Stephens High School

Stephens High School
Address
315 West Chert Street Stephens , Arkansas 71764 United States
Coordinates	33°24′49″N 93°4′16″W
Information
School type	Public comprehensive
Status	Closed
School district	Stephens School District
CEEB code	042345
NCES School ID	051287001045[1]
Teaching staff	17.65 (on FTE basis)[1]
Grades	7–12
Enrollment	172 (2010–11[1])
Student to teacher ratio	9.75[1]
Education system	ADE Smart Core
Classes offered	Regular (Core), Career Focus, Advanced Placement (AP)
Color(s)	Black and gold
Athletics conference	1A 7 East (2012–14)[2]
Mascot	Roadrunner[2]
Team name	Stephens Roadrunners
Accreditation	ADE
Feeder to	Stephens Elementary School
Affiliation	Arkansas Activities Association

Stephens High School was a comprehensive public high school located in Stephens, Arkansas, United States. The school provided secondary education in grades 7 through 12 for approximately 175 students. It was one of four public high schools in Ouachita County and is the sole high school administered by the Stephens School District.

The roadrunner was the mascot and the school colors were black and gold.[3]

The Stephens school district was dissolved effective July 1, 2014, with portions given to the Camden Fairview School District, the Magnolia School District, and the Nevada School District.[4]

Academics

The Stephens High School and the rest of Stephens School District closed down after the 2013-2014 school year. The students who went to SHS were consolidated to three other schools: Nevada High School in Rosston, Magnolia High School in Magnolia, and Camden-Fairview High School in Camden.

Athletics

The Stephens High School mascot and athletic emblem is the Roadrunner with school colors of black and gold.

The Stephens Roadrunners compete in interscholastic activities within the 1A Classification administered by the Arkansas Activities Association. The Leopards play within the 1A 7 East Conference. The Roadrunners participate in golf (boys/girls), basketball (boys/girls), cheer, baseball, fastpitch softball, and track and field (boys/girls).[2][5]

Notable people

• Frank Spooner (1955), Louisiana businessman and politician[6]

References

1. "Search for Public Schools - Stephens High School (051287001045)". National Center for Education Statistics. Institute of Education Sciences. Retrieved April 12, 2013.
2. "School Profile, Stephens High School". Arkansas Activities Association. Retrieved April 12, 2013.
3. "Stephens School Traditions." Stephens School District. August 1, 2010. Retrieved on May 23, 2018.
4. Lesnick, Gavin (April 10, 2014). "Stephens School District consolidated into three nearby districts". Arkansas Online. Retrieved May 23, 2018.
5. "Arkansas High School Sports Record Book" (PDF). Arkansas Activities Association. Archived from the original (PDF) on May 31, 2013. Retrieved December 11, 2012.
6. "Otto Passman, Jerry Huckaby, and Frank Spooner: The Louisiana Fifth Congressional District Election of 1976", Louisiana History: The Journal of the Louisiana Historical Association, LIV No. 3 (Summer 2013), p. 346

External links

• Stephens School District at the Wayback Machine (archive index)