAS Reading 8th Grade	ATLAS Reading 9th Grade	ATLAS Reading 10th Grade	ATLAS Reading 11th Grade	ATLAS Reading 12th Grade	ATLAS Reading All Grades	ATLAS Mathematics 3rd Grade	ATLAS Mathematics 4th Grade	ATLAS Mathematics 5th Grade	ATLAS Mathematics 6th Grade	ATLAS Mathematics 7th Grade	ATLAS Mathematics 8th Grade	ATLAS Mathematics 9th Grade	ATLAS Mathematics 10th Grade	ATLAS Mathematics 11th Grade	ATLAS Mathematics 12th Grade	ATLAS Mathematics All Grades	ATLAS Algebra 3rd Grade	ATLAS Algebra 4th Grade	ATLAS Algebra 5th Grade	ATLAS Algebra 6th Grade	ATLAS Algebra 7th Grade	ATLAS Algebra 8th Grade	ATLAS Algebra 9th Grade	ATLAS Algebra 10th Grade	ATLAS Algebra 11th Grade	ATLAS Algebra 12th Grade	ATLAS Algebra All Grades	ATLAS Geometry 3rd Grade	ATLAS Geometry 4th Grade	ATLAS Geometry 5th Grade	ATLAS Geometry 6th Grade	ATLAS Geometry 7th Grade	ATLAS Geometry 8th Grade	ATLAS Geometry 9th Grade	ATLAS Geometry 10th Grade	ATLAS Geometry 11th Grade	ATLAS Geometry 12th Grade	ATLAS Geometry All Grades	ATLAS Science 3rd Grade	ATLAS Science 4th Grade	ATLAS Science 5th Grade	ATLAS Science 6th Grade	ATLAS Science 7th Grade	ATLAS Science 8th Grade	ATLAS Science 9th Grade	ATLAS Science 10th Grade	ATLAS Science 11th Grade	ATLAS Science 12th Grade	ATLAS Science All Grades	ATLAS Biology 3rd Grade	ATLAS Biology 4th Grade	ATLAS Biology 5th Grade	ATLAS Biology 6th Grade	ATLAS Biology 7th Grade	ATLAS Biology 8th Grade	ATLAS Biology 9th Grade	ATLAS Biology 10th Grade	ATLAS Biology 11th Grade	ATLAS Biology 12th Grade	ATLAS Biology All Grades	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
National Park College Career Academy	Public	9-12	101 College Dr	Hot Springs	71914	Garland County	National Park Technology Center	No	No	No	No	(501) 767-9314	0	0		—	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()								(n/a)
Cutter-Morning Star Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-6	2801 Spring Street	Hot Springs	71901	Garland County	Cutter Morning Star School District	No	No	No	Yes	(501) 262-2414	357	20	17.9	78.4%	247 (69.2%)	8 (2.2%)	44 (12.3%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (1.7%)	0 (0.0%)	52 (14.6%)	48.9	265^th of 494 public elementary schools	46.4%		49.9	260^th of 495 public elementary schools	47.5%	5	41.2	51.9	34.9	36.1							41.8	37.3	46.3	27.9	36.1							37.5	56.9	51.9	16.3	33.3							41.3																							51.0	51.9	23.3	30.6							40.8												$14,451	$4,518	$9,933
Cutter-Morning Star High School	Public	7-12	2801 Spring Street	Hot Springs	71901	Garland County	Cutter Morning Star School District	No	No	No	Yes	(501) 262-2414	331	31	10.6	66.2%	241 (72.8%)	12 (3.6%)	49 (14.8%)	4 (1.2%)	4 (1.2%)	0 (0.0%)	21 (6.3%)	39.3	200^th of 301 public high schools	33.6%		35.6	201^st of 291 public high schools	30.9%	1					37.5	41.1	28.6	34.0			36.0					37.5	42.9	28.6	40.0			38.1					25.0	31.1					28.0						54.5	10.3				22.5								12.5			13.2					33.3	44.6					39.4								28.1			24.3	$15,067	$3,311	$11,756
Fountain Lake Elementary	Public	PK, KG-4	4207 Park Ave	Hot Springs	71901	Garland County	Fountain Lake School District	No	No	No	Yes	(501) 701-1708	491	35	14.0	62.7%	431 (87.8%)	2 (0.4%)	38 (7.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	20 (4.1%)	49.5	261^st of 494 public elementary schools	47.2%		71	132^nd of 495 public elementary schools	73.3%	129	39.0	41.3									40.0	40.0	37.3									38.9	39.0	49.3									43.4																							46.0	42.7									44.6												$15,768	$3,079	$12,689
Fountain Lake High School	Public	9-12	4207 Park Avenue	Hot Springs	71901	Garland County	Fountain Lake School District	No	No	No	No	(501) 701-1700	368	40	9.1	46.7%	306 (83.2%)	5 (1.4%)	33 (9.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	22 (6.0%)	61.8	97^th of 301 public high schools	67.8%		51.2	132^nd of 291 public high schools	54.6%	35							31.8	44.9			38.7							40.9	51.0			46.2																		10.8				10.6							42.9	14.3			21.3																			58.7			57.3	$17,985	$1,374	$16,611
Fountain Lake Middle School	Public	5-8	4207 Park Avenue	Hot Springs	71909	Garland County	Fountain Lake School District	No	No	No	Yes	(501) 701-1700	389	35	10.9	54.8%	339 (87.1%)	5 (1.3%)	34 (8.7%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (2.6%)	35.9	231^st of 335 public middle schools	31.0%					(n/a)			33.3	29.7	22.1	30.4					29.0			32.4	33.0	27.4	32.4					31.3			36.3	25.3	52.6	33.8					37.3						60.7					60.7														32.4	27.5	42.6	34.3					34.2
Oaklawn Stem Magnet School	Public, Magnet	K-6	525 Hammond Lane	Hot Springs	71913	Garland County	Hot Springs School District	No	Yes	No	Yes	(501) 620-7822	452	26	17.1	—	164 (36.3%)	141 (31.2%)	97 (21.5%)	5 (1.1%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	44 (9.7%)	25.3	399^th of 494 public elementary schools	19.2%		25.5	384^th of 495 public elementary schools	22.4%	15	31.1	28.6	20.0	17.7							24.6	32.8	30.0	23.6	24.2							27.8	32.8	41.4	27.3	27.4							32.7																							27.9	45.7	23.6	32.3							33.1												$16,119	$4,039	$12,080
Hot Springs World Class High School	Public, Magnet, Charter	10-12	120 Chestnut	Hot Springs	71913	Garland County	Hot Springs School District	Yes	Yes	No	No	(501) 624-5286	759	73	10.3	—	211 (27.8%)	271 (35.7%)	192 (25.3%)	7 (0.9%)	5 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	73 (9.6%)	50.8	154^th of 301 public high schools	48.8%		38.2	187^th of 291 public high schools	35.7%	33								38.1			38.1								41.3			41.3																														43.1	7.4		16.1																			26.9			27.4	$18,164	$1,883	$16,281
Main Street Visual & Performing Arts Magnet School	Public, Magnet	PK, KG-6	301 Oaklawn Boulevard	Hot Springs	71913	Garland County	Hot Springs School District	No	Yes	No	Yes	(501) 623-2661	647	41	15.9	—	191 (29.5%)	251 (38.8%)	114 (17.6%)	2 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.3%)	87 (13.4%)	29.3	381^st of 494 public elementary schools	22.9%		15.2	446^th of 495 public elementary schools	9.9%	65	25.8	30.9	22.2	34.1							28.3	25.8	32.4	25.9	38.5							30.7	30.3	32.4	40.0	39.6							35.7																							25.0	32.4	41.8	26.4							31.0												$15,720	$3,974	$11,746
Park Magnet An Ib Pyp World Class School	Public, Magnet	PK, KG-6	617 Main Street	Hot Springs	71913	Garland County	Hot Springs School District	No	Yes	No	No	(501) 623-5661	411	22	18.3	—	170 (41.4%)	82 (20.0%)	82 (20.0%)	14 (3.4%)	6 (1.5%)	0 (0.0%)	57 (13.9%)	75.1	116^th of 494 public elementary schools	76.5%		70.5	138^th of 495 public elementary schools	72.1%	22	53.1	60.0	47.5	42.9							50.2	51.0	56.0	49.2	46.0							50.2	64.6	46.9	54.2	55.6							55.3																							68.8	57.1	57.6	41.3							55.3												$14,223	$2,470	$11,753
Hot Springs Junior Academy	Public, Magnet, Charter	7-9	120 Chestnut	Hot Springs	71913	Garland County	Hot Springs School District	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	(501) 624-5228	803	56	14.4	—	241 (30.0%)	278 (34.6%)	193 (24.0%)	3 (0.4%)	3 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	85 (10.6%)	32.9	240^th of 335 public middle schools	28.4%		27.5	246^th of 324 public middle schools	24.1%	6					29.5	27.5	29.9				29.0					32.1	33.2	34.7				33.3					30.1	27.3					28.9						69.2	15.8				24.7																32.8	31.4					32.1							72.2				72.2	$13,080	$2,561	$10,518
Langston Elementary Leadership Academy Magnet School	Public, Magnet	PK, KG-6	120 Chestnut	Hot Springs	71901	Garland County	Hot Springs School District	No	Yes	No	Yes	(501) 620-7821	504	27	18.5	—	100 (19.8%)	224 (44.4%)	111 (22.0%)	7 (1.4%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	61 (12.1%)	23.3	407^th of 494 public elementary schools	17.6%		14.9	448^th of 495 public elementary schools	9.5%	41	26.9	28.3	36.4	10.6							26.1	28.4	26.4	36.4	10.6							26.1	43.3	32.1	30.9	23.4							33.3																							28.4	34.0	21.8	8.5							23.9												$16,502	$4,560	$11,942
Jessieville Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	7900 N Highway 7	Jessieville	71949	Garland County	Jessieville School District	No	No	No	Yes	(501) 984-5665	354	23	15.6	—	300 (84.7%)	3 (0.8%)	22 (6.2%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	27 (7.6%)	85.8	46^th of 494 public elementary schools	90.7%		90.9	32^nd of 495 public elementary schools	93.5%	14	44.4	66.7	52.6								54.1	48.1	64.6	50.9								54.1	85.2	87.5	64.9								78.6																							68.5	64.6	57.9								63.5												$12,448	$2,141	$10,307
Jessieville High School	Public	9-12	7900 N Highway 7	Jessieville	71949	Garland County	Jessieville School District	No	No	No	Yes	(501) 984-5011	255	50	5.1	—	204 (80.0%)	4 (1.6%)	20 (7.8%)	3 (1.2%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.4%)	23 (9.0%)	51.7	150^th of 301 public high schools	50.2%		57.3	107^th of 291 public high schools	63.2%	43							25.8	45.5			35.0							29.0	45.5			36.8																		24.4				24.4							81.3	20.5			38.2																		50.0	34.3			41.5	$13,021	$1,143	$11,878
Jessieville Middle School	Public	6-8	7900 N Highway 7	Jessieville	71949	Garland County	Jessieville School District	No	No	No	Yes	(501) 984-5610	182	13	13.9	—	159 (87.4%)	4 (2.2%)	10 (5.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (4.9%)	68.8	90^th of 335 public middle schools	73.1%		58.7	123^rd of 324 public middle schools	62.0%	33				44.2	42.9	43.4					43.5				48.1	42.9	49.1					46.6				36.5	51.8	21.6					38.6						87.5					87.5															51.9	57.1	56.6					55.3												$14,158	$2,363	$11,795
Lake Hamilton Middle School	Public	6-7	120 Wolf St	Pearcy	71964	Garland County	Lake Hamilton School District	No	No	No	Yes	(501) 767-3355	633	38	16.4	66.5%	461 (72.8%)	34 (5.4%)	84 (13.3%)	7 (1.1%)	8 (1.3%)	0 (0.0%)	39 (6.2%)	76.8	48^th of 335 public middle schools	85.7%		61.3	109^th of 324 public middle schools	66.4%	61				49.3	47.9						48.5				50.7	48.2						49.4				49.3	47.7						48.5																										55.8	59.8						57.9												$11,402	$1,478	$9,924
Lake Hamilton Primary School	Public	PK, KG-1	136 Oakbrook	Pearcy	71964	Garland County	Lake Hamilton School District	No	No	No	Yes	(501) 767-9351	619	35	17.7	70.0%	441 (71.2%)	23 (3.7%)	95 (15.3%)	5 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	55 (8.9%)								(n/a)																																																																														$12,425	$2,176	$10,250
Lake Hamilton Elementary School	Public	2-3	240 Wolf St	Pearcy	71964	Garland County	Lake Hamilton School District	No	No	No	Yes	(501) 767-8725	555	33	16.6	74.1%	403 (72.6%)	16 (2.9%)	89 (16.0%)	6 (1.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	41 (7.4%)	77.3	98^th of 494 public elementary schools	80.2%		52.1	246^th of 495 public elementary schools	50.3%	148	55.4										55.4	51.4										51.4	59.6										59.6																							53.6										53.6												$12,106	$1,814	$10,292
Lake Hamilton High School	Public	10-12	280 Wolf St	Pearcy	71964	Garland County	Lake Hamilton School District	No	No	No	No	(501) 767-9311	936	49	18.4	60.6%	709 (75.7%)	34 (3.6%)	124 (13.2%)	6 (0.6%)	2 (0.2%)	2 (0.2%)	59 (6.3%)	82.2	20^th of 301 public high schools	93.4%		64.2	75^th of 291 public high schools	74.2%	55								47.8			47.6								48.9			48.7																														34.9			34.9																			46.2			46.0	$15,220	$1,462	$13,758
Lake Hamilton Intermediate School	Public	4-5	104 Wolf St	Pearcy	71964	Garland County	Lake Hamilton School District	No	No	No	Yes	(501) 767-4111	566	35	16.3	70.5%	407 (71.9%)	17 (3.0%)	87 (15.4%)	9 (1.6%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	44 (7.8%)	83.1	66^th of 494 public elementary schools	86.6%		78.4	95^th of 495 public elementary schools	80.8%	29		51.4	55.0								53.1		47.5	55.8								51.4		63.5	57.2								60.3																								67.0	58.7								62.9												$10,637	$1,349	$9,288
Lakeside Middle School	Public	5-6	2923 Malvern Avenue	Hot Springs	71901	Garland County	LAKESIDE SCHOOL DISTRICT (Garland)	No	No	No	Yes	(501) 262-6244	546	33	16.3	44.7%	390 (71.4%)	42 (7.7%)	58 (10.6%)	11 (2.0%)	2 (0.4%)	5 (0.9%)	38 (7.0%)								(n/a)			48.5	55.3							51.8			50.0	54.2							52.0			63.7	79.4							71.5																									55.3	49.8							52.6												$10,867	$675	$10,192
Lakeside Primary School	Public	PK, KG-1	2841 Malvern	Hot Springs	71901	Garland County	LAKESIDE SCHOOL DISTRICT (Garland)	No	No	No	Yes	(501) 262-1921	583	30	19.1	50.8%	368 (63.1%)	37 (6.3%)	91 (15.6%)	17 (2.9%)	4 (0.7%)	1 (0.2%)	65 (11.1%)								(n/a)																																																																														$14,895	$2,036	$12,859
Lakeside Intermediate School	Public	2-4	2855 Malvern Ave	Hot Springs	71901	Garland County	LAKESIDE SCHOOL DISTRICT (Garland)	No	No	No	Yes	(501) 262-2332	721	44	16.4	49.5%	479 (66.4%)	40 (5.5%)	98 (13.6%)	11 (1.5%)	3 (0.4%)	1 (0.1%)	89 (12.3%)	77.8	93^rd of 494 public elementary schools	81.2%		74	118^th of 495 public elementary schools	76.2%	25	48.8	52.1									50.4	50.4	49.6									50.0	70.8	64.6									67.7																							52.5	56.7									54.6												$10,930	$990	$9,940
Lakeside High School	Public	9-12	2871 Malvern Avenue	Hot Springs	71901	Garland County	LAKESIDE SCHOOL DISTRICT (Garland)	No	No	No	No	(501) 262-1530	1,107	104	10.5	36.9%	781 (70.6%)	80 (7.2%)	145 (13.1%)	23 (2.1%)	6 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	72 (6.5%)	75	42^nd of 301 public high schools	86.0%		80.5	30^th of 291 public high schools	89.7%	12							48.6	47.1			47.9							53.0	47.5			50.4																		18.5				18.0							82.5	25.3			50.5																		82.2	40.4			57.5	$11,626	$510	$11,116
Lakeside Junior High School	Public	7-8	2839 Malvern Ave	Hot Springs	71901	Garland County	LAKESIDE SCHOOL DISTRICT (Garland)	No	No	No	No	(501) 770-1120	581	37	15.6	47.3%	409 (70.4%)	39 (6.7%)	68 (11.7%)	17 (2.9%)	2 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	46 (7.9%)	79.8	40^th of 335 public middle schools	88.1%		82.2	37^th of 324 public middle schools	88.6%	3					42.5	47.7					45.0					43.5	50.9					47.1					62.2	45.8					56.3						90.3					90.3																53.8	60.1					56.9												$9,518	$702	$8,816
Mountain Pine Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-6	690 Blakely Dam Road	Mountain Pine	71956	Garland County	Mountain Pine School District	No	No	No	Yes	(501) 767-1540	320	18	17.4	—	245 (76.6%)	13 (4.1%)	9 (2.8%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (1.9%)	0 (0.0%)	47 (14.7%)	13.8	444^th of 494 public elementary schools	10.1%		16.4	434^th of 495 public elementary schools	12.3%	10	27.0	17.1	9.3	29.4							20.0	27.0	17.1	11.6	32.4							21.3	23.7	24.4	11.6	23.5							20.5																							23.7	19.5	20.9	32.4							23.7												$14,668	$3,166	$11,502
Mountain Pine High School	Public	7-12	726 Blakely Dam Road	Mountain Pine	71956	Garland County	Mountain Pine School District	No	No	No	Yes	(501) 767-1540	285	46	6.1	—	222 (77.9%)	15 (5.3%)	15 (5.3%)	1 (0.4%)	5 (1.8%)	4 (1.4%)	23 (8.1%)	26.1	242^nd of 301 public high schools	19.6%		46.7	151^st of 291 public high schools	48.1%	91					21.7	14.3	23.7	25.0			21.7					26.1	14.3	26.3	25.0			23.7					13.0	12.5					12.9						0.0	0.0				0.0							0.0	4.3			2.1					28.3	14.3					23.0								42.9			42.1	$14,180	$1,771	$12,409

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