East End School District (EESD) is a public school district based in
Bigelow, Arkansas,
United States
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. The school district supports more than 650 students in prekindergarten through grade 12 in the 2010–11 school year by employing more than 95 faculty and staff on a
full time equivalent
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basis for its two schools.
The school district encompasses of land, in
Perry County and serves Bigelow,
Houston
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,
Fourche,
Little Italy
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, and
Wye Mountain
Wye Mountain is a ridge in Perry and Pulaski counties in the U.S. state of Arkansas. It is located in the northeastern foothills of the Ouachita Mountains
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. The district extends into a section of
Pulaski County.
Schools
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Bigelow High School
Bigelow High School is a comprehensive public high school located in Bigelow, Arkansas, United States. The school provides secondary education for students in grades 7 through 12. It is one of two public high schools in Perry County; the other ...
, based in Bigelow and serving grades 7 through 12.
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Anne Watson Ełementary School
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, based in Bigelow and serving prekindergarten through grade 6.
Interscholastic activities at the junior varsity and varsity level are played at the 2A Classification level administered by the
Arkansas Activities Association
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. The mascot for the junior/senior high school is the ''
Panther
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Large cats
*Pantherinae, the cat subfamily that contains the genera ''Panthera'' and ''Neofelis''
**''Panthera'', the cat genus that contains tigers, lions, jaguars and leopards.
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References
External links
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{{Education in Pulaski County, Arkansas
Education in Perry County, Arkansas
Education in Pulaski County, Arkansas
School districts in Arkansas
1912 establishments in Arkansas
School districts established in 1912