El Dorado School District is a public school district based in El Dorado, Arkansas, United States. The El Dorado School District provides early childhood, elementary and secondary education for more than 4,600 prekindergarten through grade 12 students at its eight facilities within Union County, Arkansas.
| El Dorado School District | |
|---|---|
| Location | |
200 West Oak Street
United StatesEl Dorado, Arkansas 71730 | |
| District information | |
| Motto | Keeping The Promise: Teaching and Learning for All |
| Grades | PK–12 |
| Accreditation | AdvancED |
| Schools | 8[1] |
| NCES District ID | 0505680[1] |
| Students and staff | |
| Students | 4,664[1] |
| Teachers | 339.23 (on FTE basis)[1] |
| Student–teacher ratio | 13.75[1] |
| Other information | |
| Website | www |
The district includes all of El Dorado.[2] It also includes the unincorporated areas of Lawson and Urbana.[3]
El Dorado School District is accredited by the Arkansas Department of Education (ADE) with the high school accredited by AdvancED since 1937.[4]
History
editIn 1978 the Lawson and Urbana school districts merged into the El Dorado district.[5]
Schools
edit- Secondary schools
- El Dorado High School—serving more than 1,300 students in grades 9 through 12.
- Barton Junior High School—serving more than 600 students in grades 7 and 8.
- Elementary schools
- Washington Middle School—serving grades 5 and 6.
- Hugh Goodwin Elementary School—serving more than 400 students in kindergarten through grade 4.
- Northwest Elementary School—serving more than 400 students in kindergarten through grade 4.
- Retta Brown Elementary School—serving more than 250 students in kindergarten through grade 4.
- Union Elementary School—serving more than 150 students in kindergarten through grade 6.
References
edit- ^ a b c d e "Search for Public School Districts – District Detail for El Dorado School District". National Center for Education Statistics. Institute of Education Sciences. Retrieved November 24, 2012.
- ^ "SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP (2010 CENSUS): Union County, AR." U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved on February 27, 2021. Compare to highway map for unincorporated areas.
- ^ "General Highway Map Arkansas County, Arkansas" (PDF). Arkansas Department of Transportation. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 13, 2012. Retrieved February 25, 2021. - See Lawson and Urbana on the map.
- ^ "Institution Summary, El Dorado High School". AdvancED. Retrieved November 24, 2012.
- ^ Goatcher, Truett (January 1999). "School District Consolidation Will Save Millions of Dollars: Fact of Myth?" (PDF). Arkansas Association of Educational Administrators. p. 16 (PDF p. 16/27).
Further reading
editThese include maps of predecessor districts:
- "Arkansas Department of Education school district maps, 1952-1954 Union County, 1952-1954". Arkansas Digital Archives. Arkansas State Archives. (Download)
