Drew Central School District

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Drew Central School District
Address
250 University Drive
Monticello
, Arkansas, 71655
United States
District information
TypePublic
GradesPreK–12 [1]
NCES District ID 0505470 [1]
Students and staff
Students1,181 [1]
Teachers79.69 [1]
Staff87.3 [1]
Student–teacher ratio14.82 [1]
Other information
Website www.drewcentral.org

Drew Central School District 5 is a public school district located in Drew County, Arkansas.

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Established in 1927, the school district covers 570 square miles (1,500 km2), almost all in rural Drew County, from where all the students are bussed into Monticello. [2] The majority of Monticello itself is not in Drew Central School District, but is within a district of its own, Monticello School District. The school administration and buildings of Drew Dentral Schools are in a section of the Monticello city limits that is within the Drew Central Schools boundaries, adjacent to the University of Arkansas at Monticello (UAM). [3] These buildings are on 31 acres (13 ha) of land leased by the university to the school district. [2] Dependent minor residents of the UAM housing for married students and students with families, HHFA Apartments, are assigned to this district. [3] [4] Additionally Wilmar is in the Drew Central district, [3] as is the unincorporated area of Selma. [5]

History

The Drew County School Board established the A and M Training School #5 as a laboratory school for the Arkansas Agricultural and Mechanical College (now the University of Arkansas at Monticello). In 1934 school district's name changed to Drew Central School District #5. Growth in both the school district and the college as well as a fire that had destroyed the school buildings contributed to a decision for the school district to become independent of the college. The college gave the school district a 99-year lease to a plot of land. In 1983 the district added 11 acres (4.5 ha) to the lease. [2]

Multiple districts consolidated into Drew Central. [2] In 1979 the Collins and Selma school districts dissolved, with portions of the students going to the Drew Central school district. [6] On July 1, 1990, the Wilmar School District was consolidated into the Drew Central School District. [7] As of 2017 this was the latest such consolidation. [2]

Schools

From 1990 until 1992, the district operated schools in Wilmar after the consolidation of the Wilmar district. In 1992 the remaining Wilmar school(s) was/were consolidated into the Drew Central schools. [2]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Search for Public School Districts – District Detail for DREW CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT". National Center for Education Statistics . Institute of Education Sciences . Retrieved 2022-03-05.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 History of the Drew Central Schools." Drew Central School District. Retrieved on October 15, 2017.
  3. 1 2 3 "SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP (2010 CENSUS): Drew County, AR." U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved on October 15, 2017.
  4. ↑ "Campus Map." University of Arkansas at Monticello. Retrieved on October 15, 2017. Look for the "Married Student Apartments" on the northwest corner.
  5. ↑ "General Highway Map Drew County, Arkansas" (PDF). Arkansas Department of Transportation . Retrieved 2021-02-25. - See Selma on the map.
  6. ↑ Goatcher, Truett (January 1999). "School District Consolidation Will Save Millions of Dollars: Fact of Myth?" (PDF). Arkansas Association of Educational Administrators. p. 14 (PDF p. 17/27).
  7. ↑ "ConsolidationAnnex_from_1983.xls." Arkansas Department of Education. Retrieved on October 13, 2017.

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