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Schools in Fountain Lake

Fountain Lake’s public schools

Fountain Lake School District has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Fountain Lake. Each school below is shown with its own results.

—Not gradedK–12Where will my kid go?2/2schools above Arkansas’s middle

Tests spring 2022, when 100% of students in Arkansas’s tested grades sat them, and the class of 2023’s graduation rate (U.S. Department of Education). How TownRatings grades schools

Reading proficiency
40%
2021–22
Math proficiency
45%
2021–22
Graduate on time
92%
class of 2023
Spent per student
$16.9K
▲ 24% vs AR $13.6K
FY2024
Students per teacher
11.3
AR 12.4 · smaller classes
Schools in town
0
880 students on the public path
In brief

Fountain Lake’s schools, in brief

School by school

2 of Fountain Lake’s 2 district schools with test results score above the middle of Arkansas’s 944 public schools. Fountain Lake Middle School places highest (better than 77%); Fountain Lake Elementary lowest (75%). See the path ↓

Written from the figures on this page. Tests are from 2021–22, graduation from the class of 2023; each school’s own letter uses 2020–21 results.

Where will my kid go?

Pick a grade. These are the public schools in Fountain Lake, with each school’s own grade.

The path, start to finish
PK–4Fountain Lake Elementaryin Hot SpringsA−
5–8Fountain Lake Middle Schoolin Hot SpringsA−

Which school depends on your address. To confirm it, ask the Fountain Lake School District.

The district

Spending and class size are shown but don’t count toward the grade. Each district’s own page has every school.

Fountain Lake School DistrictGrades PK–12 · 3 schools · 1,248 students, down 7% since 2020–21 · 11.3 per teacher (AR 12.4)
$16,889AR $13,585 · FY2024
B+
Test scores · 2021–22

Close to the state in reading

Reading40%
State average 39.9% · 789 students tested
Math45%
State average 38.3% · 790 students tested

Fountain Lake vs. its neighbors

Schools grades for the Arkansas towns that share Fountain Lake’s borders.

Schools next door
TownSchoolsMain districts
Fountain Lake—Fountain Lake

Every school in Fountain Lake

2 schools. Each public school’s letter compares its own 2020–21 reading and math results with Arkansas’s other public schools (the newest school-level results we have).

Also serving Fountain Lakein other towns
Fountain Lake Elementary
Elementary · Grades PK–4 · Hot Springs
A−
491 students14:1Rate it →
Fountain Lake Middle School
Middle · Grades 5–8 · Hot Springs
A−
389 students11:1Rate it →

Questions about Fountain Lake’s schools

Are Fountain Lake’s schools good?

There’s no Schools grade for Fountain Lake. Fountain Lake School District has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Fountain Lake. Each school below is shown with its own results. School by school, 2 of its 2 district schools with test results score above the middle of Arkansas’s public schools on their 2020–21 results.

What school district is Fountain Lake in?

Fountain Lake School District.

Where do Fountain Lake kids go to high school?

Fountain Lake Middle School.

Parents talk

What Fountain Lake families are saying about school.

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School data: state test results (2021–22, with participation) and four-year graduation rates (class of 2023) reported to the U.S. Department of Education (EDFacts via ED Data Express); each school’s own letter uses its 2020–21 results (EDFacts via the Urban Institute); schools and enrollment from NCES (2024–25; private schools 2023–24); spending from the Census Bureau’s school finance survey (FY2024). Stars are from neighbors.