Public schools in Hot Springs, AR

Hot Springs has 16 public schools with a 2024-25 address in the city: 4 high, 4 middle, 8 elementary, enrolling 9,050 students. They are run by 4 districts and agencies; Hot Springs School District runs 6 of them.

NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25: schools open that year with enrollment · method

The 4 districts and agencies that run Hot Springs's public schools

Each district decides who can enroll where; its page holds its schools, spending and teachers.

DistrictSchools in Hot SpringsDistrict students, fall 2022Spending per student, FY23
Hot Springs School District63,690$14,750
Lakeside School District53,466$11,458
Fountain Lake School District31,349$14,258
Cutter-Morning Star Sch. Dist.2690$13,667

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25: school location city and operating agency; NCES F-33 fiscal year 2022-23: district fall membership and current spending per student. Schools on a city's edge can serve students from outside it.

4 high schools in Hot Springs, 2,565 students

SchoolStudents 2024‑25Per teacherFree lunchDistrict
Lakeside High School1,10710.626.9%Lakeside
Hot Springs World Class High School75910.4100.0%Hot Springs
Fountain Lake Charter High School3689.234.2%Fountain Lake
Cutter-Morning Star High School33110.752.0%Cutter-Morning Star Sch. Dist.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (membership, staff, lunch); level from the directory. All free (CEP): every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision, so the school reports no free-lunch count.

4 middle schools in Hot Springs, 2,319 students

SchoolStudents 2024‑25Per teacherFree lunchDistrict
Hot Springs Junior Academy80314.499.9%Hot Springs
Lakeside Junior High School58115.734.9%Lakeside
Lakeside Middle School54616.435.0%Lakeside
Fountain Lake Middle School Cobra Digital Prep Academy38911.042.2%Fountain Lake

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (membership, staff, lunch); level from the directory. All free (CEP): every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision, so the school reports no free-lunch count.

8 elementary schools in Hot Springs, 4,166 students

SchoolStudents 2024‑25Per teacherFree lunchDistrict
Lakeside Intermediate School72116.436.2%Lakeside
Main Street Visual & Performing Arts Magnet School64715.999.8%Hot Springs
Lakeside Primary School58319.239.5%Lakeside
Langston Elementary Leadership Academy Magnet School50418.6100.0%Hot Springs
Fountain Lake Elementary49114.147.3%Fountain Lake
Oaklawn STEM Magnet School45217.2100.0%Hot Springs
Park Magnet an Ib Pyp World Class School41118.4100.0%Hot Springs
Cutter-Morning Star Elementary School35717.964.4%Cutter-Morning Star Sch. Dist.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (membership, staff, lunch); level from the directory. All free (CEP): every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision, so the school reports no free-lunch count.

How Hot Springs's public schools compare with Arkansas's

The median Hot Springs school has 15.8 students per full-time teacher, more than the Arkansas median of 14.2. 50% of its schools ran a schoolwide Title I program in 2021-22, against 72% across the state. Its median school enrolls 525 students (state 402).

Hot Springs against Arkansas, schools open in 2024-25 with students
Hot SpringsArkansas
Median students per teacher15.814.2
Median school size (students)525402
Schools with a schoolwide Title I program (2021-22)50%72%
Schools where every student eats free (CEP)38%17%
Charter schools19%9.1%

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (membership, staff, lunch program, charter status; the 16 Hot Springs schools and the 1,041 Arkansas schools open that year with students); Title I status CCD 2021-22. Students per teacher counts 2024-25 teachers and ratios from 3 to 99.

What to look at next in Hot Springs

  1. Hot Springs School DistrictRuns 6 of Hot Springs's 16 public schools and spent $14,750 per student in fiscal year 2022-23.$14,750
  2. Lakeside High School, the largest high school in Hot Springs1,107 students in 2024-25, 10.6 per teacher.1,107
  3. Compare Hot Springs School District with Lakeside School DistrictHot Springs's two largest operators side by side: enrollment, spending and schools.
  4. The largest public schools in ArkansasArkansas's 50 largest schools open in 2024-25, by enrollment.
  5. Find the school district for a Hot Springs addressA home's district, not its city, decides which public schools it can enroll in.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (schools and their operating agencies); NCES F-33 finance survey, fiscal year 2022-23 (spending per student).

Choosing among them: how to choose a school district with the federal data, and what a Title I school is.

Other cities in Arkansas

  1. Little Rock69 schools
  2. Springdale30 schools
  3. Fort Smith27 schools
  4. Rogers27 schools
  5. Bentonville25 schools
  6. Jonesboro24 schools
  7. North Little Rock21 schools
  8. Conway17 schools

Questions about schools in Hot Springs

  1. How many public schools are in Hot Springs, AR?
    16 public schools with an address in Hot Springs were open in 2024-25: 4 high, 4 middle, 8 elementary, enrolling 9,050 students. 3 are charter schools.
  2. What is the largest high school in Hot Springs?
    Lakeside High School, with 1,107 students in 2024-25 (Lakeside School District).
  3. Which districts run Hot Springs's schools?
    Hot Springs School District (6 schools), Lakeside School District (5 schools), Fountain Lake School District (3 schools), Cutter-Morning Star Sch. Dist. (2 schools). A school's district, not its city, decides who can enroll.

These figures are for information and are not a substitute for the district's enrollment office, which confirms the school a home is assigned to.

Sources

Source: NCES Common Core of Data School directory, membership, staff and lunch files · 2024-25

Source: NCES Common Core of Data Public school search (the official record of each school) · 2024-25

Compiled from official source data by .