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DeWitt High School
Location
Map
1614 South Grandview Drive

DeWitt
,
Arkansas
72042-1826

United States

34°16′42″N 91°21′1″W / 34.27833°N 91.35028°W / 34.27833; -91.35028
Information
School typePublic comprehensive
StatusOpen
School district
DeWitt School District
CEEB code040635
NCES School ID
050000100216[1]
Teaching staff
33.08 (on FTE basis)[1]
Grades9–12
Enrollment350 (2023-2024)[1]
Student to teacher ratio
10.58[1]
Education system
ADE Smart Core
Classes offered
Regular,
Advanced Placement (AP)
ColorsBlue and gold
  
Athletics conference
3A East
MascotDragon
Team nameDeWitt Dragons
AccreditationADE
Communities served
DeWitt, Almyra, Gillett, Humphrey, Saint Charles, and Nady
Websitewww.dewittdragons.net/o/dhs

DeWitt High School is a comprehensive public high school located in DeWitt, Arkansas, United States. The school provides secondary education for students in grades 9 through 12. DeWitt is one of two public high schools in Arkansas County, Arkansas and the sole high school administered by the DeWitt School District.

History

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In 2009 Gillett High School closed, and students were consolidated into DeWitt High.[2]

Service area

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Its territory includes areas in Arkansas, Jefferson, and Desha counties.[3][4][5]

The municipalities it serves include DeWitt, Almyra, Gillett, Saint Charles,[3] and Humphrey.[3][4]

Additionally the district includes unincorporated areas: Arkansas Post,[6] Bayou Meto, Crocketts Bluff, Eldridge Corner, Ethel,[7] Nady,[2] One Horse Store,[7] Point Deluce,[8] Reydell,[9] Stinking Bay, and Tichnor.[7]

Academics

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DeWitt High School is accredited by the Arkansas Department of Education (ADE) and the assumed course of study follows the Smart Core curriculum developed by the ADE, which requires students complete at least 22 units prior to graduation. Students complete regular coursework and exams and may take Advanced Placement (AP) courses and exam with the opportunity to receive college credit.

Athletics

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The DeWitt High School mascot and athletic emblem is the dragon with blue and gold serving as the school colors.

The DeWitt compete in interscholastic activities within the 4A Classification via the 4A Region 8 Conference, as administered by the Arkansas Activities Association. The Dragons field teams in football, golf (boys/girls), basketball (boys/girls), cheer, bowling (boys/girls), cross country (boys/girls), track and field (boys/girls), baseball, and fastpitch softball.[10]

Famous alumni

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Harold Horton (Nov 14, 1939 – May 3, 2025) played football for DeWitt High School and received all-state honors for the Dewitt Dragons in 1956. He went on to play for the University of Arkansas from 1959 to 1961. He eventually became the head football coach at the University of Central Arkansas (UCA) from 1982 to 1989.[11]

References

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  1. 1 2 3 4 "Search for Public Schools - Dewitt High School (050000100216)". National Center for Education Statistics. Institute of Education Sciences. Retrieved January 5, 2025.
  2. 1 2 Brantley, Max (April 28, 2009). "Another school gone UPDATE". Arkansas Times. Retrieved May 24, 2018. Imagine this: students from rural Nady, Arkansas must ride a bus approximately 22 miles to DeWitt.
  3. 1 2 3 "SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP (2010 CENSUS): Arkansas County, AR." U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved May 24, 2018.
  4. 1 2 "SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP (2010 CENSUS): Jefferson County, AR." U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved May 24, 2018.
  5. ↑ "SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP (2010 CENSUS): Desha County, AR." U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved May 24, 2018.
  6. ↑ "Arkansas Department of Education school district maps, 1952-1954 Arkansas County, 1952-1954". Arkansas Digital Archives. Arkansas State Archives. Archived from the original on December 2, 2020. (Download) - Indicates the location of Arkansas Post
  7. 1 2 3 "General Highway Map Arkansas County, Arkansas" (PDF). Arkansas Department of Transportation. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 2, 2018. Retrieved February 25, 2021. - See Bayou Meto, Crocketts Bluff, Eldridge Corner, Ethel, Stinking Bay, and Tichnor on the map.
  8. ↑ "Home". Southside Elementary School. Archived from the original on August 6, 2002. Retrieved September 17, 2022 – via Wayback Machine. [...]living within the DeWitt, Almyra, Bayou Meto, Crocketts Bluff, Ethel, Pt. Deluce, Reydel, and St. Charles communities. - The text is a white color on a white background and may need to be selected by the user. As Southside Elementary, now DeWitt Elementary, is a part of the school district, by extension the school district includes these communities.
  9. ↑ "General Highway Map Jefferson County, Arkansas" (PDF). Arkansas Department of Transportation. Archived from the original (PDF) on May 8, 2020. Retrieved February 25, 2021. - See Reydell on the map.
  10. ↑ "School Profile, DeWitt High School". Arkansas Activities Association. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved November 4, 2012.
  11. ↑ "Razorback Legend Harold Horton Passes Away". Arkansas Razorbacks. May 4, 2025. Retrieved December 1, 2025.
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