Hackett School District (HSD) is a school district based in

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. HSD supports more than 600 students in prekindergarten through grade 12 and employs approximately 100 educators and staff for its two schools and district offices. The school district is one of the state's smallest geographically and encompasses of land in Sebastian County. In addition to Hackett, it includes

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, Midland, and almost all of

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History

In 2014, Hartford School District, with an elementary school and a high school, agreed to merge into Hackett School District. The merger was effective 2015.

Schools

Both schools are fully accredited by the

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(ADE) and AdvancED. The district and school mascot and athletic emblem is the ''

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'' with school colors of black and gold. * Hackett Elementary School, serving prekindergarten through grade 6. *

Hackett High School Hackett High School is a comprehensive public high school located in the rural community of Hackett, Arkansas, United States. The school provides secondary education for students in grades 7 through 12. It is one of nine public high schools in S ...

, serving grades 7 through 12. Former schools: * Hartford Elementary School, serving prekindergarten through grade 6. *

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, serving grades 7 through 12. The Hackett district closed both Hartford schools, acquired in 2015, at the same time in 2018; the two schools combined had 228 students at the time. The closure was due to financial issues.

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* Education in Sebastian County, Arkansas School districts in Arkansas {{arkansas-school-stub