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Mountain Home Career Academies School

Serves grades 8 - 12

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Raw data sources:
  • Test Scores: Edfacts (U.S. Department of Education), State departments of education.
  • Expenditures: National Center for Education Statistics.
  • Educational Environment: American Community Survey (U.S. Census Bureau).
Date(s) & Update Frequency:
  • Test data: Reflects 2023 – 2024 school year.
  • Expenditures: 2022
  • Educational Environment: 2023 (latest available). Updated annually.
  • All data updated June 2025

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School Overview

Address
500 Bomber Blvd
Mountain Home, AR 72653
Phone
(870) 425-1215
District
MOUNTAIN HOME SCHOOL DISTRICT
County
BAXTER COUNTY
Type of School
Regular elementary or secondary
Magnet School
No
Charter School
Yes
Students Enrolled
1517
Classroom Teachers
126

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to Arkansas

6

(10 is best)

Better than 52.1% of all AR schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S.

5

(10 is best)

Mountain Home Career Academies School Test Scores (No Child Left Behind Tests)

Grade 8

60 50 40 30 20 10 0
31%
44%
31%
51%
32%
38%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Grade 9

50 40 30 20 10 0
33%
34%
41%
41%
24%
27%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Grade 10

40 30 20 10 0
20%
28%
31%
36%
8%
20%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Class Size (number of students per classroom teacher)

17.5 15 12.5 10 7.5 5 2.5 0
12
14
13
16
    AVG FOR THIS SCHOOL
    AVG FOR DISTRICT
    AVG FOR STATE
    AVG FOR NATION
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT BY GRADE NUMBER OF STUDENTS PERCENTAGE
Grade 8 323 21.3%
Grade 9 297 19.6%
Grade 10 310 20.4%
Grade 11 300 19.8%
Grade 12 287 18.9%
Total 1517 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/Racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 93.7% 93.1% 61.4%
Black 0.5% 0.6% 20.2%
Hispanic 4.2% 4.3% 14.9%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 0.7% 1.2% 1.9%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 1.0% 0.8% 1.7%
Economic Groups This School This District This State
Economically disadvantaged 38.2% 45.9% 64.0%
Free lunch eligible 28.0% 34.6% 54.3%
Reduced lunch eligible 10.2% 11.4% 9.7%
POPULATION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
POPULATION 33,343 3,067,732
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 104.6 59
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 3.2% 6.0%
5-19 YEARS OLD 14.3% 20.0%
20-44 YEARS OLD 22.5% 32.2%
45-64 YEARS OLD 26.4% 24.5%
65 OR OLDER 33.6% 17.3%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households 15,821 1,189,160
Single Parent Households With Children 6.1% 9.0%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 89.2% 88.6%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 18.9% 25.1%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 7.2% 12.2%
$100,000 - $149,999 10.0% 14.4%
$75,000 - $99,999 9.9% 12.6%
$50,000 - $74,999 20.2% 17.5%
$30,000 - $49,999 24.0% 17.9%
$15,000 - $29,999 19.9% 14.3%
$15,000 or less 8.8% 11.0%

Education Expenditures

For this District Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $6,241 $23,961,000 53.9%
Support Expenditures
Student $691 $2,654,000 6.0%
Staff $765 $2,935,000 6.6%
General Administration $268 $1,028,000 2.3%
School Administration $529 $2,031,000 4.6%
Operation $1,128 $4,332,000 9.7%
Transportation $425 $1,633,000 3.7%
Other $193 $740,000 1.7%
Total Support $3,999 $15,353,000 34.5%
Non-instructional Expenditures $1,342 $5,151,000 11.6%
Total Expenditures $11,582 $44,465,000 100.0%
For the State Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $6,071 $2,994,486,000 47.5%
Support Expenditures
Student $623 $307,082,000 4.9%
Staff $988 $487,285,000 7.7%
General Administration $276 $136,001,000 2.2%
School Administration $570 $281,073,000 4.5%
Operation $1,169 $576,712,000 9.1%
Transportation $365 $179,842,000 2.9%
Other $364 $179,327,000 2.8%
Total Support $4,354 $2,147,322,000 34.0%
Non-instructional Expenditures $2,366 $1,166,915,000 18.5%
Total Expenditures $12,790 $6,308,723,000 100.0%
For the Nation Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $8,505 $421,432,149,000 50.1%
Support Expenditures
Student $912 $45,189,184,320 5.4%
Staff $715 $35,442,027,000 4.2%
General Administration $282 $13,997,625,000 1.7%
School Administration $800 $39,661,338,000 4.7%
Operation $1,302 $64,530,934,000 7.7%
Transportation $501 $24,826,324,680 3.0%
Other $567 $28,090,428,000 3.3%
Total Support $5,081 $251,737,861,000 29.9%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,383 $167,614,653,000 19.9%
Total Expenditures $16,969 $840,784,663,000 100.0%