Clark High School (Plano, Texas)

R.C. Clark High School
R.C. Clark High School
Address
	523 West Spring Creek Parkway; Plano, Texas; United States
Coordinates	33°03′31″N 96°42′11″W / 33.0585°N 96.7031°W
Information
Type	Free public
Motto	Clark High School, in partnership with parents and community, promotes high standards of academic excellence, personal integrity, and individual responsibility which foster success in a diverse and ever-changing society.[citation needed]
Established	1979
School district	Plano Independent School District
Principal	Pamela Clark
Teaching staff	81.85 (FTE)
Grades	9th and 10th
Enrollment	1,279 (2022-23)
Student to teacher ratio	15.63
Campus type	Suburban
Color(s)	Maroon;
Mascot	WildCat
Website	www.pisd.edu/clark

R. C. Clark High School is a co-educational secondary school in Plano, Texas (USA) serving grades nine and ten. Founded in 1979, the school is part of the Plano Independent School District. Hendrick Middle School, Carpenter Middle School, and Schimelpfenig Middle School feed into Clark. Students leaving Clark go on to attend Plano Senior High School. The school colors are red, white, and black, and the school mascot is the Wildcats.

The high school recently added a new wing to the building for the 2012-2013 school year due to overcrowding in the old building. The new building houses science, art, and foreign language classes.

Clark High School maintains an enrollment of over 1,500. The school's current principal is Pamela Clark.^[1]

History

Clark High School is named in honor of Richard Calhoun Clark, a pioneer, and farmer who served in the Civil War under General R.W. Carpenter after the death of his father.

Previous feeder schools

Previously, only Carpenter and Hendrick Middle Schools fed into Clark High School and were zoned to Plano East Senior High until 2011-2012. In the 2011-2012 school year, Schimelpfenig students got to choose whether to go to Clark or Jasper High School. In the 2012-2013 school year, after school population debate, Schimelpfenig was zoned only to Clark High School.

Courses

Clark High School currently offers 3 AP courses: AP Human Geography, AP World History, and AP European History. Additionally, starting in the 2017-2018 school year, Clark will also offer AP Fundamentals of Computer Science. Students may also take AP Statistics at Plano Senior High School if they have completed all prior math courses. If there are enough students registered for the course, Clark High School will offer AP Calculus AB or BC; otherwise, students may take the course at Plano Senior High School. Clark also offers a variety of honors, regulars, and extracurricular courses along with many sports. Student athletes may choose to play for the Plano Senior High School teams.

School awards

1992–93 National Blue Ribbon School^[3]

References

^ ^a ^b "Staff Directory / Clark High Directory".
^ ^a ^b ^c "CLARK H S". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved July 25, 2024.
^ Blue Ribbon Schools Program, Schools Recognized 1982–1983 Through 1999–2002 (PDF) Archived March 26, 2009, at the Wayback Machine

[pisd.edu-1] "Staff Directory / Clark High Directory".

[NCES-2] "CLARK H S". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved July 25, 2024.

[3] Blue Ribbon Schools Program, Schools Recognized 1982–1983 Through 1999–2002 (PDF) Archived March 26, 2009, at the Wayback Machine

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