South Pike County School District

South Pike County School District (SPCSD), formerly Murfreesboro School District No. 16, is a public school district based in Murfreesboro, Arkansas, USA.

For the school district in Tennessee, see Murfreesboro City Schools.

The school district encompasses 219.99 square miles (569.8 km2) of land in Pike County.[1] In addition to Murfreesboro, the district also serves Delight, Antoine,[2] Bowen, Billstown, Pike City and Pisgah. The Delight School District, a predecessor school district, also stated it served Okolona;[3] Okolona itself is within the Gurdon School District.[4]

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.[5]

On July 1, 2010, the Murfreesboro School District and the Delight School District merged to form the South Pike County School District.[6] The Murfreesboro district absorbed the Delight district and then changed its name to South Pike County School District.[7]

Demographics

In 2010, the pre-merger Murfreesboro district had 545 students, including 482 Whites, 26 Hispanics, and 24 African-Americans.[5]

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

References
  1. "Murfreesboro School District". USA.com. Retrieved April 5, 2013.
  2. "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.
  3. "School & Community - Delight". Delight School District. June 18, 2001. Retrieved May 26, 2018.
  4. "SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP (2010 CENSUS): Clark County, AR." U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved May 26, 2018.
  5. "Delight, Murfreesboro merger documents". Arkansas Online. March 9, 2010. Retrieved May 26, 2018.
  6. "ConsolidationAnnex_from_1983.xls." Arkansas Department of Education. Retrieved May 26, 2018.
  7. "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"


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