Lead Hill High School is a comprehensive public high school located in

Lead Hill, Arkansas Lead Hill is a town in Boone County, Arkansas, United States. The population was 271 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Harrison Micropolitan Statistical Area. History Lead Hill was named from valuable deposits of lead in the vicinity. Ge ...

, United States. The school provides secondary education for students in grades 7 through 12 and serves the cities of Diamond City, Lead Hill and South Lead Hill along with surrounding unincorporated areas within Boone County. It is one of nine public high schools in

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and the sole high school administered by the Lead Hill School District.

Academics

Lead Hill High School is accredited by the

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(ADE) and the assumed course of study follows the Smart Core curriculum developed by the ADE. Students complete regular coursework and exams and may select

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(AP) courses and exam with the opportunity to receive college credit. They are located in Lead Hill, in North Central Arkansas nestled along Bull Shoals Lake just 40 minutes south of Branson, Missouri.

Athletics

The Lead Hill High School mascot and athletic emblem is the

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with red and white serving as the school colors. The Lead Hill Tigers compete in interscholastic activities within the 1A Classification—the state's smallest classification—via the 1A 1 East Conference, as administered by the

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. The Tigers field teams in golf (boys/girls), basketball (boys/girls), track and field (boys/girls), baseball, softball, and cheer.

Future

Lead Hill High School plans on introducing a new school flag with the help of the 2022-2023 Student Ambassadors. The plan was introduced by Nathan Smith (10th), an amateur

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, who has also proposed a flag for

Harrison, Arkansas Harrison is a city and the county seat of Boone County, Arkansas, United States. It is named after General Marcus LaRue Harrison, a surveyor who laid out the city along Crooked Creek at Stifler Springs. According to 2019 Census Bureau estimate ...

. The school district approved of Nathans proposal and are currently in the process of incorporating the flag.

References

External links

* {{authority control Public high schools in Arkansas Schools in Boone County, Arkansas