Hot Springs High School (Arkansas)
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701 Emory Street Hot Springs, Arkansas 71913 United States |
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| Coordinates | 34°28′33″N 93°4′12″W / 34.47583°N 93.07000°WCoordinates: 34°28′33″N 93°4′12″W / 34.47583°N 93.07000°W |
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| School type | Public charter |
| Established | 1887 |
| Status | Open |
| School district | Hot Springs School District |
| NCES District ID | 0507890 |
| CEEB code | 041145 |
| NCES School ID | 050789000509 |
| Enrollment | 752 (2010-11) |
| • Grade 9 | 237 |
| • Grade 10 | 186 |
| • Grade 11 | 182 |
| • Grade 12 | 147 |
| Classes offered | Regular (Core & Career Focus), Advanced Placement, IB Diploma Programme, IB Middle Years Programme |
| Campus type | City; small |
| School color(s) |
Black Gold |
| Athletics conference | 5A South (2012−14) |
| Mascot | Trojan |
| Team name | Hot Springs Trojans |
| Accreditation |
ADE AdvancED (1924–) |
| USNWR ranking |
Silver Medal No. 9 (AR) No. 1,385 (USA) No. 102 (Magnet) |
| National ranking | No. 1,708 (Challenge Index) |
| Yearbook | The Old Gold Book |
| Affiliation | Arkansas Activities Association |
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Hot Springs High School
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Historic Hot Springs High School
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| Location | Oak St. between Orange and Olive Sts., Hot Springs, Arkansas |
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| Coordinates | 34°30′19″N 93°3′12″W / 34.50528°N 93.05333°W |
| Area | 1.5 acres (0.61 ha) |
| Built | 1914 |
| Architect | Sanguinet & Staats |
| Architectural style | Late Gothic Revival |
| NRHP Reference # | 87002495 |
| Added to NRHP | January 28, 1988 |
Hot Springs High School (HSHS) is a public magnet secondary school located in Hot Springs, Arkansas, United States. HSHS 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.
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. 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.
Hot Springs High School is nationally recognized as a Silver Medalist in the Best High Schools 2012 report by U.S. News & World Report. The 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. HSHS was nationally ranked as No. 1,708 of 2,008 high schools in the Challenge Index high school scoring system with an index score of 1.295, 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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