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Parkland Magnet High School | |
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Address | |
1600 Brewer Road 27127 United States | |
Coordinates | 36°03′26″N 80°15′26″W / 36.0571°N 80.2572°W |
Information | |
Other names | Parkland High School (1965–2006) |
School type | Public secondary |
Founded | 1965 |
School district | Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Schools |
Superintendent | Tricia McManus |
CEEB code | 344444 |
Principal | Noel Keener |
Staff | 89.40 (FTE)[1] |
Grades | 9–12 |
Enrollment | 1,430 (2019-20)[1] |
Student to teacher ratio | 16.00[1] |
Language | English |
Color(s) | Red, white, and blue |
Mascot | Mustang |
Newspaper | The Hitching Post |
Yearbook | The Spectatus |
Website | wsfcs |
Parkland Magnet High School is a magnet school in Winston-Salem, North Carolina that offers an International Baccalaureate program and describes itself as a "Center for the Cultural Arts". Parkland was founded in 1965 as Parkland High School.[2]
The school's campus is located on the south side of Winston-Salem, and is easily accessible from Interstate 40, US Highway 52, and Peters Creek Parkway.
The campus includes a main building, several multi-classroom pod trailers, a practice football field, competition track, baseball and softball fields. The main building houses the school's administrative offices, cafeteria, two gymnasiums, and auditorium as well as 80 classrooms. The football & lacrosse teams plays their home games at Deaton-Thompson stadium located off West Clemmonsville Road which is located approximately 1.4 miles from the school's campus. The soccer teams play their home games at the W-S/FC Soccer Complex on Bolton street, which is approximately 3.2 miles from Parkland's campus.