Riverside School District (Arkansas)

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Riverside School District
RiversideShield.svg
Location
2006 Highway 18, Suite C
Lake City, Arkansas 72437
United States
District information
GradesPK-12
Established1985
SuperintendentJeff Priest
Schools3
Students and staff
Students835 (as of 2007-08) [1]
Faculty86.0 (FTE) (as of 2007-08) [1]
Staff63.0 (FTE) (as of 2007-08) [1]
Student–teacher ratio9.7 (as of 2007-08) [1]
Other information
Website riversiderebels.net

Riverside School District is a public school district in Craighead County, Arkansas. It serves Lake City and Caraway. [2]

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History

Riverside School District was created on July 1, 1985, by the consolidation of the Caraway and Lake City school districts. [3]

In October 2009, construction began on a new junior-senior high school building in Lake City, adjacent to the current West Elementary building. [4]

The new High School building's construction finished in late 2011.[ citation needed ]

Schools

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "District Detail for Riverside School District". National Center for Education Statistics . Retrieved 2010-05-08.
  2. "SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP (2010 CENSUS): Craighead County, AR" (PDF). U.S. Census Bureau . Retrieved 2018-06-04.
  3. "ConsolidationAnnex_from_1983.xls." Arkansas Department of Education. Retrieved on October 13, 2017.
  4. Snider, Nan (2009-10-22). "Riverside breaks ground on multi-million dollar building". Northeast Arkansas Town Crier. Retrieved 2010-05-08.

Further reading

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