Springdale Public Schools (formally Springdale School District #50) is the
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in
Springdale,
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and surrounding areas. The district contains three high schools, four junior highs, four middle schools, eighteen elementary schools, and a school of innovation. Established in 1884, the district and its schools are accredited by
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. It is the state's largest school district, with more than 23,000 students.
The district is headquartered in the
Old Springdale High School.
History
Formation and early history
Beginning with log cabin schools in the area established by early settlers, an educational partnership among schools coalesced into Springdale School District #50 on January 7, 1884. When high school curriculum became required in 1947, Springdale adopted many small surrounding districts that did not offer high school,
such as Accident School in
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. The last such school consolidated into Springdale was
Tontitown Elementary, which was closed after the 1986-87 school year.
Expansion, new high schools
On the heels of rapid growth in Northwest Arkansas and Springdale in the late 1990s and early 2000s, Springdale had reached capacity in many of its existing schools. Land for a second high school was purchased in 2002 on the west side of Springdale.
This property was developed into Har-Ber High School and Hellstern Middle School, both opened in 2005.
Population growth continued and Springdale used 24 portable buildings to house an overflow of about 600 students for the 2005-06 school year as building continued. A "super complex" of four schools on nearby properties was proposed in the rapidly-growing southeast part of Springdale in 2006. In 2006, Har-Ber HS was projected to be at capacity by 2009.
Service area
In Washington County it includes all portions of Springdale and
Elm Springs in Washington County,
Tontitown, and portions of
Fayetteville,
Goshen, and
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. In Benton County it includes most of that county's portions of Springdale (including the former municipality of
Bethel Heights) as well as all of that county's portion of Elm Springs.
Demographics
Circa 2014, the school system had about 2,000
Marshallese students. Circa 2009 this figure was 300 total.
Schools
Secondary education
Springdale School District provides education programs for students in grades six through twelve in eleven facilities:
High Schools
*
Springdale High School—serving students in grades 10–12.
*
Har-Ber High School—serving students in grades 10–12.
* Archer Learning Center—serving students in grades 8–12.
* Don Tyson School of Innovation—serving students in grades 6–12.
Junior High Schools—serving students in grades 8-9.
* Central Junior High School
*George Junior High School
* Lakeside Junior High School
*Southwest Junior High School
Middle Schools-–serving students in grades 6-7.
* J.O. Kelly Middle School
* Helen Tyson Middle School
* Hellstern Middle School
* Sonora Middle School
Elementary and early childhood education
Seventeen educational facilities comprise the district's elementary and early childhood programs:
Elementary Schools—serving students in grades K-5 (some with Pre-Kindergarten).
* Bayyari Elementary School
*Elmdale Elementary School
*George Elementary School
* Harp Elementary School
* Hunt Elementary School
*Jones Elementary School
*Knapp Elementary School
*Lee Elementary School - National Blue Ribbon School in 1996-97.
*Monitor Elementary School
* Parson Hills Elementary School -
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in 1993-94.
** In 2012, 30% of the student body consisted of
Marshallese people, as
Springdale had the largest Marshallese community in the continental U.S. The school enacted a cultural education program and donated alarm clocks to Marshallese families to combat truancy issues among Marshallese.
* Jim Rollins Elementary School (
Tontitown)
** Jim Rollins Elementary School a.k.a. Jim D. Rollins School of Innovation, uses an open classroom instructional model from
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. Planning for the school began circa 2018;
In October 2020 the district began building the school,
which opened in fall 2021, though with some construction left unfinished.
[ The dedication occurred in 2022. The school was named after a person who served as the superintendent of the Springdale district.][
*Shaw Elementary School
*Smith Elementary School - National Blue Ribbon School in 1987-88.
* Sonora Elementary School
*Turnbow Elementary School
* Tyson Elementary School
* Walker Elementary School - National Blue Ribbon School in 1996-97.
* Westwood Elementary School - National Blue Ribbon School in 1989-90.
*Young Elementary School
In 2012, the ''Gold Award of Distinction'' in the HealthierUS School Challenge that recognizes excellence in nutrition and physical activity by the ]Food and Nutrition Service
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References
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