Har-Ber High School is a
comprehensive public
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high school
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for grades ten through twelve serving the community of
Springdale, Arkansas
Springdale is the fourth-largest city in Arkansas, United States. It is located in both Washington and Benton counties in Northwest Arkansas. Located on the Springfield Plateau deep in the Ozark Mountains, Springdale has long been an important i ...
,
United States
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. Har-Ber High School is the one of three high schools managed in
Washington County by
Springdale Public Schools
Springdale Public Schools (formally Springdale School District #50) is the public school district for students of primary and secondary education in Springdale, Arkansas and surrounding areas. The district contains three high schools, four junio ...
; others being
Springdale High School
Springdale High School is a public high school in Springdale, Arkansas, United States for students in grades ten through twelve. Springdale High School is one of three high schools administered by the Springdale School District, the others being H ...
, and the Don Tyson School of Innovation. The school was established in 2005.
Har-Ber High's zone, as of 2006, includes sections of Springdale, all of
Elm Springs and
Tontitown,
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2010 map
/ref> a western section of the former municipality of Bethel Heights (now in Springdale), and portions of Fayetteville.[
]
History
Springdale Public Schools operated Springdale HS as the district's lone high school since it was built in 1961. Studies in the early 2000s indicated the district would exceed the 2,500 student capacity of SHS by 2005. At the time, the city's growth was mostly projected to the east toward Beaver Lake. The school district entered into negotiations to buy a farm on the east side of town for a second high school, but negotiations stalled. The George family donated a tract on the east side of Springdale to the school district in January 2002, but school administration wanted a larger tract for the second high school campus.
Demographics
The demographic breakdown of the 1,794 students enrolled in 2013-14 was:
*Male - 54.0%
*Female - 46.0%
*Native American/Alaskan - 0.4%
*Asian/Pacific islanders - 7.6%
*Black - 1.4%
*Hispanic - 26.5%
*White - 62.5%
*Multiracial - 1.6%
39.2% of the students were eligible for free or reduced lunch.
Extracurricular activities
The Har-Ber High School mascot is the wildcat
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and Navy blue
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and Carolina blue serve as the school colors. For the 2012–2014 seasons, the Har-Ber Wildcats participate in the state's largest classification (6A) within the 6A West Conference. Competition is primarily sanctioned by the Arkansas Activities Association with the Wildcats competing in baseball
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, basketball
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(boys/girls), competitive cheer, cross country, football, golf
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Golf, unlike most ball games, cannot and does not use a standardized playing area, and coping ...
(boys/girls), soccer (boys/girls), softball
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, swimming
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(boys/girls), tennis
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(boys/girls), track and field
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, volleyball
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, and wrestling
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.
Notable people
*Rhett Lashlee
Rhett Lashlee (born June 9, 1983) is an American college football coach who is the head coach at Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas. He previously served as the offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach at the University of Miami ...
- college football coach, former volunteer quarterback coach at Har-Ber
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Public high schools in Arkansas
Schools in Washington County, Arkansas
Buildings and structures in Springdale, Arkansas