Acorn School District or Acorn Public Schools was a school district headquartered in
Acorn
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, an
unincorporated area
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in
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* Polk County, Arkansas
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* Polk County, Georgia
* Polk County, Iowa
* Polk Count ...
,
Arkansas
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,
United States
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, about from
Mena
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. Schools included Acorn Elementary School and
Acorn High School
Acorn High School is a public high school serving students in grades 7 through 12 and is located in Acorn, an unincorporated area in Polk County, Arkansas, United States, near Mena.
Acorn High School is one of four public high schools located in ...
.
In addition to Acorn, it served a small section of Mena.
The
Ouachita River School District
Ouachita River School District (ORSD) is a public school district located along the Ouachita River and is headquartered in Acorn, an unincorporated area in Polk County, Arkansas, United States, near Mena.
The Oauchita River School District prov ...
was established by the merger of the Acorn School District and the
Oden School District
Oden School District or Oden Public Schools was a school district headquartered in Oden, Arkansas.
Its schools included Oden Elementary School and Oden High School.
The Ouachita River School District was established by the merger of the Acorn Sch ...
on July 1, 2004.
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" Arkansas Department of Education
Arkansas ( ) is a landlocked state in the South Central United States. It is bordered by Missouri to the north, Tennessee and Mississippi to the east, Louisiana to the south, and Texas and Oklahoma to the west. Its name is from the Osage ...
. Retrieved on May 23, 2018.
References
Further reading
These include maps of predecessor districts:
Map of Arkansas School Districts pre-July 1, 2004*
Download
External links
*
Defunct school districts in Arkansas
Education in Polk County, Arkansas
2004 disestablishments in Arkansas
School districts disestablished in 2004
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