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Forrest City High School

Field	Value
name	Forrest City High School
streetaddress	467 Victoria Street
city	Forrest City
state	Arkansas
country	USA
zipcode	72335
established
type	Public secondary
district	Forrest City School District
grades	9–12
principal	Osceola "Sonny" Hicks
dean	Donnie Willis
us_nces_school_id
ceeb	040805
us_nces_district_id
faculty	63.23 (on FTE basis)
ratio	8.98
enrollment	568 (2023-2024)
conference	4A Region 2 (2024-2025)
colors	Royal blue and white

mascot	Mustang
team_name	Forrest City Mustangs
campus type	Closed
free_label2	Federal funding
free_text2	Title I
website

Forrest City High School is a comprehensive public high school in Forrest City, Arkansas, United States. It is the sole high school administered by the Forrest City School District and its main feeder school is Forrest City Junior High School.

In addition to Forrest City it serves other areas in central St. Francis County, including Caldwell, Colt, Madison, and Widener.

History

Serving students in grades nine through twelve since 1892, an earlier building on Rosser Street built in 1915, known as Old Central, is listed on the National Register of Historic Places since 1992.

During racial segregation, Black students attended "Colored High School" where Wallace Leon Purifoy served as principal for 23 years. He later founded the fraternal group the Imperial Council of Jugamos, headquartered in Forrest City.

Academics

Forrest City High School is accredited as a 1924 charter member of AdvancED (formerly North Central Association). The assumed course of study follows the Smart Core curriculum established by the Arkansas Department of Education (ADE).

Students engage in regular and Advanced Placement (AP) coursework and exams. FCHS is a member of the Arkansas Advanced Initiative for Math and Science (AAIMS) designed to improve scores on AP exams.

Extracurricular activities

The Forrest City High School mascot is the Mustang horse with the school colors as Royal blue and white. The Forrest City Mustangs compete in the 4A Region 2 administered by the Arkansas Activities Association (AAA).

The Mustangs have won several state championships including:

Golf: The boys golf team are 2-time state golf champions (1969, 1973).
Basketball: The Mustangs boys basketball team won its first state championship in 2014 and another in 2016.
Track and field: The boys track teams are 6-time state track and field champions; winning three consecutive state titles in 1975, 1976 and 1977, followed by two consecutive track banners in 2006 and 2007 again in 2016.

Notable alumni

Don Kessinger (1960) - 6x Major League Baseball All-Star player; manager of Chicago White Sox in 1979; high school All-American and NFHS National High School Hall of Fame inductee
Stan Winfrey (1971) - former professional football player
Jimmy Rogers (1973) - former professional football player
Jason Jones (2003) - former professional football player
Barrett Astin (2009) - former professional baseball player
Cara McCollum (2010) - Miss New Jersey 2013; Miss America Contestant in 2014; news anchor
Leo Fong (c.1946) - Actor and martial artist

References

"FORREST CITY HIGH SCHOOL". National Center for Education Statistics.
"SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP (2010 CENSUS): St. Francis County, AR". [[U.S. Census Bureau]].
{{NRISref. 2009a
Richardson, Clement. (June 7, 1919). "The National Cyclopedia of the Colored Race". National Publishing Company.
"Accreditation Profile, Forrest City High School". AdvancED.
(December 2019). "FCSD Designated as AAIMS School". Mustang Times, Volume 12, Issue 2, September 2011.

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