Clinton School District (Arkansas)

Clinton School District is a public school district based in Clinton, Arkansas, United States. The district provides early childhood, elementary and secondary education for more than 1,400 prekindergarten through grade 12 students. Students are from 479.18 square miles (1,241.1 km²) of land encompassing Van Buren County and Pope County communities.

Clinton School District
Location
683 Poplar Street Clinton, Arkansas 72031 United States
District information
Grades	PK–12
Established	1879 (1879)
Schools	4^[1]
NCES District ID	0504410^[1]
Students and staff
Students	1,398^[1]
Teachers	112.46 (on FTE basis)^[1]
Student–teacher ratio	12.43^[1]
Athletic conference	4A Region 2 (2012–14)
Colors	Black Gold
Other information
Website	clinton.k12.ar.us

The district serves the following: Clinton, most of Dennard,^[2]^[3] Scotland, and Alread.^[4]^[5] Clinton School District is accredited by the Arkansas Department of Education (ADE).

History

Formalized education in Clinton began in 1879 with the start of the Clinton Male and Female Academy.^[6]

On July 1, 2004, the Alread School District and the Scotland School District consolidated into the existing Clinton school district.^[4]

Secondary schools:

Clinton High School—serving approximately 300 students in grades 10 through 12.
Clinton Junior High School—serving approximately 300 students in grades 7 through 9.

Elementary schools:

Clinton Intermediate School—serving approximately 300 students in grades 4 through 6.
Cowsert Elementary School—serving approximately 500 students in pre-kindergarten through grade 3.

Former schools:

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e "Search for Public School Districts – District Detail for Clinton School District". National Center for Education Statistics. Institute of Education Sciences. Retrieved 6 December 2012.
^ "SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP (2010 CENSUS): Van Buren County, AR." U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved on June 2, 2018.
^ "SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP (2010 CENSUS): Pope County, AR." U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved on June 2, 2018.
^ ^a ^b "." Arkansas Department of Education. Retrieved on May 23, 2018. Note that the Alread and Scotland districts consolidated into Clinton, so Clinton serves those communities.
^ "General Highway Map Van Buren County, Arkansas" (PDF). Arkansas Department of Transportation. Retrieved 2021-03-17. - See Scotland and Alread on the map, compare to the school district map.
^ . Clinton School District. Archived from the original on 10 September 2012. Retrieved 8 December 2012.
^ "Alread High School (Closed 2007) Profile | Clinton, Arkansas (AR)". www.publicschoolreview.com. Retrieved 2018-04-23.
^ "Scotland High School (Closed 2007) Profile | Scotland, Arkansas (AR)". www.publicschoolreview.com. Retrieved 2018-04-23.

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