Lee County School District (Arkansas)

Lee County School District
Location
188 West Chestnut Street
Marianna, Arkansas 72360
United States
District information
Grades PK–12
Accreditation ADE
Schools 3[1]
District ID 0509360[1]
Students and staff
Students 1,103[1]
Teachers 93.63 (on FTE basis)[1]
Student-teacher ratio 11.78[1]
Other information
Website lcsd1.grsc.k12.ar.us

Lee County School District is a public school district based in Marianna, Arkansas, United States. The Lee County School District encompasses 602.62 square miles (1,560.8 km2) of land in Lee County and provides early childhood, elementary and secondary education for more than 1,100 prekindergarten through grade 12 students at its three facilities.

Lee County School District and all of its schools are accredited by the Arkansas Department of Education (ADE).

Schools

  • Lee High School—grades 9 through 12.
  • Anna Strong Middle School—grades 3 through 6.
  • Whitten Elementary School—prekindergarten through grade 2.

Anna Strong Middle School is named in honor of Anna Mae Paschal Strong, a native Arkansan, educator and retired principal of Robert R. Moton High School. Mrs. Strong, was a noted African-American teacher and principal who served as president of the Arkansas Teachers Association.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "Search for Public School Districts – District Detail for Lee County School District". National Center for Education Statistics. Institute of Education Sciences. Retrieved 26 January 2013.
  2. ↑ "Anna Strong (1884–1966)". The Encyclopedia of Arkansas History & Culture. Retrieved 28 January 2013.
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