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Crossett High School (Crossett, Arkansas)

Crossett High School
Address
301 West 9th Street
Crossett, Arkansas
United States
Coordinates 33°7′26.1″N 91°57′50.6″W / 33.123917°N 91.964056°W / 33.123917; -91.964056Coordinates: 33°7′26.1″N 91°57′50.6″W / 33.123917°N 91.964056°W / 33.123917; -91.964056
Information
Type Public high school
Motto A Tradition of Excellence
School district Crossett School District
NCES District ID 0504800
NCES School ID 050480000202
Principal Alicia Brown
Grades 9-12
Enrollment 579 (2010-11)
Color(s)      Maroon
     White
Athletics conference 4A Region 8
Team name Crossett Eagles
Accreditation AdvancED (1924–);
Arkansas Department of Education
USNWR ranking Unranked
Website

Crossett High School is a comprehensive public high school in Crossett, Arkansas, United States. It is one of two public high schools located in Ashley County, and the sole high school administered by the Crossett School District.

The assumed course of study that students complete is the Smart Core curriculum developed by the Arkansas Department of Education (ADE), which requires students to complete 22 units prior to graduation. Students complete regular and Advanced Placement (AP) coursework and exams. The school is accredited as a 1924 charter member of AdvancED. In 1963, educator Simmons McClintock was honored by the ADE as the 'Arkansas Teacher of the Year'.

In 2011, Crossett School District and its high school were recognized in the AP District of the Year Awards program in the College Board's 2nd Annual Honor Roll that consisted of 367 U.S. public school districts (4 in Arkansas) that simultaneously achieved increases in access to AP® courses for a broader number of students and improved the rate at which their AP students earned scores of 3 or higher on an AP Exam.

In 2012, Crossett School District and its high school were recognized in the AP District of the Year Awards program in the College Board's 3rd Annual Honor Roll that consisted of 539 U.S. public school districts (6 in Arkansas) that simultaneously achieved increases in access to AP® courses for a broader number of students and improved the rate at which their AP students earned scores of 3 or higher on an AP Exam.

In 2012, Crossett was listed in the U.S. News & World Report Best High Schools report and was ranked No. 1,316 of 2,008 high schools in the Challenge Index high school scoring system with an index score of 1.589, which is the number of college-level tests given at a school in 2011 divided by the number of graduates that year.


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