Ouachita River School District (ORSD) is a public

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located along the

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and is headquartered in Acorn, an

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, near

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. The Oauchita River School District provides

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, and

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to students in pre-kindergarten to twelfth grade at its four facilities and serving of land in Polk County, Scott County and Montgomery County. The service area includes Acorn,

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, a small portion of Mena,

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, and Pencil Bluff. Ouachita River School District is accredited by the

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(ADE) and AdvancED. Acorn Schools are located on U.S. Highway 71 north of Mena in Polk County. Oden Schools are located on

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between Pencil Bluff and Pine Ridge in Montgomery County.

History

The district was established by the merger of the

Acorn School District Acorn School District or Acorn Public Schools was a school district headquartered in Acorn, an unincorporated area in Polk County, Arkansas, United States, about from Mena. Schools included Acorn Elementary School and Acorn High School. In addi ...

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 ...

on July 1, 2004.ConsolidationAnnex_from_1983.xls
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. Retrieved on May 23, 2018.

Schools

Secondary schools: * Acorn High School— serving more than 300 students in grades 7 to 12. *

Oden High School Oden High School is a public six-year high school located along Arkansas Highway 88 in Oden, Arkansas, United States. Oden is one of three public high schools in Montgomery County and one of two high schools of the Ouachita River School District ...

— serving more than 100 students in grades 7 to 12. Elementary schools: * Acorn Elementary School— serving more than 275 students in pre-kindergarten to grade 6. * Ode Maddox Elementary School— serving more than 125 students in pre-kindergarten to grade 6.

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* * School districts in Arkansas Education in Polk County, Arkansas Education in Scott County, Arkansas Education in Montgomery County, Arkansas 2004 establishments in Arkansas School districts established in 2004 {{arkansas-school-stub

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