Gosnell High School
Gosnell Arkansas High School
Address
600 AR 181 Gosnell , Arkansas 72315 United States
Coordinates	35°57′44″N 89°58′0″W / 35.96222°N 89.96667°W / 35.96222; -89.96667
Information
School type	Public comprehensive
Status	Open
School district	Gosnell School District
CEEB code	040230
NCES School ID	050002901277[1]
Principal	Steven Milligan
Teaching staff	56.53 (on FTE basis)[1]
Grades	7–12
Enrollment	600 (2016-17)[2]
Student to teacher ratio	11.94[1]
Education system	ADE Smart Core
Classes offered	Regular, Advanced Placement (AP)
Hours in school day	8
Color(s)	Blue and gold
Athletics	Football, golf, basketball, baseball, softball, track, cheer
Athletics conference	3A Region 3
Mascot	Pirate
Team name	Gosnell Pirates
Accreditation	ADE
Newspaper	The Spy Glass
Feeder schools	Gosnell Elementary School (PK–6)
Website	www.gosnellschool.net/o/ghs

Gosnell High School (or Gosnell Secondary School) is an accredited comprehensive public high school located in the city of Gosnell, Arkansas, United States, located northwest of Blytheville. The school provides secondary education for students in grades 7 through 12. It is one of four public high schools in Mississippi County, Arkansas and the sole high school administered by the Gosnell School District.

The school district, and therefore the high school, serves Gosnell and Dell as well as portions of Blytheville.^[3]

History

C.F. Cooper, an early Superintendent of the Gosnell School District, oversaw the start of the district's high school curriculum in 1930.^[4] Following the closure of Blytheville Army Airfield in 1946, a portion of the High School was moved to the officer's club on the deactivated military base. The building burned down on May 6, 1955, only a few days after it was announced the high school was moving back to Gosnell.^[5]

On July 1, 1984, the Dell School District merged into the Gosnell School District.^[6]

Athletics

The Gosnell High School mascot and athletic emblem is the Pirate with blue and gold serving as the school colors.^[7]

The Gosnell Pirates compete in interscholastic activities within the 3A Classification via the 3A Region 3 Conference, as administered by the Arkansas Activities Association. The Pirates participate in football, bowling (boys/girls), golf (boys/girls), basketball (boys/girls), cheer, competitive cheer, baseball, softball, robotics, and track and field (boys/girls).^[7]

On February 11, 2006, the Gosnell boys basketball team were on the winning side of the highest scoring game in Arkansas prep history with a 221 combined point game (Gosnell 114, Brookland 107).^[8]

The 1998 Gosnell Pirates football scored a state record 77 touchdowns in a season, which has since been eclipsed twice.^[8]

The Gosnell Public Schools football field and stadium is named the J.W. Rea Football Field Stadium with the city name of Gosnell as noted on a large metal sign near the main stadium entrance. The football field and stadium were constructed in the late 1960s. The stadium and field were named in honor of J.W. Rea, superintendent of the Gosnell Public Schools (1956-1977), at the time of his retirement in 1977. During Mr. Rea's 21-year tenure, the Gosnell Public Schools underwent sudden growth by the reactivated Blytheville Air Force Base in the late 1950s. During the Cold War Era, the Blytheville Air Force Base was a strategic air base in the United States's Strategic Defense programs. As the Cold War Era subsided in the late 1980s and early 1990s, the Blytheville Air Force Base was marked for closure that occurred in 1992.

Notable alumni

• Jermey Parnell — NFL professional football player.