State/Public Middle Open

Hot Springs Junior Academy

๐Ÿ“ 701 Main St, Hot Springs, Garland County, 71913

815
Pupils
13.4
Pupil:teacher ratio

About this school

Hot Springs Junior Academy is a State/Public serving middle age pupils, located in Hot Springs, Garland County. The school has 815 pupils enrolled. The Principal is B. Brandon. It is part of the Hot Springs School District school district. It serves grades 7โ€“9 in an urban setting. The school employs 60.9 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 13.4:1. It operates as a public charter school.

School details

Principal
B. Brandon
School district
Hot Springs School District
Gender
Coeducational

Enrollment & staffing

Hot Springs Junior Academy enrolls 815 students across grades 7โ€“9. The student body is 52% male and 48% female. A teaching staff of 60.9 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 13.4:1.

Male students
420 (52%)
Female students
395 (48%)
Teachers (FTE)
60.9
Student-teacher ratio
13.4:1
Grade span
7โ€“9

Student demographics

By race and ethnicity, the student body is 37% Black or African American, 30% White and 21% Hispanic or Latino.

Race / ethnicityStudentsShare
Black or African American30237%
White24730%
Hispanic or Latino16821%
Two or more races9011%
Asian6<1%
American Indian or Alaska Native2<1%

Source: NCES Common Core of Data.

Free & reduced-price lunch

815 of the school's 815 students (100%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.

School setting & status

City, SmallGrades 7โ€“9Charter schoolSupplemental VirtualTitle I

Hot Springs Junior Academy is located in an urban setting (NCES locale: City, Small). It operates as a public charter school. Virtual instruction: Supplemental Virtual. The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district VT-40.

School district: HOT SPRINGS SCHOOL DISTRICT

Hot Springs Junior Academy is one of 6 schools in HOT SPRINGS SCHOOL DISTRICT, based in HOT SPRINGS, Arkansas. The district serves 3,576 students district-wide and employs 267 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 815 students, Hot Springs Junior Academy is larger than the district average of about 596 students per school.

3,576
District students
6
Schools
267
Teachers (FTE)

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International affiliations

IB World School
IB MYP (Ages 11โ€“16)
IBO code
002065
IB since
30 June 2003
IB region
Americas
Country
United States

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