El Dorado High School (Arkansas)
| El Dorado High School | |
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| Address | |
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2000 Wildcat Drive El Dorado, Arkansas USA |
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| Coordinates | 33°12′59″N 92°41′6″W / 33.21639°N 92.68500°WCoordinates: 33°12′59″N 92°41′6″W / 33.21639°N 92.68500°W |
| Information | |
| Type | Public secondary |
| Established | 1929 |
| Status | Open |
| NCES School ID | 050568000274 |
| Principal | Alva Reibe |
| Faculty | 107 |
| Grades | 9–12 |
| Number of students | 1,354 |
| Color(s) |
Purple White |
| Mascot | Wildcat |
| Average ACT scores | 19.1 math, 19.5 english (2005) |
| Website | [1] |
El Dorado High School is an accredited comprehensive public secondary school located in El Dorado, Arkansas, United States. The high school serves students in grades 9 through 12 for the community of El Dorado and surrounding unincorporated communities in Union County, Arkansas. El Dorado High School is administered by the El Dorado School District. El Dorado High School's principal is Alva Reibe. The school has won 26 state athletic championships.
The assumed course of study for students follows the Smart Core curriculum developed by the Arkansas Department of Education (ADE). Students complete regular (core and elective) and career focus courses and exams and may select Advanced Placement (AP) coursework and exams that provide an opportunity for college credit.
In 2011, El Dorado School District and its high school were recognized in the AP District of the Year Awards program in the College Board's 1st Annual Honor Roll that consisted of 388 U.S. public school districts (2 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, Dumas High School was ranked No. 1,108 of 2,008 high schools in the nation rated in the Challenge Index with an index score of 1.852.
A strikingly unique feature of El Dorado High School is the educational opportunities available to students. In January 2007, Murphy Oil Corporation made a $50 million promise to the students of El Dorado public schools and the community. Known as the El Dorado Promise, this scholarship program provides students who graduate from the El Dorado School District with a scholarship to be used at any accredited two- or four-year educational institution in the United States. The maximum amount payable will be equal to the highest tuition cost payable at any Arkansas public university. The Promise makes a college scholarship as easy as going to school, graduating and getting a scholarship. Since the introduction of the El Dorado Promise, graduates from El Dorado School District that enroll in college have increased more than 20 percent. Also, school enrollment has increased three percent after a 20-year decline. More information about the El Dorado Promise may be found by visiting the El Dorado Promise website: [2]. Due to clarification letters received by students dated August 5, 2011 and sent by the Promise Director (S. Thompson); it is stated that "if all of your invoiced expenses are covered by other scholarships and/or grants, then your Promise funds will go to help future Promise recipients and will not be refunded to you." This means that the Promise will pay last and many students will not receive the benefit of it.
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