[citation needed] The assumed course of study follows the Smart Core curriculum developed by the Arkansas Department of Education (ADE).

In March 2009, FHS concluded undefeated seasons in both boys and girls basketball and won 7A state championships.

On March 24, 2008, the New York Times ran an article accusing the administration and teachers of ignoring violence and bullying against Billy Wolfe, a sophomore who attended Fayetteville High School.

Some students had set up a Facebook group titled "Every One Hates Billy Wolfe" calling on them to attack him at school.

One entry by a student on March 9, 2007, wrote ""Haha (your ) Billy got clocked today at school and I think one or two of his teeth got knocked out damn my friends are awesome".

[12][13] Wolfe's mother claims she begged the assistant principal of the school, Byron Zeagler, to call the police.

"[14] Students at Fayetteville High School, in reaction to perceived bias in the New York Times article, stated when being interviewed by the local news that Wolfe "brings a lot of it on himself, that he actually picks a lot of the fights" and "that what he does, is he antagonizes the other person and starts the fight and when he loses he says 'Oh I got beat up.

'"[15] In a local newspaper report the following week, a student claimed that Wolfe "likes to call him names, like stupid or retarded," and "screams in his ear, which is sensitive to noise because of his medical condition…[Wolfe] once pounded him in the back of the head several times with a medium-sized rubber ball.

"[17] A decade ago a student attending Fayetteville High School's Vocational Campus was harassed and beaten for being homosexual.

At that time the administration of Fayetteville School District had promised the office of Civil Rights they would adopt procedures to promote tolerance and respect.

[10] Currently, Fayetteville High School has a Gay-Straight Alliance, which was picketed by members of the Westboro Baptist Church in the fall of 2004.

The teenage boys broke open beer cans by slamming it on the head of the young goat.