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Little Rock Southwest High School

Coordinates: 34°39′44″N 92°23′09″W / 34.662240°N 92.385830°W / 34.662240; -92.385830
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Little Rock Southwest High School
Address
Map
9715 Mabelvale Pike

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72103

United States
Coordinates34°39′44″N 92°23′09″W / 34.662240°N 92.385830°W / 34.662240; -92.385830
Information
TypePublic
Established2020
School districtLittle Rock School District
PrincipalGeorge Maxey
Staff157(FTE)[citation needed]
Grades9–12
Enrollment2,154 (2021-2022)
Color(s)  Purple   White   Kelly Green
Athletics conference7A Central
MascotGryphons
Websitehttps://www.lrsd.org/o/lrsw/

Little Rock Southwest High School, also known as Little Rock Southwest Magnet High School, is a public high school in southwest Little Rock, Arkansas.

Groundbreaking occurred in 2017. It replaced J. A. Fair Systems Magnet High School and McClellan Magnet High School.[1] Additionally it took over the attendance area for Hall High School, which was converted into Hall STEAM Magnet High School, a magnet only school.[2]

It has 400,000 square feet (37,000 m2) of space. There are 65 classrooms, with each having 900 square feet (84 m2) of space.[3] It opened as scheduled in 2020.[4] It had 1,930 students in September 2020.[2]

References

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  1. ^ "Ground Broken On New High School In Southwest Little Rock". KUAR. October 3, 2017. Retrieved June 17, 2018.
  2. ^ a b Hall, Cynthia (September 20, 2020). "LRSD enrollment". Arkansas Democrat Gazette. Retrieved February 28, 2021.
  3. ^ Mershon, Matthew (June 22, 2019). "Little Rock Southwest High School set to be ready by fall 2020". KATV. Retrieved February 28, 2021.
  4. ^ Howell, Cynthia (August 7, 2020). "Southwest ready for first students; Little Rock's newest high school called a game changer for area". Arkansas Democrat Gazette. Retrieved February 28, 2021.
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