Blytheville School District

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Blytheville School District
Address
405 West Park Street
Blytheville
, Arkansas, 72315
United States
District information
TypePublic
GradesPreK–12 [1]
SuperintendentJennifer Blankenship
NCES District ID 0503320 [1]
Students and staff
Students1,750 [1]
Teachers144.57 [1]
Staff165.01 [1]
Student–teacher ratio12.1 [1]
Other information
Website www.blythevilleschools.com

Blytheville School District #5 is a school district based in Blytheville, Arkansas, United States. BSD provides early childhood, elementary and secondary education to more than 2,900 students in prekindergarten through grade 12. The district employs more than 500 faculty and staff at its seven schools. The district encompasses 116.60 square miles (302.0 km2) of land in Mississippi County.

Contents

The district serves most of Blytheville and all of Burdette. [2]

History

The Blytheville school district was formally created by the state of Arkansas on May 4, 1905. [3]

The Burdette school district merged into the Blytheville district in 1971. [4]

On May 29, 2025, The Arkansas State Board of Education announced it had voted to take over the district because of multiple achievement, certification, and governance issues, and had dissolved the school board. and the State Commissioner of Secondary and Elementary Education will act in place of the school board. Interim Superintendent Jennifer Blankenship will remain in place until the Arkansas Department of Education names a successor.

Schools

Secondary education
Early childhood and elementary education

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Search for Public School Districts – District Detail for BLYTHEVILLE SCHOOL DISTRICT". National Center for Education Statistics . Institute of Education Sciences . Retrieved March 5, 2022.
  2. ↑ "2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Mississippi County, AR" (PDF). 2020 U.S. Census . U.S. Census Bureau . Retrieved September 20, 2022. - 2010 Map
  3. ↑ "Blytheville School District Created". The Southern Standard. May 4, 1905. p. 1. Retrieved December 19, 2023.
  4. ↑ Goatcher, Truett (January 1999). "School District Consolidation Will Save Millions of Dollars: Fact of Myth?" (PDF). Arkansas Association of Educational Administrators. p. 13 (PDF p. 16/27).

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