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based in Rivercrest High School in

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, with a

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postal address. The school district provides

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and

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for more than 1,300 prekindergarten through grade 12 students and employs more than 220 staff (including faculty) at its two facilities. The district encompasses of land in Mississippi County. It serves the municipalities of Wilson, Bassett,

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, Dyess,

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, Keiser, Luxora,

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. It also includes a portion of

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and a small portion of Etowah. Additionally several

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are on the map: Driver, and Frenchmans Bayou. Rivercrest School District and its schools are accredited by the

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(ADE).

History

It was formed in 1968 by the merger of the Dyess, Keiser, Shawnee, and Wilson school districts. On July 1, 1986, the Luxora School District consolidated into the Southern Mississippi County School District.ConsolidationAnnex_from_1983.xls
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. Retrieved on July 31, 2017.

Schools

* Rivercrest High School —serving more than 540 students in grades 7 through 12. * Rivercrest Elementary School -serving more than 700 Pre-Kindergarten through grade 6.

Demographics

As of 2011, 64% of the students were white. - Cited: p. 14 (PDF p. 16/50).

References

External links

* * School districts in Arkansas Education in Mississippi County, Arkansas 1968 establishments in Arkansas School districts established in 1968 {{arkansas-school-stub