Jasper School District Explained

Address:600 School Street
City:Jasper
State:Arkansas
Zipcode:72641
Country:United States
Type:Public
Grades:PreK–12
Students:803
Teachers:98.62
Staff:86.58
Ratio:8.14

Jasper Public School District 1[1] is a public school district based in Jasper, Arkansas, United States. The school district supports early childhood, elementary and secondary education for more than 900 students in prekindergarten through grade 12 and employs more than 200 educators and staff at its six schools and district offices.

Jasper is geographically one of the state's largest school districts and encompasses 612.59mi2 of land in Newton,[2] Johnson,[3] Madison,[4] Franklin,[5] and Carroll counties.[6]

History

In 1980 the Newton County School District dissolved, with a portion going to the Jasper district.[7]

On July 1, 2004, the Kingston School District and the Oark School District merged into the Jasper district.[8] The consolidation gave the new Jasper school district a low population density, so it qualified for extra state funding. Circa 2006 it collected an extra $711,000 meant for isolated school districts. Around the time the Jasper district was considered to be having financial problems.[9]

Schools

Elementary education:

Secondary education:

References

  1. Web site: Jasper District Page . 2005-12-11 . https://web.archive.org/web/20051211210234/http://165.29.135.200/Jasper%20Public%20School%20District%201.htm . 2005-12-11 . live .
  2. US Census Bureau. School District Reference Map (2010 Census): Newton County, AR. 2021-03-04 .
  3. US Census Bureau. School District Reference Map (2010 Census): Johnson County, AR. 2021-03-04 .
  4. US Census Bureau. School District Reference Map (2010 Census): Madison County, AR. 2021-03-04 .
  5. US Census Bureau. School District Reference Map (2010 Census): Franklin County, AR. 2021-03-04 .
  6. US Census Bureau. School District Reference Map (2010 Census): Carroll County, AR. 2021-03-04 .
  7. Web site: Goatcher. Truett. School District Consolidation Will Save Millions of Dollars: Fact of Myth?. Arkansas Association of Educational Administrators. January 1999. 17 (PDF p. 17/27).
  8. "ConsolidationAnnex_from_1983.xls." Arkansas Department of Education. Retrieved on May 23, 2018.
  9. Web site: Shiras, Ginger. Schools get $1.22 million Deer-Mt. Judea, Jasper collect isolated funds . Bolivar Herald-Free Press. 2006-01-19. 2018-05-23.

Further reading

These include maps of predecessor districts:

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