Haas Hall one of top high schools in nation

April 30, 2019 at 8:26 a.m.

by Dave Perozek

File Photo/NWA Democrat-Gazette Haas Hall's campus in Fayetteville.
File Photo/NWA Democrat-Gazette Haas Hall's campus in Fayetteville.

Haas Hall Academy's Fayetteville campus is one of the top 10 public high schools in the nation, according to the latest ranking by U.S. News & World Report.

The school, which routinely achieves the publication's top rank in the state, placed seventh nationally in the ranking released today, up from 50th last year. Haas Hall's Bentonville campus was named second best in the state and 81st nationally.

Arkansas’ top public high schools

Here’s U.S. News & World Report’s 2019 ranking of Arkansas’ public high schools. Each school’s national rank is in parentheses.

  1. Haas Hall Academy, Fayetteville (7)
  2. Haas Hall Academy, Bentonville (81)
  3. LISA Academy North High Charter School, Sherwood (306)
  4. eSTEM High School, Little Rock (518)
  5. Arkansas Arts Academy, Rogers (530)
  6. Maumelle Charter High School (650)
  7. Bentonville High School (831)
  8. Greenbrier High School (949)
  9. New Technology High School, Rogers (991)
  10. Concord High School (1,302)
  11. Eureka Springs High School
  12. Parkview Magnet High School, Little Rock
  13. Fayetteville High School
  14. Bismarck High School
  15. Rogers High School
  16. Lakeside High School
  17. Southside High School, Fort Smith
  18. Central High School, Little Rock
  19. Greenwood High School
  20. Prairie Grove High School

2018

  1. Haas Hall Academy, Fayetteville (50)
  2. eStem Public Charter High School, Little Rock (572)
  3. LISA Academy North High Charter School, Sherwood (915)
  4. Prairie Grove High School (1,029)
  5. Bentonville High School (1,043)
  6. Rogers High School (1,215)
  7. LISA Academy High, Little Rock (1,230)
  8. Arkansas Arts Academy, Rogers (1,317)
  9. Fayetteville High School (1,332)
  10. Scranton High School (1,425)

Each of the state's top six public high schools are charter schools, according to rankings. Haas Hall's two campuses are followed by LISA Academy North High School in Sherwood at No. 3, eSTEM High School in Little Rock at No. 4, Arkansas Arts Academy in Rogers at No. 5 and Maumelle Charter High School at No. 6.

Bentonville High School was the leading non-charter high school, coming in at seventh in the state.

Nine Arkansas high schools placed in the top 1,000 nationally; only three did so last year.

NW News on 05/01/2019

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