Texarkana Arkansas School District Explained

Texarkana Arkansas School District
Type:	Public (government funded)
Grades:	K-12
Established:	1911
Location:	3435 Jefferson Avenue Texarkana, Arkansas 71854
Country:	USA
Superintendent:	Dr. Becky Kesler
Schools:	9 (1 high school, 1 vocational center, 1 junior high, 1 middle school, 5 elementary schools)
Students:	4,430
Teachers:	328.23
Ratio:	13.50
Conference:	6A South

The Texarkana Arkansas School District (TASD) is a U.S. school district founded in 1911 serving Texarkana, Arkansas. It is district No. 7, and is part of Miller County, Arkansas. TASD7 established itself as a magnet school system in 2005 at the elementary and middle school levels and later expanded its magnet school program to include North Heights Jr. High and Arkansas High School in 2006.

Schools

High schools

• Arkansas High School (9-12)

Magnet Academies: Arts, Career and Technology, International Studies, and Sciences

Middle schools

• Arkansas Middle School (6-8)

Elementary schools

• Edward R. Trice Elementary School (KG–5)
• Fairview Elementary School (KG–5), one of the first schools in the district, built in 1919 and operating since 1920. Rebuilt in 1992.
• Harmony Leadership Academy. (KG-5)
• Vera Kilpatrick Elementary School (PK–5)

Defunct schools

• Fairview Ward School, built in 1919. Burned down in the late 1980s.
• North Heights High School, built in 1939. Torn down in 2002.
• North Heights Elementary School, building date unknown. Fate unknown.
• Arkansas Senior High, built around the 1950s. Turned into 9th grade academy.
• Union Elementary School

In 2007, College Hill Elementary International Studies received top honors by the U.S. Department of Education (ED) in being named a National Blue Ribbon School.College Hill Elementary is now a Pre-k Center.^[1]

References

1. Web site: National Blue Ribbon Schools . Arkansas Department of Education . 15 December 2012 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20130326043331/http://www.arkansased.org/divisions/learning-services/federal-programs/national-blue-ribbon-schools . 26 March 2013 .

External links

• • Arkansas Department of Education | Education Directory | 2006-2007 https://web.archive.org/web/20081011184316/http://www.arkansased.org/about/verify.html
• Arkansas.gov | Education | Arkansas School Search - Results for Miller County, Arkansas https://web.archive.org/web/20041122180506/http://www.state.ar.us/education_sch_results.php?search_county_x=1&county=091