Haas Hall Academy


Haas Hall Academy is a public charter secondary, college preparatory school located in Fayetteville, Arkansas, United States, and serving students in grades seven through twelve. It is located within Washington County, near the campus of the University of Arkansas and within the Northwest Arkansas region. In 2018, Haas Hall Academy was ranked No. 1 in the state by 2018 U.S. News & World Report Best High Schools ranking program. Haas Hall academy opened a second campus in 2015 in Bentonville, Arkansas which is in Benton Benton County, and recently received approval for two new campuses in Springdale, Arkansas and Rogers, Arkansas.

Academics

Haas Hall Academy's curriculum is an accelerated college preparatory academic program. Accredited by AdvancED and the Arkansas Department of Education, Haas Hall Academy holds membership in The College Board and the Science National Honor Society. Students engage in coursework including Advanced Placement, courses with concurrent college credit provided a local university, and the school encourages students to take college courses at local colleges and universities. Since its inception in 2004, Haas Hall has achieved Adequate Yearly Progress.
Haas Hall Academy has been recognized with the College Readiness Award by the Arkansas ACT Council four consecutive years in recognition of improving the participation rate of students taking the ACT college readiness exam. Out of 16,200 schools considered by for their list, Haas Hall Academy Ranked #50 in the nation. Haas Hall Academy has been recognized for four consecutive years in a row as the #1 ranked public high school in Arkansas by .

Extracurricular activities

The Haas Hall Academy mascot is the Mastiff with school colors of blue and gold.

Athletics

The Haas Hall Mastiffs participate in various interscholastic activities in the 3A West Conference administered by the Arkansas Activities Association. The school athletic activities include basketball, bowling, cross country, track and field, golf, tennis and swimming.
Members of the 3A West Conference include:
Haas Hall offers clubs and organizations including Quiz Bowl, Student Council, and the Arkansas Science Olympiad.
The school's Quiz Bowl teams have won the 1A classification state quiz bowl championship in 2008, 2009, 2012, 2013 and 2014. They have won the 3A State Championship in 2016 and 2017. They won the 2A State Championship in 2019. Haas Hall has won a total of 8 Quiz Bowl Championships.
The school's FIRST Robotics Competition team, Apophis 5006, has gone to the FIRST Championship in 2014 and 2015, winning the Rookie All-Star Award in 2014.

Diversity Issues

The Arkansas Board of Education has pressed Haas Hall to address a lack of diversity in their student body.
In April of 2019 Haas Hall was allowed by the Arkansas Board of Education to address the issue by attending local festivals and events, advertising, and minority-targeted mailers sent twice yearly.
As recently as the 2018-2019 school year, 0.0 % of Haas Hall students were eligible to receive special education.