| Greenbrier School District | |
| Grades: | PKâ12 |
| Superintendent: | Scott Spainhour |
| Schools: | 7 |
| Students: | 3,147 |
| Teachers: | 201.52 (on FTE basis) |
| Staff: | 394.52 (on FTE basis) |
| Ratio: | 15.62 |
| Conference: | 5A West (2012â14) |
| Accreditation: | ADE AdvancED (2009â) |
| Mascot: | Panthers |
| Colors: | Royal blue White |
| Location: | 4 School Drive Greenbrier, Arkansas 72734 |
| Country: | USA |
Greenbrier School District 19 (GSD) is a school district based in Greenbrier, Arkansas, United States. GSD supports more than 3,100 students in kindergarten through grade 12 and employs more than 390 faculty and staff on a full time equivalent basis for its six schools.
The school district encompasses 141.38mi2 of land in Faulkner County and Conway County.[1]
In Faulkner County it serves Greenbrier, Wooster, the majority of Holland, a small section of Twin Groves, a small portion of Damascus, and a very small part of Conway.[2] The district also includes Springhill.[3]
The Greenbrier School District and all of its schools are accredited by the Arkansas Department of Education (ADE) but not by AdvancED (formerly North Central Association).[4]
Interscholastic athletic activities for the middle, junior high and high schools are not administered by the Arkansas Activities Association.[5] Greenbrier High School is the home of the pilot program that formed the national EAST Initiative. Greenbrier is affiliated with the Conway Area Career Center to support the students' career and technical education needs.
In 2011, Greenbrier School District and its high school were recognized in the AP District of the Year Awards program in the College Board's 2nd Annual Honor Roll that consisted schools which increased or had the same the rate at which their AP students earned scores of 3 or higher on an AP Exam as well as those which offered more exams to students.[6]
In 2012, Greenbrier is ranked No. 968 of 2008 high schools in the Challenge Index high school scoring system and ranked 50th in Arkansas with an index score of 2.677, which is the number of college-level tests given at a school in 2011 divided by the number of graduates that year.[7]
In 2018, the Greenbrier School District came into national prominence for the punishment of student protestors via paddling.[8] Three students joined the nationwide school walk-out[9] in March 2018, and were given a choice[10] between suspension or corporal punishment as a consequence.