FHS School Profile 2020-2021

Fayetteville High School is a comprehensive four-year public high school located in Fayetteville, Arkansas. Student enrollment for grades 9 through 12 is approximately 2652. The school year is comprised of two 18-week semesters. The academic program is organized on an A/B block schedule Monday through Thursday where students are enrolled in four courses each day and Fridays are composed of all eight courses. Eight credits per year is the maximum course load. Students attend four 90-minute classes on A day and four 90-minute classes on B day in addition to a 35 minute advisory. The student body is culturally diverse with a population that is 3.60% Asian, 9% Black, 1% Pacific Islander, 12% Hispanic, .5% Native American, 67.1% White and 6.8% who identify with more than one race. Fayetteville is located in extreme Northwest Arkansas and has a population of approximately 75,000. Fayetteville is home to the main campus of the University of Arkansas. The Northwest Arkansas area is home to the world headquarters of Wal-Mart, Tyson Foods, as well as JB Hunt Transport. College Attendance Class of 2020 Concurrent Credit 78% of the Class of 2019 is attending college. Qualified students may take concurrent college classes and acquire college credit from the 57% - 4 year college, 21% - 2 year college, 22% selected University of Arkansas and/or Northwest Arkansas Community College. One semester of technical instruction, work, or the military. college work counts as one full credit on a student's transcript. Twenty-four dual credit classes are offered through Northwest Arkansas Community College and students may take GPA Calculations and Ranges Class of 2020 these courses through distance learning, on our high school campus or the campus of There were 569 graduates in the Class of 2020, GPA was distributed as follows: NWACC, depending on the availability of the course. ● 76 students earned a 4.0+ ● 139 students earned a 3.50 – 3.99 Free and Reduced Lunch ● 154 students earned a 3.0 – 3.49 During the 2020-21 school year, approximately 36% of students qualify for the Federal Free ● 113 students earned a 2.5 – 2.99 and Reduced Lunch population. ● 61 students earned a 2.0 – 2.49 ● 26 students earned less than a 2.0 Advanced Placement GPA/class rank are calculated at the end of the sixth, seventh and eighth semesters. There is no limit to the number of AP or Pre-AP courses a student may take; however, only Class rank is reported as follows: one AP course is offered for 9th grade students (AP Human Geography) and one AP course ● Students with a 4.01+ GPA have a class rank of 1 is offered for 10th grade students (AP US History). There are a total of 14 Pre-AP courses ● Students with a 4.0 GPA have a class rank of 2. offered and 27 AP Courses offered during the 2020-21 school year. The AP courses are ● Students with a 3.99 and below will be ranked in descending order beginning listed below. with a class rank of 3. AP English Language AP Biology AP Chemistry Summary of Class Rank Calculation AP English Literature AP Physics I AP US History Students with a GPA above 4.0 are ranked #1. Students with a GPA equal to 4.0 are AP US Government AP Physics C AP Environmental Science ranked #2. Students with a 3.99 GPA and below are then ranked starting at #3. GPA and AP European History AP Psychology AP Comparative Politics Class Rank are calculated at the end of each semester after 11th Grade. AP Human Geography AP Calculus AB AP Music Theory PLEASE NOTE: 100% of our students are ranked in the top 33% of their graduating AP Macroeconomics AP Calculus BC AP Computer Science Principles class. This is due to identical GPA’s receiving the same class rank and our number AP MicroEconomics AP Statistics AP Computer Science A ordering policy. AP World History AP Studio Art AP Spanish Language AP German Language AP Art History AP French Language Marking System and Grading Scale All courses are included in computing the GPA and class Advanced Placement Scores rank with the exception of “P” which designates a passing grade. Fayetteville High School In May, 2020, 823 students took 1576 exams in 28 subjects. 572 (70%) of the AP Exams uses a 4.0 grading scale for all courses except Advanced Placement courses indicated received scores of 3 or higher. below. The minimum passing grade in any course is 60%. The amount of credit awarded is .5 credit for one semester’s work. The grading scale and points are awarded as follows: Standardized Test Results ● SAT - 16.8% of the Class of 2020 took the SAT with a mean score of 1227. The Grading Scale: A = 90 to 99; B = 80 to 89; C = 70 to 79; D = 60 to 69; F = below 60 mean EBRW score is 622 and the mean Math score is 606. ● ACT – 90% of the Class of 2020 took the ACT with a mean composite score of Regular, Honors, and Concurrent Courses AP Courses 22. The mid-50% range of ACT composite scores is 21 - 26. Mean sub-scores A = 4.0 points A = 5.0 points are as follows: English = 22.2, Math = 20.5, Reading = 23.1, Science Reasoning B = 3.0 points B = 4.0 points = 21.6. C = 2.0 points C = 3.0 points ● National Merit Program 2019-20 - In the 2019-2020 school year FHS had 15 D = 1.0 points D = 2.0 points students qualify as National Merit Semi-finalists and 14 students qualify as F = 0.0 points F = 0.0 points National Merit Finalists. Graduation Credit Requirements (1 credit = 1 year) Alternative Learning Center English – 4 credits PE – ½ unit Fayetteville High School offers an alternative education program that attempts to meet the Math – 4 credits Health – ½ unit needs of students who are “at-risk” and may not graduate from high school for a variety of Science – 3 credits Fine Arts – ½ credit reasons. The ALLPS Program is a flexible program which allows teachers to gear the Social Studies – 2 credits Civics – ½ credit education process to meet the needs of the particular student. Student placement at the Oral Comm. – ½ credit Economics – ½ credit ALLPS Center is determined by a team composed of a guidance counselor, principal, parent Electives – 8 credits and classroom teacher. A minimum of 24 credits are required for graduation. Students in the classes of 2019 and 2020 were accepted into the following colleges: Academy of Business College Florida Institute of Technology Northwest Missouri State University The University of Memphis University of Missouri Columbia American Academy of Dramatic Arts Fordham University Northwestern University The University of Oklahoma University of North Carolina at American University Furman University Oklahoma Baptist University "The University of Texas, Austin" Asheville Arizona State University Georgetown University Oklahoma City University "The University of Texas, Dallas" University of Notre Dame Arkansas Baptist College Georgia Institute of Technology Oklahoma State University Tougaloo College University of Oregon Arkansas State University Gonzaga University Oregon State University Tufts University University of Portland Arkansas Tech University Grambling State University Ouachita Baptist University University of Arkansas University of Rochester Auburn University Grand Canyon University Pacific Lutheran University University of Arkansas at Fort Smith University of South Carolina Austin College Hamilton College - NY Pennsylvania State University University of Arkansas at Little Rock University of Tennessee, Knoxville Bard College Hamline University Pittsburg State University University of California, Berkeley University of the Ozarks Baylor University Harding University Princeton University University of California, Davis University of Toronto Belmont University Henderson State University Purdue University University of California, Irvine University of Tulsa Boston College Hendrix College Reed College University of California, Los Angeles University of Virginia Boston University Hollins University Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute University of California, Riverside University of Washington Brigham Young University Iowa State University Rhodes College University of California, San Diego University of Wisconsin, Madison Brigham Young University, Idaho Ithaca College Rice University University of California, Santa Utah State University California Institute of Technology John Brown University Rockhurst University Barbara" Utah Valley University Carleton College Kansas City Art Institute Rogers State University University of California, Santa Cruz Vanderbilt University Carnegie Mellon University Kansas State University Rose-Hulman Institute of University of Central Arkansas Vassar College Case Western Reserve University Louisiana State University Technology University of Colorado at Boulder Wake Forest University Clark Atlanta University Louisiana Tech University Saint Louis University University of Colorado Colorado Washington University in St. Louis Clemson University Lyon College Santa Clara University Springs Wichita State University Coastal Carolina University Macalester College Sarah Lawrence College University of Dayton Wiley College College of William & Mary Maryland Institute College of Art Southern Methodist University University of Denver Wofford College Colorado College Marymount Manhattan College Southwest Baptist University University of Florida Wright State University Colorado School of Mines Maryville University Stanford University University of Georgia Xavier University of Louisiana Colorado State University Mississippi State University Stony Brook University University of Houston Yale University Columbia College Missouri Southern State University Swarthmore College University

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