Mountainburg High School

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Mountainburg High School
Address
Mountainburg High School
129 Hwy 71 SW

Mountainburg
,
Arkansas
72946

United States
Coordinates 35°38′6″N94°10′3″W / 35.63500°N 94.16750°W / 35.63500; -94.16750
Information
SuperintendentDennis Copeland
CEEB code 041735
NCES School ID 051026000751 [1]
PrincipalJason Rutherford
Faculty16.31 (on FTE basis) [1]
Grades9–12
Enrollment210 (2010–11 [1] )
Student to teacher ratio12.88 [1]
Website www.mountainburg.org
Mountainburg High School
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Location US 71, Mountainburg, Arkansas
Architectural styleLate 19th And Early 20th Century American Movements, Plain Tradition
MPS Public Schools in the Ozarks MPS
NRHP reference No. 92001216 [2]
Significant dates
Added to NRHP1992
Removed from NRHPOctober 19, 2001

Mountainburg High School is a comprehensive public high school in Mountainburg, Arkansas, United States. Mountainburg is one of five public high schools in Crawford County and the sole high school of the Mountainburg School District. The high school serves more than 200 students in grades 9 through 12. [1]

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Academics

The assumed course of study follows the Smart Core curriculum developed by the Arkansas Department of Education (ADE), which requires students to complete a minimum of 22 units to graduate. Students complete regular courses and exams and may elect to complete Advanced Placement (AP) coursework and exams with the opportunity to obtain college credit.

According to the district's student handbook, exceptional students who have completed at least 26 units and additional requirements related to grade point average, number of AP classes and foreign language classes may receive the distinction of Graduating with Honors, Graduating with High Honors, or Graduating with Highest Honors.

Mountainburg High School maintains affiliations with Arkansas Tech University–Ozark Campus and Western Arkansas Technical Center to allow students to take college courses and obtain concurrent credit.

Extracurricular activities

The Mountainburg High School mascot is the dragon with royal blue and white serving as the school colors.

For 2012–14, the Mountainburg Dragons compete in interscholastic sports at the 2A Classification administered by the Arkansas Activities Association. For football, the Dragons compete in the 2A Region 4 Conference; for basketball, Mountainburg is placed in the 2A Region 4 West Conference.

In the early 2000s, Mountainburg was one of several small Arkansas high schools for which it was challenging to field an 11-man football team. The school canceled three games in 2002 because of injuries to players and was unable to field a team in 2003. [3]

History

A building associated with the school was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1992, but the listing was removed from the National Register in 2001. [2]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "Search for Public Schools - Mountainburg High School (051026000751)". National Center for Education Statistics . Institute of Education Sciences . Retrieved October 28, 2012.
  2. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  3. ↑ Buck Ringgold, Football Numbers Don’t Add Up For Small Schools [ permanent dead link ], Times-Record. August 22, 2010
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