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Hot Springs Junior Academy

PublicMiddleGrades 7–9Charter

120 Chestnut, Hot Springs, AR 71913 · (501) 624-5228

Hot Springs’ School Grade C+ better than 44% of Arkansas school districts

Directions
Students
803
Students per teacher
14:1
Free or reduced lunch
100%
Setting
City
Grades
7–9
The gist

What stands out about Hot Springs Junior Academy

  • Its own letter, C−: better results than 22% of Arkansas’s public schools
  • Math proficiency 16 pts below the state
  • Reading / language arts 8 pts below the state

Test scores

2020–21
Math proficiency20%
State average 36.2%
Reading / language arts29%
State average 36.9%

Its own letter, C−, places these results among Arkansas’s 944 public schools with results. Source: EDFacts via Urban Institute Education Data Portal (SY2020-21).

Location

Directions ↗

120 Chestnut, Hot Springs

Students

Enrollment by grade
Grade 7280
Grade 8269
Grade 9254
Enrollment over time
771’20
820’21
815’22
795’23
803’24

Up 4.2% since 2020–21.

Who goes here
Black 35%White 30%Hispanic 24%Two or more races 11%Asian <1%American Indian/Alaska Native <1%

As reported to NCES, share of students with a reported race or ethnicity.

Parents talk

Questions and answers about Hot Springs Junior Academy from Hot Springs families.

School facts: U.S. Department of Education (NCES), 2024–2025 school year. Test scores: EDFacts via Urban Institute Education Data Portal (SY2020-21). A school’s letter is our own summary of its reading and math results against Arkansas’s other public schools; Hot Springs’s School Grade is built from its districts’ results. Map: © OpenStreetMap contributors.