Hot Springs High School (Arkansas)

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Hot Springs World Class High School
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Hot Springs High School (Arkansas)
701 Emory Street

Hot Springs
,
Arkansas
71913

United States
Coordinates 34°28′33″N93°4′12″W / 34.47583°N 93.07000°W / 34.47583; -93.07000
Information
TypePublic charter
Established1887(137 years ago) (1887)
School district Hot Springs School District
NCES District ID 0507890 [1]
CEEB code 041145
NCES School ID 050789000509 [2]
PrincipalKiley Simms
Grades9−12
Enrollment739 (2022-2023) [2]
Student to teacher ratio10.04 [2]
Campus typeUrban
Color(s)Black and gold
  
Athletics conference5A South (2012−14)
MascotTrojan
Team nameHot Springs Trojans
Accreditation ADE
AdvancED (1924–)
USNWR rankingNo. 9 (AR)
No. 1,385 (USA)
No. 102 (Magnet)
National rankingNo. 1,708 (Challenge Index) [3]
YearbookThe Old Gold Book
Affiliation Arkansas Activities Association
Website hs.hssd.net

Hot Springs World Class High School (HSWCHS) is a public magnet secondary school located in Hot Springs, Arkansas, United States. HSWCHS is one of seven public high schools in Garland County and the sole high school of the Hot Springs School District. The school's 1914 facility is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and its academic programs include Advanced Placement (AP) coursework and International Baccalaureate (IB) Diploma Programme. It was a segregated school and Hot Springs refused to integrate for more than a decade after Brown v. Board of Education and when it finally did it made Langston High School refuse to provide busing to Hot Springs High School from African American neighborhoods, and largely excluded African American faculty from Langston and limited the activities of African American students. [4] [5]

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Academics

The high school offers Advanced Placement (AP) courses in English Language and Composition, Statistics, Physics and Psychology. Students are also able to earn concurrent college credit through National Park Community College, a local community college. Hot Springs High School has been an authorized International Baccalaureate (IB) School since 2004; its students can participate in the IB Middle Years Programme and the IB Diploma Programme. [6] Special courses offered include Spanish, French, Chinese, digital imagery, computer graphic design, fine arts, guitar, business, Theory of Knowledge for IB students, ROTC, and family and consumer sciences.

The Best High Schools 2012 report by U.S. News & World Report ranked Hot Springs as the No. 9 high school in the state, the nation's No. 102 magnet school, and No. 1,385 nationally. [7]

Hot Springs High School is accredited by the Arkansas Department of Education (ADE) and is an accredited charter member of AdvancED since 1924. [8]

The Hot Springs High School yearbook, The Old Gold Book, has been published, with a few exceptions, since 1914.

Athletics

The Hot Springs High School mascot and athletic emblem is the Trojan with black and gold serving as the school colors.

The Hot Springs Trojans have won a total of 24 Arkansas state championships. The Trojans compete within the 5A Classification as administered by the Arkansas Activities Association. For 2017–18, the Trojans compete from the 5A South Conference in sports including football, basketball, soccer, baseball, golf, band, volleyball, bowling, track, softball, dance, cheerleading, wrestling, swimming, and tennis. [9]

History

Hot Springs High School
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Historic Hot Springs High School
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LocationOak St. between Orange and Olive Sts., Hot Springs, Arkansas
Coordinates 34°30′19″N93°3′12″W / 34.50528°N 93.05333°W / 34.50528; -93.05333
Area1.5 acres (0.61 ha)
Built1914
Architect Sanguinet & Staats
Architectural style Late Gothic Revival
NRHP reference No. 87002495 [10]
Added to NRHPJanuary 28, 1988

Historic facility

Hot Springs High School was built in 1914 by the now famed Sanguinet & Staats architectural firm as a large, Late Gothic Revival structure located near the center of Hot Springs. It was segregated in the school's early history, with African American students able to attend Langston High School starting in 1913.

Bill Clinton graduated in 1964. In 1988, this school building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

After Hot Springs High School moved to its current location on Emory Street in 1968, the old building was used as the Central Junior High until 1992. An earlier Hot Springs High School building was located at the same site on Oak Street. This structure burned in the fire of September 1913 that destroyed a large part of Hot Springs. In 2006, the historic facility was repurposed as 32 housing units for persons with disabilities, as the Hot Springs High School Lofts.

Notable alumni

Bill Clinton as a senior in 1964. Bill Clinton in 1963 Old Gold Book.jpg
Bill Clinton as a senior in 1964.

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References

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  2. 1 2 3 "Search for Public Schools - Hot Springs World Class High School (050789000509)". National Center for Education Statistics . Institute of Education Sciences . Retrieved September 7, 2024.
  3. ↑ "The Challenge Index 2012". Washington Post. Retrieved February 3, 2013.
  4. ↑ "Hot Springs SD integration was slowed by resistance | Hot Springs Sentinel Record". January 15, 2017.
  5. ↑ "Mixed opinions abound when HSHS opened | Hot Springs Sentinel Record". January 17, 2017.
  6. ↑ "IB World Schools, Hot Springs High School". International Baccalaureate Organization. Retrieved February 2, 2013.
  7. ↑ "Best High Schools 2012". U.S. News & World Report. Retrieved February 3, 2013.
  8. ↑ "Institution Summary, Hot Springs High School". AdvancED. Retrieved February 3, 2013.
  9. ↑ "School Profile, Hot Springs High School". Arkansas Activities Association. Retrieved February 2, 2013.
  10. ↑ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. March 13, 2009.