South Pike County School District

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South Pike County School District, formerly Murfreesboro School District, is a public school district based in Murfreesboro, Arkansas, USA.

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South Pike County School District
Location
United States
District information
GradesPK–12
SuperintendentBrad Sullivan
Accreditation Arkansas Department of Education
Schools Murfreesboro High School
Murfreesboro Elementary
NCES District ID 0510320 [1]
Students and staff
Students725 [1]
Teachers89.33 [1]
Staff58.25 [1]
Student–teacher ratio8.12 [1]
District mascotRattlers
Colors  Red
  Black
Other information
Website www.rattlers.org

The school district encompasses 219.99 square miles (569.8 km2) of land in Pike and Clark counties. [2] [3] In addition to Murfreesboro, the district also serves Delight, Antoine, [2] Bowen, Billstown, Pike City and Pisgah. [4] [5]

History

On February 25, 2010, the Delight School District, which was required to merge with another school district due to its low student population, asked the Arkansas Board of Education to be merged into the adjacent Murfreesboro district. [6]

On July 1, 2010, the Murfreesboro School District and the Delight School District merged to form the South Pike County School District. [7] The Murfreesboro district absorbed the Delight district and then changed its name to South Pike County School District. [8]

Demographics

In 2010, the pre-merger Murfreesboro district had 545 students, including 482 Whites, 26 Hispanics, and 24 African-Americans. [6]

Schools

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "Search for Public School Districts – District Detail for SOUTH PIKE COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT". National Center for Education Statistics . Institute of Education Sciences . Retrieved 2022-03-05.
  2. 1 2 "SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP (2010 CENSUS): Pike County, AR." U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved May 26, 2018. Note this map was made before the 2010 merger between the Delight and Murfreesboro school districts. For non-CDP unincorporated areas, compare to the highway map.
  3. "SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP (2010 CENSUS): Clark County, AR." U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved on May 26, 2018. Note this map was made before the 2010 merger between the Delight and Murfreesboro school districts.
  4. "School & Community - Delight". Delight School District. June 18, 2001. Archived from the original on 2001-06-18. Retrieved May 26, 2018.
  5. "General Highway Map Pike County, Arkansas" (PDF). Arkansas Department of Transportation . Retrieved 2021-03-04. - See Billstown, Bowen, Pike City, and Pisgah on the map.
  6. 1 2 "Delight, Murfreesboro merger documents". Arkansas Online . March 9, 2010. Retrieved May 26, 2018.
  7. "ConsolidationAnnex_from_1983.xls." Arkansas Department of Education. Retrieved May 26, 2018.
  8. "2010 FINAL Millage Report for Collection in 2011." Arkansas Department of Education. June 13, 2011. Amended July 18, 2011. "Delight (3501) annexed to Murfreesboro, who changed their name to South Pike County, effective 7/1/10"

Further reading

Maps of the predecessor districts