{{Short description|Public high school in Hollywood, Florida, United States}} {{distinguish|MacArthur High School (disambiguation)}} {{Use American English|date=February 2025}} {{Use mdy dates|date=November 2021}} {{Infobox school | name = McArthur High School | image = McArthur High School Logo.gif | alt = The McArthur High School's Official Logo | established = 1957 | type = Public | district = Broward County Public Schools | superintendent = Howard Hepburn | address = 6501 Hollywood Blvd | city = Hollywood | state = Florida | zipcode = 33024 | country = United States | coordinates = {{coord|26.01059|-80.21697|region:US-FL_type:edu|display=inline,title}} | grades = 9–12 | principal = Mark Howard | enrollment = 2,050 (2022–2023)<ref name=NCES/> | staff = 78.53 (FTE)<ref name=NCES/> | ratio = 26.10<ref name=NCES>{{cite web|url=https://nces.ed.gov/ccd/schoolsearch/school_detail.asp?Search=1&DistrictID=1200180&SchoolPageNum=13&ID=120018000160|title=MCARTHUR HIGH SCHOOL|publisher=National Center for Education Statistics|accessdate=September 22, 2024}}</ref> | campus_type = Suburb | colors = {{Color box|#347235}} {{Color box|White}} {{Color box|#FF7300}} <br /> Green, White, and Orange | website = {{URL|https://mcarthur.browardschools.com/}} }} [[File:Barack Obama at McArthur High School, Hollywood, Florida.jpg|thumb|right|Barack Obama at McArthur High School, 2012]]
'''McArthur High School''' is located in Hollywood, Florida, United States. It serves students from both Hollywood and Pembroke Pines in grades 9 through 12. The school is a part of the Broward County Public Schools district.
==History== The late Alfred Ryll <ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20160303225321/http://articles.sun-sentinel.com/1986-05-10/news/8601280179_1_west-hollywood-masons-elks Ryll Obituary]</ref>—mayor of Hollywood in 1954 and 1955—was McArthur's first principal, serving in that capacity into the 1960s. Mr. Todd J. Lapace was named the principal in 2010 until August 2019. Alfred Broomfield II then became the principal of McArthur High School. In June 2024, Mark Howard took over as McArthur's new principal.
The school was founded in 1957 at its current location (on land donated by educator and dairy magnate, J.N. McArthur). That first year saw classes in grades 7–9. Many classes in the early years were held in portable classrooms, although construction of the gymnasium, auditorium, cafeteria, library, and administrative offices was soon begun. The existing student body, as well as the new seventh grades class entering in 1958, were served by those new facilities, although there were still several portable structures on campus.
Planning was already in progress for feeder schools (then called junior high schools, now known as middle schools), and in the fall of 1959, the eventual class of '64 left McArthur and attended Driftwood (students living north of Hollywood Boulevard) and Henry D. Perry (students living south of Hollywood Boulevard) Junior High Schools. In both cases, the eighth grade was in portable classrooms, and the ninth grade was in new physical plants. Succeeding classes went directly to Driftwood and Perry JHS.
1960 saw the first senior class graduating from McArthur, and 1959–1960 saw the last ninth grade class attending until the reorganization of the school structure. (need date) In the fall of 1961, the last seventh grade class to attend McArthur (and the classes following) returned to complete their sophomore, junior, and senior years.
In 1967, McArthur played Ely in the season opener for both teams. This, along with another game in Broward County between Fort Lauderdale and Dillard the same night, was the first meeting between white and black teams.<ref name="Football First">{{cite news|last1=Boetel|first1=Ray|title=Races Against Time Football`s Black And White A Pretty 25th Anniversary Picture.|url=http://articles.sun-sentinel.com/1992-11-03/sports/9202270339_1_black-schools-fiaa-dillard|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171201033314/http://articles.sun-sentinel.com/1992-11-03/sports/9202270339_1_black-schools-fiaa-dillard|url-status=dead|archive-date=December 1, 2017|accessdate=28 November 2017|date=3 November 1992}}</ref>
McArthur High has an FCAT school grade of "A" for the 2011–2012 academic year.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20040618170802/http://www.browardschools.com/schools/fcat/high.htm FCAT School Grades – High<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>
The boys’ cross country team won the state championship in 1964. The wrestling team won the 4A Florida High School State Championship in 1979 and the 3A State Championships in 1986, '88, and '89. The girls’ cross country team won the 4A Florida High School State Championship in 1977, '78, '79, and '80. The girls’ track and field team won the 4A Florida State Championship in 1978 and 1979.
In 2012 the school was the scene of a mass casualty response from state and local authorities, responding to a call of a mysterious rash. The local hazmat unit and firefighters evacuated 12 students and two teachers to a local hospital with police escorts. The Hollywood hazmat unit tested several objects from desks to door knobs but found no conclusive source of the rash. At the local hospital, 30 staff members were ready to receive the students, and decontamination showers were set up to process the students and teachers. The school board decided to open the school for students the next day, and the rash was eventually identified as a prank using itching powder.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.sun-sentinel.com/health/fl-xpm-2012-05-16-fl-mcarthur-high-rash-20120516-story.html|title=Mysterious rash at McArthur High prompts mass casualty hazmat response|last=Sentinel|first=Linda Trischitta, Sun|website=Sun-Sentinel.com|language=en-US|access-date=2019-08-11}}</ref>
==Demographics== As of the 2021–22 school year, the total student enrollment was 2,021. The ethnic makeup of the school was 51.8% White, 38.9% Black, 48.4% Hispanic, 4.3% Asian, 0.2% Pacific Islander, 3.4% Multiracial, and 1.4% Native American or Native Alaskan.<ref name=BCPS>{{cite web|title=2021-22 BENCHMARK DAY ENROLLMENT REPORT|url=https://www.browardschools.com/cms/lib/FL01803656/Centricity/domain/13425/data/enrollment%20projections/counts/2021-22/benchmark/2021-22%20BENCHMARK%20DAY%20ENROLLMENT%20REPORT.pdf|publisher=Broward County Public Schools|access-date=20 November 2021|archive-date=November 20, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211120014158/https://www.browardschools.com/cms/lib/FL01803656/Centricity/domain/13425/data/enrollment%20projections/counts/2021-22/benchmark/2021-22%20BENCHMARK%20DAY%20ENROLLMENT%20REPORT.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref>
== Notable alumni == * Miriam Gonzalez - ''Playboy'' playmate{{citation needed|date=December 2020}} * Ruben Hyppolite II - NFL linebacker for the Chicago Bears<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.baltimoresun.com/2019/12/17/why-did-top-recruit-ruben-hyppolite-ii-stay-committed-to-maryland-he-wanted-to-be-the-face-of-something-big/|newspaper=The Baltimore Sun|via=archive.today|title=Why did top recruit Ruben Hyppolite II stay committed to Maryland? He wanted to 'be the face of something big' |author=Markus, Don|date=December 17, 2019 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20250426182838/https://www.baltimoresun.com/2019/12/17/why-did-top-recruit-ruben-hyppolite-ii-stay-committed-to-maryland-he-wanted-to-be-the-face-of-something-big/ |archive-date=2025-04-26}}</ref> * Erasmus James - NFL football player and first round draft pick{{citation needed|date=December 2020}} * Kevin Knowles – NFL football cornerback for the Kansas City Chiefs<ref>Murschel, Matt (October 14, 2021). [https://www.orlandosentinel.com/2021/10/14/kevin-knowles-iis-secret-to-developing-into-a-shutdown-defensive-back-for-fsu/ "Kevin Knowles II’s secret to developing into a shutdown defensive back for FSU"]. ''Orlando Sentinel.com''. Retrieved August 31, 2025.</ref> * Oddibe McDowell - Major League Baseball player; one of 276 players to hit for the cycle{{citation needed|date=December 2020}} * Bryant McFadden - two-time Super Bowl champion, CBS Sports NFL/CFB Analyst{{citation needed|date=December 2020}} * Damion McIntosh - NFL football player{{citation needed|date=December 2020}} * Laura Purser-Rose - professional baseball player<ref>{{cite news | last = Patton | first = Robes | title = Playing Professional Baseball--And In Fenway Park--Made For Quite A Summer For Hollywood's Laura Purser | url = https://www.newspapers.com/clip/64463463/laura-purser-rose/ | access-date=December 2, 2020 | work = South Florida Sun Sentinel | date = September 26, 1997}}</ref> * Errict Rhett - NFL football player{{citation needed|date=December 2020}} * Wayne Smith - Canadian Football League player{{citation needed|date=May 2025}}
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== External links == *{{Official website|https://mcarthur.browardschools.com/}}
{{Broward County Public Schools}} {{Hollywood, Florida}} {{authority control}}
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