Sylvan Hills High School
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| Address | |
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484 Bear Paw Road Sherwood, Arkansas 72120 United States |
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| Coordinates | 34°51′0.1″N 92°14′0.8″W / 34.850028°N 92.233556°WCoordinates: 34°51′0.1″N 92°14′0.8″W / 34.850028°N 92.233556°W |
| Information | |
| School type | Comprehensive Public High School |
| Motto | Building Champions—on the field, in the classroom, and in life! |
| Established | August 1956 |
| Status | Open |
| School district | Pulaski County Special School District |
| NCES District ID | 0511850 |
| CEEB code | 041872 |
| NCES School ID | 051185000941 |
| Principal | Mr. Tracy Allen |
| Faculty | 61.04 (on FTE basis) |
| Grades | 9–12 |
| Enrollment | 975 (2014–15) |
| • Grade 9 | 370 |
| • Grade 10 | 228 |
| • Grade 11 | 188 |
| • Grade 12 | 188 |
| Student to teacher ratio | 15.97 |
| Education system | ADE Smart Core curriculum Arkansas Advanced Initiative for Math and Science (2013–) Arkansas Learning Academy School Support (2011–13) |
| Classes offered | Regular, Career Focus, Advanced Placement |
| Hours in school day | 7.0 |
| Campus type | Suburb; large |
| Color(s) |
Blue White |
| Athletics conference | 5A Central (2012–16) 5A Southeast (2008–12) |
| Sports | Football, volleyball, golf, bowling, competitive cheer, dance, cross country, wrestling, basketball, swimming, archery, baseball, softball, soccer, track and field |
| Mascot | Bear |
| Team name | Sylvan Hills Bears and Lady Bears |
| Accreditation |
ADE AdvancED (1962–) |
| USNWR ranking | Unranked |
| National ranking | 2014: 1,522 of 2,110 2012: 1,556 of 2,008 |
| Average ACT scores (2012–13) | 20.4 Composite |
| Newspaper | The Banner (1970–present) |
| Yearbook | The Bruin (1956–present) |
| Feeder schools | Sylvan Hills Middle School |
| Affiliations |
Arkansas Activities Association (1959–) College Board (1993–) Paul Mitchell Schools |
| Website | shhs |
Sylvan Hills High School (SHHS) is an accredited comprehensive public high school located in the city of Sherwood, Arkansas, United States, serving grades nine through twelve. Sylvan Hills is one of six high schools administered by the Pulaski County Special School District (PCSSD). Prior to 1956, Sylvan Hills School instructed students through grade nine, until local citizens gathered to approve expanding the school to a senior high, resulting in its first graduating class in 1959. Then, due to the increasing population in the surrounding communities, the school moved to its current campus, adjacent to its former facilities, starting in the 1968–69 school year.
In 2014, Sylvan Hills was ranked No. 39 of 62 in the state and No. 1521 nationally amongst rated high schools in the Challenge Index high school scoring system with an index score of 1.629, which is the number of college-level tests given at a school in 2013 divided by the number of graduates that year. In 2012 and 2014, Sylvan Hills is listed unranked in the U.S. News & World Report Best High Schools report.
As of 2014[update], Sylvan Hills High's varsity sports teams have won 18 state championships across nine sports teams, primarily baseball.
In 1928, the first building of the Sylvan Hills School was built at 8900 Highway 107 for students in the 1st–9th grades that lived in the Sylvan Hills community. This building, which was known as "Roy Todd Hall," no longer stands. In December 1928, the newly created Pulaski County Special School District (PCSSD) purchased two lots near the original building from Justin Matthews, Sr., for $550 each. As Todd Hall could no longer accommodate the growing population of students, the PCSSD built a new building for students in the 5th-9th grades, named "J. H. Forby Hall," which opened in February 1930 at a cost of $26,542. This is equivalent to $381 thousand in present-day terms.. Forby Hall contained eight classrooms and a gymnasium. This is the building that is now the Sherwood First Church of the Nazarene, located at 8800 Highway 107 in Sherwood.
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