School type Charter school Superintendent Barry Schmelzenbach Grades 9–12 Mascot Firehawk Number of students 390 | Founder John Lampton Belt Principal Barry Schmelzenbach Phone +1 405-702-4322 Founded 2005 | |
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School district Oklahoma City Public Schools Address 3333 N Shartel Ave, Oklahoma City, OK 73118, USA District Oklahoma City Public Schools Motto Arts, academics, achievement Similar Harding Charter Preparato, Classen School of Advance, Dove Science Academy, Bishop McGuinn Catholic, Northwest Classen High Sch Profiles | ||
Harding fine arts academy homecoming 2016
Harding Fine Arts Academy (HFAA) is a college preparatory high school in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. It is part of the Oklahoma City Public School District.
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HFAA serves students from grade 9 to 12. It is a public, charter high school; there is no tuition. As a charter school, admission is open to all students with interest in the fine arts. The school also receives Title I funding. HFAA uses auditions and testing for placement, but not as a requirement for acceptance. The school accepts only 150 students per school year.
The average class size is between 15 and 20 students per class. The student-teacher ratio is 12 to 1. The curriculum integrates the arts, and students are required to take 6 arts electives to graduate.
Harding Fine Arts Academy was founded in 2005 by attorney John Belt. It shares a school building dating to 1924 with another charter high school, Harding Charter Preparatory High School; the school's swimming pool has been converted into a dance studio.
HFAA is a National Blue Ribbon school and has been placed in the top 10 in Oklahoma by US News & World Report, the top 500 for disadvantaged students nationwide by Newsweek, rated A+ by the Oklahoma Department of Education and was the first school to be rated OKA+ by the University of Central Oklahoma.