Rivercrest School District

Rivercrest School District
Location
22 Jefferson
Wilson, Arkansas 72395
 United States
District information
Grades PK–12
Established 1971
Superintendent Mike Smith
Accreditation Arkansas Department of Education
Schools 4[1]
District ID 0500045[1]
Students and staff
Students 1,364[1]
Teachers 96.73 (on FTE basis)[1]
Staff 223.73 (on FTE basis)[1]
Student-teacher ratio 14.10[1]
Athletic conference 3 AAA Region 3
District mascot Colt
Colors      Red      Gray
Other information
Website rivercrestcolts.org

Rivercrest School District, formerly Southern Mississippi County School District, is a public school district based in Rivercrest High School in unincorporated Mississippi County, Arkansas, United States, in proximity to Marie and with a Wilson postal address.[2] The school district provides early childhood, elementary and secondary education for more than 1,300 prekindergarten through grade 12 students and employs more than 220 staff (including faculty) at its two facilities. The district encompasses 363.77 square miles (942.2 km2) of land in Mississippi County.

It serves the communities of Wilson, Joiner, Birdsong, Dyess, Frenchmans Bayou, Bassett, Keiser, a portion of Osceola, a small section of Etowah, Luxora, Victoria, Driver, and Marie.[3]

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

History

On July 1, 1986, the Luxora School District consolidated into the Southern Mississippi County School District.[4]

Schools

  • Rivercrest High School —serving more than 540 students in grades 7 through 12.
  • Rivercrest Junior High School
  • Rivercrest Elementary School -serving more than 700 Pre-Kindergarten through grade 6.

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Search for Public School Districts – District Detail for SO. MISS. County School DIST". National Center for Education Statistics. Institute of Education Sciences. Retrieved 11 January 2013.
  2. ↑ "Schools." Rivercrest School District. Retrieved on August 20, 2017. "Contact Address: 1700 W. State Hwy 14 Wilson, AR 72395" and "Rivercrest High School 1700 W. State Hwy. 14 Wilson, AR 72395"
  3. ↑ "SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP (2010 CENSUS): Mississippi County, AR." U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved on August 20, 2017.
  4. ↑ "ConsolidationAnnex_from_1983.xls." Arkansas Department of Education. Retrieved on July 31, 2017.


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