NCES CCD 2024-25 9 schools AR

Best-Resourced Schools in Malvern, AR

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9 public K-12 schools in Malvern from NCES Common Core of Data: enrollment, grade span, demographics, and Civil Rights Data Collection statistics for every active campus.

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9
Schools
3,834
Students
43.8/100
Avg Resource Index
12.9:1
Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

Middle-of-corpus city profile

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, Malvern has more public-school enrollment than 42% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. Malvern sits in the broad middle of the national city distribution rather than at a single obvious extreme. Its scale, average Resource Investment Index, and staffing position need to be read together: a middle placement on one measure does not cancel a stronger or weaker result on another. The percentile panel makes those dimensions explicit, and the school table shows where the city aggregate breaks into materially different campus profiles.

A full K–12 ladder sits inside the city boundary

Malvern's list includes 3 elementary, 1 middle, and 2 high-school campuses, plus 3 combined-grade records. The city average spans every major grade stage, so the ranked table is more informative when read within level than as one interchangeable queue.

Campus spread matters more than the city mean

The 19-point gap between Malvern High School and Magnet Cove Elementary School shows the range hidden by Malvern's average Resource Investment Index. The city figure is useful for national placement, but families ultimately choose among campuses with different grade spans, enrollment, district affiliations, and reported support fields. Start with schools serving the relevant grade level, then compare the index components rather than assuming the city average describes any one classroom.

City enrollment
Top 58%
School count
Top 46%
Resource Index average
64th percentile
Teacher staffing
80th percentile

Malvern Elementary School accounts for 20.4% of all Malvern public-school enrollment

That concentration means Malvern-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade level: Elementary. The share measures enrollment concentration only; it does not establish how districts allocate programs, capital, or staff. Enrollment-weighted aggregates give this entity more weight than any smaller peer, while an unweighted entity average treats every record equally.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data NCES Common Core of Data

Malvern school enrollment varies 3.0× across entities

Malvern school enrollment ranges from 264 students (lowest) to 781 students (highest), a spread of 517 students. That relatively narrow ratio reflects an unusually homogeneous school portfolio for a city this size. Per-school staffing and program breadth can differ sharply at opposite ends of that enrollment range, so the city average should not be treated as a typical campus.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data NCES Common Core of Data

Malvern student-teacher ratio is 12.9:1 — low (typically associated with smaller schools or per-school staffing investment that often correlates with stronger per-student supports)

student-teacher ratio is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: the ratio counts FTE classroom teachers against total enrollment, push-in specialists, English-language aides, special-education co-teachers, and counselors are not included in most reporting Lower values often correlate with smaller scale and population characteristics rather than higher resource budgets per se.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data, Public School Universe NCES Common Core of Data, Public School Universe

# School Score
1. Malvern High School 53
2. Malvern Junior High School 51
3. Glen Rose High School 50
4. Magnet Cove High School 47
5. Wilson Intermediate School 46
6. Malvern Elementary School 40
7. Glen Rose Middle School 37
8. Glen Rose Elementary School 36
9. Magnet Cove Elementary School 34

Most racially and ethnically mixed schools in Malvern

Ranked by the Simpson student-body diversity index (0-100) from NCES race and ethnicity data, where higher means a more evenly mixed student body. It measures mix, not quality.

  1. 1 Malvern Junior High School 71.5/100
  2. 2 Wilson Intermediate School 68.3/100
  3. 3 Malvern High School 67.0/100
  4. 4 Malvern Elementary School 66.3/100
  5. 5 Glen Rose High School 20.4/100

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Which Malvern school has the highest Resource Investment Index? ▼

Malvern High School has the highest Resource Investment Index among the Malvern schools in this federal-data comparison at 53/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.

How many schools are in Malvern, AR? ▼

Malvern has 9 public schools with a total enrollment of 3,834 students. Average student-teacher ratio: 12.9:1.

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Data from NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 and Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC) 2021-22. The Resource Investment Index uses reported student-teacher ratio, counselor access, gifted programs, and attendance; it is not an academic rating. Cities must include at least five schools to be listed. This public-data comparison is for informational purposes: verify current enrollment, attendance boundaries, and programs with the school district before acting. See the guide to understanding NCES data.