Mansfield School District (Arkansas) Explained

Mansfield School District
Grades:PK–12
Schools:3
Students:958
Teachers:74.01 (on FTE basis)
Staff:150.01 (on FTE basis)
Ratio:12.94
Conference:3A 4 (2012–14)
Accreditation:Arkansas Department of Education
Mascot:Tiger
Colors: Red
White
Location:402 Grove Street
Mansfield, Arkansas 72944
Country:USA

Mansfield School District is a public school district based in Mansfield, Arkansas. MSD provides early childhood, elementary and secondary education to more than 950 students and employs more than 150 educators and staff for its three schools and district offices.

The school district encompasses 135.74mi2 of land in Scott,[1] Sebastian,[2] and Logan counties.[3]

Within Sebastian County the school district boundary includes that county's part of Mansfield and all of Huntington.[2] The portion of the district in Scott County includes the remainder of Mansfield.[1]

History

On January 8, 1889, the Mansfield School District was formed. A two-story school building was constructed to meet growing educational needs in 1905 at the cost of $10,000; it served the district until a new high school was built in 1968. Many area schools were consolidated into the district, with the last being the Huntington district in the mid-1960s.

The Phyllis Wheatley School, located in Huntington, was a school established for the African-American children in the region of south Sebastian County. Students in the first through eighth grades attended the school. Those students above the eighth grade had to attend high school in Fort Smith (Sebastian County), even though a high school was less than a mile away across Cherokee Creek and two miles away in Mansfield. The Phyllis Wheatley School was consolidated with Mansfield Public School in 1962; many other area schools were also consolidated into the Mansfield district around that time.

A new elementary school was built in 1964; it is still used today. In 2004, students began attending a new high school complex, which included a gymnasium and football stadium, built near the old area of the original Chocoville site.[4]

Schools

References

  1. Web site: 2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Scott County, AR. U.S. Census Bureau. 2022-09-19.
  2. Web site: 2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Sebastian County, AR. U.S. Census Bureau. 2022-09-19.
  3. Web site: 2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Logan County, AR. U.S. Census Bureau. 2022-09-19.
  4. Web site: Mansfield (Sebastian and Scott Counties) . Encyclopedia of Arkansas History & Culture . March 16, 2013.