Cotter High School (CHS) is a comprehensive public junior-senior high school for students in grades 7 through 12 located in

Cotter, Arkansas Cotter is a city in Baxter County, Arkansas, United States. The population was 970 at the 2010 census. History Native American Bluff Dwellers were the original inhabitants of the area now known as Cotter. When Native Americans were moved westw ...

, United States. It is the sole high school of

Cotter School District Cotter School District 60 is a school district in Baxter County, Arkansas Baxter County is a county in the U.S. state of Arkansas. As of the 2020 census, the county's population was 41,627. The county seat is Mountain Home. It is Arkansas ...

. The teacher-student ratio is approximately 10:1. Cotter High School serves the cities of Cotter and Gassville.

History

Established in 1936–38, the community received funding from the

Works Progress Administration The Works Progress Administration (WPA; renamed in 1939 as the Work Projects Administration) was an American New Deal agency that employed millions of jobseekers (mostly men who were not formally educated) to carry out public works projects, i ...

to build the high school and its gymnasium. The original facilities continued to be used by the district until a fire destroyed the high school in 1973. The current high school building was completed in 1976.

Old Cotter High School Gymnasium

The Old Cotter High School Gymnasium, located at 412 Powell Street, is a 1936–38 structure built by

. The gymnasium served students in the district until the new high school and its gymnasium was completed in 1980. In 1995, the structure was listed on the

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. In recent years, the facility has served as the North Arkansas

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Curriculum

The assumed course of study follows the Smart Core curriculum developed by the

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(ADE), which requires students to complete 22 units prior to graduation. Students complete regular and

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(AP) coursework and exams.

Athletics

The Cotter High School mascot is the stylized as the Warriors and they call their mascot Ralph with blue and white serving as the school colors. For 2012–14, Cotter Warriors compete in the 2A 2 Conference administered by the

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. The Warriors compete in interscholastic activities including

baseball Baseball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of nine players each, taking turns batting and fielding. The game occurs over the course of several plays, with each play generally beginning when a player on the fielding tea ...

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(boys/girls),

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, cross country (boys/girls),

softball Softball is a game similar to baseball played with a larger ball on a smaller field. Softball is played competitively at club levels, the college level, and the professional level. The game was first created in 1887 in Chicago by George Hanc ...

track & field Track and field is a sport that includes athletic contests based on running, jumping, and throwing skills. The name is derived from where the sport takes place, a running track and a grass field for the throwing and some of the jumping events ...

(boys/girls), and

volleyball Volleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules. It has been a part of the official program of the Summ ...

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