North Little Rock High School
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101 West 22nd Street North Little Rock, Arkansas 72114 United States |
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| Established | 1928 |
| Opened | 1930 |
| Status | Open |
| School district | North Little Rock School District |
| NCES District ID | 0510680 |
| CEEB code | 041860 (West), 041867 (East) |
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051068000795 (West Campus) 051068000794 (East Campus) |
| Principal | Mr. Randy Rutherford |
| Enrollment | 1,359 (West); 1,247 (East) (2011–12) |
| • Grade 9 | 710 (East); 84 (West) |
| • Grade 10 | 537 (East); 108 (West) |
| • Grade 11 | 637 (West) |
| • Grade 12 | 528 (West) |
| Campus | NLR High School West Campus NLR High School East Campus |
| Campus type | Urban |
| School color(s) | Royal Blue & Gold |
| Athletics conference | 7A East (2012-14) 7A Central (2008-12) |
| Nickname | Ole Main |
| Team name | Charging Wildcats |
| Accreditation | AdvancED |
| USNWR ranking | Unranked |
| Newspaper | The Focus |
| Yearbook | The Legacy (formerly The Wildcat) |
| Communities served | North Little Rock |
| Feeder schools | North Little Rock High School (East Campus) |
| Affiliation | Arkansas Activities Association |
| Also known as | West Campus: Ole Main East Campus: Northeast |
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| Location | 101 West 22nd Street, North Little Rock, Arkansas |
| Coordinates | 34°46′35″N 92°16′05″W / 34.7763°N 92.2681°WCoordinates: 34°46′35″N 92°16′05″W / 34.7763°N 92.2681°W |
| Built | 1928-1930 |
| Architect | Peterson, William, Mann, Wanger & King |
| Architectural style | Art-Deco |
| NRHP Reference # | 92001625 |
| Added to NRHP | 25 February 1993 |
North Little Rock High School is a public school in North Little Rock, Arkansas, that is administered by the North Little Rock School District. As of the 2016–17 school year, the high school consists of one campus, which holds 9th - 12th grade.
Built in 1890, North Little Rock's (Argenta's) first high school was called North Side High School, later Clendenin Hill High School (site of present day Argenta Alternative Academy at 13th & Main Streets).
In 1912, Argenta High School was constructed at 4th and Willow Streets. The rapid northward growth of North Little Rock in the mid-1920s resulted in a doubling of school enrollment. In 1928, as the need for a new high school increased, the North Little Rock School Board selected the corner of 22nd and Main Streets as the new construction site for North Little Rock High School. As a result, North Side High School became a junior high school.
The North Little Rock High School was constructed beginning in 1928 and completed in 1930. Little Rock architect George R. Mann of the firm Peterson, William, Mann, Wanger & King designed the high school as a light colored brick and concrete building in an Art-Deco style. Also in 1928, an annex was constructed and the former Hickory Street School (originally Argenta Black School) was renamed as Scipio A. Jones High School, an African-American school named after the prominent civil rights activist and lawyer, starts teaching students through graduation. Between 1956 and 1959, North Little Rock High School served students in the 10th, 11th and 12th grade for nearby City of Sherwood before the construction of Sylvan Hills High School was completed.
In 1970, the North Little Rock School District closed Jones Junior-Senior High School as a result of desegregation and the city established a new integrated public high school and thus integrated and renamed the then 40-year-old classic art-deco facility along Main Street as Ole Main High School and named the new facility as Northeast High School. For the next twenty years, the Northeast Chargers served as a natural rival for the Ole Main Wildcats. Then in 1990, the school district consolidated the two schools as North Little Rock High School East Campus (formerly Northeast) for ninth and tenth grades and North Little Rock High School West Campus (formerly Ole Main) for eleventh and twelfth grades. As a result of the consolidation, the schools' new mascot became the Charging Wildcats as it remains today. In 1993, North Little Rock High School was listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
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