Clinton School District (Arkansas) Explained

Clinton School District
Grades:	PK–12
Schools:	4
Students:	1,398
Teachers:	112.46 (on FTE basis)
Ratio:	12.43
Conference:	4A Region 2 (2012–14)
Colors:	Black Gold
Location:	683 Poplar Street Clinton, Arkansas 72031
Country:	USA

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 479.18mi2 of land.

In Van Buren County, the district includes Clinton and most of Dennard.^[1] It also includes the unincorporated areas of Alread and Scotland.^{[2] [3]} The school district extends into Pope County.^[4] 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.^[5]

On July 1, 2004, the Alread School District and the Scotland School District consolidated into the existing Clinton school district.^[2]

Schools

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:

• Alread High School (closed 2007)^[6]
• Scotland High School (closed 2007)^[7]

Further reading

These include maps of predecessor districts:

• Web site: Arkansas Department of Education school district maps, 1952-1954 Van Buren County, 1952-1954. Arkansas Digital Archives. Arkansas State Archives. (Download)

Notes and References

1. Web site: 2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Van Buren County, AR. U.S. Census Bureau. 2023-06-08. - 2010 Map.
2. "ConsolidationAnnex_from_1983.xls." Arkansas Department of Education. Retrieved on May 23, 2018. Note that the Alread and Scotland districts consolidated into Clinton, so Clinton serves those communities.
3. Web site: General Highway Map Van Buren County, Arkansas. Arkansas Department of Transportation. 2021-03-17. - See Scotland and Alread on the map, compare to the school district map.
4. Web site: 2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Pope County, AR. U.S. Census Bureau. 2023-06-08. - 2010 map
5. Web site: The History of Clinton School . Clinton School District . 8 December 2012 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120910042229/http://clinton.k12.ar.us/Other%20Pages/District%20History/disthist.html . 10 September 2012 .
6. Web site: Alread High School (Closed 2007) Profile Clinton, Arkansas (AR). www.publicschoolreview.com. en. 2018-04-23.
7. Web site: Scotland High School (Closed 2007) Profile Scotland, Arkansas (AR). www.publicschoolreview.com. en. 2018-04-23.