Maumelle High School is a

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located in

Maumelle, Arkansas Maumelle is a city in Pulaski County, Arkansas, United States. As of the 2020 census, the city's population was 19,251. The city is located northwest of Little Rock, bordering the opposite shore of the Arkansas River and is part of the Little Ro ...

, United States, for students in grades nine through twelve. Maumelle is one of four high schools administered by the

Pulaski County Special School District Pulaski County Special School District No. 1 (PCSSD) is one of four public school districts in Pulaski County, Arkansas—along with the Little Rock School District, the North Little Rock School District, and the Jacksonville North Pulaski Schoo ...

and is fed into by Maumelle Middle School. In addition to Maumelle it serves Crystal Hill.

History

Opened in fall 2011, Maumelle is the newest primary public high school in the Pulaski County Special School District and its 320,000 square foot facilities replace the former Oak Grove High School that closed following the 2010–2011 school year. The school is accredited by AdvancED.

Academics

Maumelle maintains a cadre of career teaching professionals with several educators qualified as National Board Certified Teachers. College preparatory offerings include standard and

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classes with opportunities for college credit and concurrent credit for college courses.

Fine Arts

Students may participate in various musical and performing arts including: band (e.g., concert band, jazz band), choir (e.g., a cappella, barbershop quartet, beautyshop quartet) and theater (e.g., competitive speech, drama, stagecraft).

Extracurricular activities

The Maumelle High School mascot is the ''

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'' with the school colors of scarlet and

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Athletics

For the 2012–2014 seasons, the Maumelle Hornets and Lady Hornets will participate in the 4A Region 4 Conference. Competition is primarily sanctioned by the

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with student-athletes sporting the scarlet and black and competing in

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 ...

basketball Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular Basketball court, court, compete with the primary objective of #Shooting, shooting a basketball (ball), basketball (appr ...

(boys/girls), competitive cheer,

competitive dance Competitive dance is a popular, widespread sport in which competitors perform dances in any of several permitted dance styles—such as acro, ballet, contemporary, jazz, hip-hop, lyrical, modern, musical theatre, tap, and improv—before a ...

football Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball to score a goal. Unqualified, the word ''football'' normally means the form of football that is the most popular where the word is used. Sports commonly c ...

, golf (boys/girls), soccer (boys/girls), softball,

tennis Tennis is a racket sport that is played either individually against a single opponent ( singles) or between two teams of two players each ( doubles). Each player uses a tennis racket that is strung with cord to strike a hollow rubber ball ...

(boys/girls),

track and 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),

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 ...

and

wrestling Wrestling is a series of combat sports involving grappling-type techniques such as clinch fighting, throws and takedowns, joint locks, pins and other grappling holds. Wrestling techniques have been incorporated into martial arts, combat ...

. * Wrestling: The wrestling team won the school's first athletic title by capturing the combined 1A-5A state wrestling championship in spring 2013 and repeated in 2014 by a huge margin with 352.5 points breaking the record of most team points, 9 individual state champions, 11 all state wrestlers and the only Arkansas wrestling team to repeat as state champions. * Cross country: The boys' cross country team won the 4A state cross country championship in fall 2013 and repeated in the fall of 2014 as 5A champions. The boys' cross country team won the 5A state championship 2016. * Girls soccer: The girls' soccer team were 4A State Runner Up in the Spring of 2014. * Boys basketball: The boys' basketball team were 5A State Runner Up in 2015, 2016, and 2021.

Notable alumni

Darren McFadden Darren McFadden (born August 27, 1987) is a former American football running back. He played college football for the Arkansas Razorbacks and was selected by the Oakland Raiders in the first round with the fourth overall pick of the 2008 NFL Dra ...

(2005–Oak Grove)—American football player; two-time All-American running back;

Doak Walker Award Since 1990 the Doak Walker Award honors the top running back in college football in the United States. It is named in honor of Doak Walker, a former running back who played for the SMU Mustangs from 1945 to 1949 and in the National Football League ...

(2006, 2007) *

Kendall Donnerson Kendall Donnerson (born April 22, 1996) is an American football defensive end who is a free agent. He played college football at Southeast Missouri State. Professional career Green Bay Packers Donnerson was drafted by the Green Bay Packers in t ...

(2015)-NFL player

References

External links

* {{authority control Public high schools in Arkansas Pulaski County Special School District High schools in Pulaski County, Arkansas 2011 establishments in Arkansas Educational institutions established in 2011