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South Pike County School District

School district in Arkansas, United States

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

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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

Murfreesboro Elementary School, serving prekindergarten through grade 6.
Murfreesboro High School, serving grades 7 through 12.

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e "Search for Public School Districts – District Detail for SOUTH PIKE COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT". National Center for Education Statistics. Institute of Education Sciences. Retrieved March 5, 2022.
^ ^a ^b "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.
^ "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.
^ "School & Community - Delight". Delight School District. June 18, 2001. Archived from the original on June 18, 2001. Retrieved May 26, 2018.
^ "General Highway Map Pike County, Arkansas" (PDF). Arkansas Department of Transportation. Retrieved March 4, 2021. - See Billstown, Bowen, Pike City, and Pisgah on the map.
^ ^a ^b "Delight, Murfreesboro merger documents". Arkansas Online. March 9, 2010. Retrieved May 26, 2018.
^ "ConsolidationAnnex_from_1983.xls." Arkansas Department of Education. Retrieved May 26, 2018.
^ "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"

External links

Official website
Murfreesboro School District/South Pike County School District at the Wayback Machine (archive index)
Petition for Annexation - Delight and Murfreesboro Districts
Murfreesboro School District No. 16 Pike County, Arkansas General Purpose Financial Statements and Other Reports June 30, 2001
Murfreesboro School District No. 16 Pike County, Arkansas Regulatory Basis Financial Statements And Other Reports June 30, 2009

Education in Pike County, Arkansas

School districts