Little Rock Southwest High School

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

Little Rock Southwest High School
Address
9715 Mabelvale Pike

,
72103

United States
Coordinates34.7061°N 92.4112°W / 34.7061; -92.4112
Information
TypePublic
Established2020
School districtLittle Rock School District
PrincipalMarvin Burton
Staff157(FTE)
Grades9–12
Enrollment2,154 (2021-2022)
Color(s)  Purple   White   Green
Athletics conference7A Central
MascotGryphons
Websitehttps://www.lrsd.org/Southwest

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

  1. "Ground Broken On New High School In Southwest Little Rock". KUAR. 2017-10-03. Retrieved 2018-06-17.
  2. Hall, Cynthia (2020-09-20). "LRSD enrollment". Arkansas Democrat Gazette. Retrieved 2021-02-28.
  3. Mershon, Matthew (2019-06-22). "Little Rock Southwest High School set to be ready by fall 2020". KATV. Retrieved 2021-02-28.
  4. Howell, Cynthia (2020-08-07). "Southwest ready for first students; Little Rock's newest high school called a game changer for area". Arkansas Democrat Gazette. Retrieved 2021-02-28.


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