Des Arc High School

{{Short description|Public school in Des Arc, Arkansas, United States}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=April 2024}}

{{Infobox school

|name = Des Arc High School

|streetaddress = 600 Main Street

|city = Des Arc

|state = Arkansas

|zipcode = 72040

|country = USA

|coordinates = {{coord|34.97836|N|91.49922|W|format=dms|type:edu_region:US-AR|display=inline,title}}

|district = Des Arc School District

|affiliation = Arkansas Activities Association

|superintendent = Marc Sherrell

|principal = BJ Paschal

|teaching_staff = 19.73 (on FTE basis)

| us_nces_school_id = {{NCES School ID|050519000240 |school_name=Des Arc High School|access_date=December 9, 2024}}

|ceeb = 040620

|classes_offered = Regular (Core), Career Focus, Advanced Placement (AP)

|schooltype = Public comprehensive

|system = ADE Smart Core curriculum

|grades = 7–12

|athletics_conference = 2A Region 6

|accreditation = ADE

|mascot = Eagle

|team_name = Des Arc Eagles

|school_colors = Green and white
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|status = Open

|enrollment = 264 (2023-2024)

|ratio = 13.38

|main feeder school for = Des Arc Elementary School (PK–6)

|homepage = {{URL|https://www.desarc.wmsc.k12.ar.us/schools/high-school2}}

}}

Des Arc High School, which opened in 1872, is a comprehensive public high school located in Des Arc, Arkansas, United States, and is an all-inclusive public school. The school provides education to over 170 kids in grades 7th through 12th that residentially live in Prairie County and Lonoke County communities encompassing {{convert|265.68|mi2|km2}} of land including all or portions of Des Arc, Biscoe, Carlisle, Ward, Griffithville, and Lonoke. It is one of two public high schools in Prairie County and the only high school administered by the Des Arc School District. If a student does not reside in Des Arc or Prairie County but the parents still wish to send their child to Des Arc High School, there is a School Choice for Non-Resident Students application that the parents can fill out. Two applications must be filled out, one for Des Arc High School and one for the high school that the student is transferring from.{{Cite web|url=https://sites.google.com/a/desarc.wmsc.k12.ar.us/dapublicschools/home|title=Home|website=sites.google.com|language=en-US|access-date=November 13, 2019}} Des Arc High School is one of two of the high schools in Prairie County.

DAHS is accredited by the Arkansas Department of Education and receives Title I federal funding. Title I federal funding is the largest federal aid program for public schools in the United States. Title I is a federal entitlement program that gives funds to schools in need based on student enrollment, the free and reduced lunch percentage for each school, and other informative data.{{Cite web|url=https://www.handyhandouts.com/viewHandout.aspx?hh_number=386&nfp_title=What+is+Title+1%3F|title=Handy Handouts|last=Spivey|first=Becky|date=2019|website=Handy Handouts|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151001092719/http://www.handyhandouts.com/viewHandout.aspx?hh_number=386&nfp_title=What+is+Title+1%3f |archive-date=October 1, 2015 |access-date=November 13, 2019}}