Hillcrest School District is a school district based in Strawberry, Arkansas, United States. The district encompasses 266.08 square miles (689.1 km2) of land[citation needed] in Lawrence, Independence,[2] and Sharp counties,[3] and serves portions of Strawberry, Lynn, Smithville,[4] Poughkeepsie,[5][6] and Saffell.[7]
History
On July 1, 2004, the district formed as a result of the merger of the River Valley School District with the Lynn School District. On July 1, 2010, the Twin Rivers School District was dissolved. A portion of the district was given to the Hillcrest district.[5]
Schools
Hillcrest School District supports more than 450 students with more than 80 faculty and staff for its two schools:
- Hillcrest Elementary School, located in Lynn and serving prekindergarten through grade 6.
- Hillcrest High School, located in Strawberry and serving grades 7 through 12.
References
- ^ a b c d e "Search for Public School Districts – District Detail for Hillcrest School District". National Center for Education Statistics. Institute of Education Sciences. Retrieved March 21, 2013.
- ^ "SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP (2010 CENSUS): Independence County, AR." U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved on May 26, 2018.
- ^ "SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP (2010 CENSUS): Sharp County, AR." U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved on May 26, 2018. Note this map reflects the status before the dissolution of the Twin Rivers School District.
- ^ "SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP (2010 CENSUS): Lawrence County, AR." U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved on May 26, 2018. For Saffel compare to the highway map.
- ^ a b "ConsolidationAnnex_from_1983.xls." Arkansas Department of Education. Retrieved on October 13, 2017. Note the Poughkeepsie School District merged with the Strawberry School District to form River Valley, and that one merged with Lynn to form Hillcrest.
- ^ "General Highway Map Sharp County, Arkansas" (PDF). Arkansas Department of Transportation. Retrieved March 6, 2021. - See Poughkeepsie on the map.
- ^ "General Highway Map Lawrence County, Arkansas" (PDF). Arkansas Department of Transportation. Retrieved March 6, 2021. - See Saffel on the map.
Further reading
- "Arkansas Department of Education school district maps, 1952-1954 Lawrence County, 1952-1954". Arkansas Digital Archives. Arkansas State Archives. (Download) - Boundaries of the predecessor districts
- "Arkansas Department of Education school district maps, 1952-1954 Sharp County, 1952-1954". Arkansas Digital Archives. Arkansas State Archives. (Download) - Boundaries of the predecessor districts
- AGENDA STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION May 10, 2010." Arkansas Board of Education. On PDF p. 89/172 there is a map showing the reallocation of Twin Rivers territory to the successor school districts in 2010. This map was prepared by GIS Program Manager Learon Dalby and released on April 5, 2010.
