Harding Academy

FastFacts

Pre-school Program:  3 Classrooms (3 & 4 year olds)
Elementary: Kindergarten - 6th grade
High School: 7th - 12th Grade
School Year: 178 days
Students: 686
Teachers: 55
Master's or higher degrees: 67 percent
Classes taught by certified teachers: 100 percent

National Testing:

  • All 1st through 9th graders take the Iowa Test Basic Skills (ITBS) Exam in Reading, Language, Math, Social Studies and Science. Highlights for 2010-2011: each grade level exceeded the state and national average. School average was 84 percent.
  • All students are reuqired to take the ACT Exam. From years 2005-2010 scored an average of 23.7. This score is higher than the national average of 21.1 and state average of 20.6.

Scholarships:

  • Harding Seniors consistently receive over 1 million dollars in scholarship money

Accreditations: (only school in the Arkansas to be accreditated by 3 organizations)

  • District accreditation status with AdvancED
  • Arkansas Non-Public School Accrediting Association (ANSAA)
  • National Christian School Association (NCSA)

Percentage of Graduating Seniors going on to attend a 4 year college: 95
Courses offered 9th-12th grade: 75
Advanced Placement courses offered: 7
Students taking Advanced Placement Courses: 47
AP students have a higher pass rate than the national average (National 16.9; Arkansas 12.5; Harding Academy 33.9)

Dual Credit: College courses from Harding University

National Merit Finalist status from 1990-2010: 21

Average annual increase in enrollment over the last five years: 3.5 percent

Physical educational classes participate in the Presidential Physical Fitness Program

Art Program consistely produces local and state winners

Spiritually:

  • Daily Chapel
  • Daily Bible Classes
  • Scoped and Sequenced Bible Curriculum Thematic Memory Verse Program
  • Service Projects

Musically:

  • 10-day Chorus tour
  • Continually receives highest ratings in site readings
  • Has performed in 38 states
  • Best in Class 3A four out of five years

Athletically:

  • Girls track and Boys Baseball received Acaemic All-Sports Award
  • Class 3A All Sports Trophy 3 times in the last 10 years
  • State Championships: 18
  • State Runners-up: 23
  • Regional Championships: 13