Regular local school district · Garland County
LAKESIDE SCHOOL DISTRICT (Garland), AR: schools, enrollment and spending
LAKESIDE SCHOOL DISTRICT (Garland) runs 5 public schools with 3,538 students in grades PK to 12. Its ratio of 14.2 students per teacher is 1.5 higher than the Arkansas figure of 12.7.
At a glance
- Schools
- 5
- Students
- 3,538
- Teachers (FTE)
- 249
- Students per teacher
- 14.2
- AR: 12.7 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 2837 Malvern Ave, Hot Springs, AR 71901
- Phone
- (501)262-1880
- County
- Garland County
- Locale
- City: Small
- Grades offered
- PK to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 0508670
- State district ID
- AR-2606000
- Total staff (FTE)
- 396
- School counselors (FTE)
- 8.0About 442 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 12.0
Students per teacher compared
This district14.2
Arkansas12.7
United States15.3
2020 finance data
From the F-33 School District Finance Survey for fiscal year 2020, in nominal dollars. Enrollment used for per-pupil figures is the finance survey count (3,494), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $45.5 million
- Federal revenue
- $5.1 million
- State revenue
- $17.9 million
- Local revenue
- $22.4 million
- Total spending
- $65.3 million
- Spending per pupil
- $18,683
- Salaries
- $20.2 million31.0% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $66.2 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 11.3%
- State: 39.4%
- Local: 49.3%
Arkansas overall
- Federal: 16.0%
- State: 47.0%
- Local: 37.0%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$18,683
Arkansas$12,724
United States$16,826
Schools in LAKESIDE SCHOOL DISTRICT (Garland)
By level: 1 high, 2 middle, 2 elementary. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Lakeside High School | High | 8 to 12 | 1,107 | 10.6 |
| Lakeside Intermediate School | Elementary | 2 to 4 | 721 | 16.8 |
| Lakeside Junior High School | Middle | 7 to 8 | 581 | 15.7 |
| Lakeside Middle School | Middle | 5 to 6 | 546 | 16.5 |
| Lakeside Primary School | Elementary | PK to 1 | 583 | 19.4 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Garland County
- Lake Hamilton School District 3,945 students
- Hot Springs School District 3,576 students
- Fountain Lake School District 1,248 students
- Jessieville School District 791 students
- Cutter Morning Star School District 688 students
- Mountain Pine School District 605 students
- National Park Technology Center 0 students
More in Arkansas
Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 and F-33 finance 2020, via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Last reviewed October 2026. Finance figures are 2020 finance data in nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation. Blank values are not available, not applicable or suppressed in the source. See the methodology.