Walnut Ridge School District Explained

Walnut Ridge School District was a school district headquartered in Walnut Ridge, Arkansas. Walnut Ridge Elementary School and Walnut Ridge High School were its schools.

It served most of Walnut Ridge, College City (now a part of Walnut Ridge), Alicia, and a small section of Black Rock.^[1]

History

Prior to August 26, 1957, the district sent, via contract, high school-aged African-American children to Booker T. Washington High School in Jonesboro, Arkansas, which was operated by the Jonesboro School District. On that day the Jonesboro district's board of trustees ended the contract.^[2]

On July 1, 2006, it merged with the Black Rock School District to form the Lawrence County School District.^[3]

Notes and References

1. Web site: SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP (2010 CENSUS): Lawrence County, AR. U.S. Census Bureau. 2018-06-04. - Note the map shows the pre-merger boundaries of the Walnut Ridge and Black Rock school districts.
2. Web site: Booker T. Washington High School (Jonesboro). Encyclopedia of Arkansas. 2023-03-12.
3. "ConsolidationAnnex_from_1983.xls." Arkansas Department of Education. Retrieved on October 13, 2017.