Summary:
The Hot Springs School District contains one high school, Hot Springs World Class High School, which serves grades 10 through 12 with a total enrollment of 759 students. The school operates in a context of very high economic need, as 100% of its students are eligible for free or reduced lunch, and it has a low student-teacher ratio of 10.3:1 with a spending per student of $18,164.
Hot Springs World Class High School shows a standout strength in 10th-grade Geometry, where 43.1% of students were proficient in the 2025-2026 school year—2.6 times higher than the state average of 16.5%. However, this success is not consistent across all grades, as the "All Grades" Geometry proficiency rate is only 16.1%, suggesting that 11th-grade Geometry performance is very low. The school also demonstrates significant year-over-year improvement, with English Language Arts proficiency jumping from 27.1% to 38.1% and Reading from 29.3% to 41.3%, moving the school from well below the state average to nearly matching or exceeding it in Reading.
Despite these gains, the school faces notable challenges. Biology proficiency at 27.5% is well below the state average of 42.7%, representing the largest gap in performance. The graduation rate of 87.8% is below the state average of 90.1%, and the school's state ranking has fluctuated, reaching the 46th percentile (2 stars) in 2025-2026. The high spending per student and low student-teacher ratio indicate significant resource investment, but the mixed academic results suggest that a large portion of that spending likely goes to essential non-academic support for the high-need student population.
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