El Dorado School District is a public
school district
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based in
El Dorado, Arkansas
El Dorado, founded by Matthew Rainey, is a city in, and the county seat of, Union County, on the southern border of Arkansas, United States. According to the 2010 census, the population of the city is 18,884.
El Dorado is headquarters of the Ark ...
,
United States
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. The El Dorado School District provides
early childhood
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...
,
elementary and
secondary education
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for more than 4,600 prekindergarten through grade 12 students at its eight facilities within
Union County, Arkansas
Union County is a county located on the central southern border of the U.S. state of Arkansas. As of the 2010 census, the population was 41,639. The county seat is El Dorado. The county was formed on November 2, 1829, and named in recognition ...
.
The district includes all of El Dorado.
[SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP (2010 CENSUS): Union County, AR]
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. Retrieved on February 27, 2021. Compare to highway map for unincorporated areas. It also includes the
unincorporated areas of
Lawson
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United States
* Lawson, Arkansas
...
and
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.
[ - See Lawson and Urbana on the map.]
El Dorado School District is accredited by the
Arkansas Department of Education
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(ADE) with the high school accredited by
AdvancED since 1937.
History
In 1978 the Lawson and Urbana school districts merged into the El Dorado district.
Schools
; 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
Further reading
These include maps of predecessor districts:
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External links
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School districts in Arkansas
Education in Union County, Arkansas