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, United States. It is operated by
Gwinnett County Public Schools
The Gwinnett County Public Schools is a school district operating in Gwinnett County, Georgia, United States. GCPS is the largest school system in Georgia,Grayson High School, Central Gwinnett High School, and Dacula High School. The Archer cluster consists of Harbins Elementary, Cooper Elementary, Lovin Elementary, McConnell Middle, and Archer High School. As of the 2015–2016 school year the school had an enrollment of 2,568 students.
Athletics
In its first year (2009–2010) Archer High School competed in Region 8-AAA of the
Georgia High School Association
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(GHSA), with varsity teams in all sports, except football due to GHSA rules. For the 2010–2011 school year, Archer entered GHSA Region 8-AAAAA, and was the school's first year with a varsity
football
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season. Archer has had many teams compete in state tournaments: girls' track and cross-country, varsity competition cheerleading, wrestling, swimming, girls' softball, girls' basketball, men's basketball, men's tennis, men's track and cross country, volleyball, and football.
In 2012, the
softball
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team became the first program at Archer to win a team state title.
Archer has won many state titles in
wrestling
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. The wrestling team won four consecutive dual team and state tournament titles from 2013–2016. In 2014, the wrestling team finished the season ranked #9 in the nation by '' WIN Magazine''.
Clubs
Archer High School recognizes multiple school-sponsored clubs. These clubs include a dance team, various
quiz bowl
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-like clubs covering different academic areas, multiple honor societies, assorted foreign language clubs, a speech and debate team, a
Skills USA
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club, a creative writing club, chapters of
Future Business Leaders of America
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student council
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