Sherrill is a

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in Plum Bayou

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, Jefferson County,

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, United States. Its population was 84 at the

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. It is included in the Pine Bluff, Arkansas

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Geography

Sherrill is located at (34.3853740, -91.9506940). According to the

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, the town has a total area of 0.4 km (0.1 mi²), all land.

Demographics

As of the

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of 2010, there were 84 people, 37 households, and 25 families residing in the town. The

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was 347.5/km (895.9/mi²). There were 54 housing units at an average density of 148.9/km (384.0/mi²). The racial makeup of the town was 44.0%

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and 56.0%

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. There were 37 households, out of which 10.8% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 43.2% were

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living together, 16.2% had a female householder with no husband present, and 32.4% were non-families. 32.4% of all households were made up of individuals, and 0.0% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.27 and the average family size was 2.84. In the town, the population was spread out, with 16.7% under the age of 18, 5.6% from 18 to 24, 27.8% from 25 to 44, 31.0% from 45 to 64, and 11.9% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 50.5 years. For every 100 females, there were 103.2 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 92.0 males. The median income for a household in the town was $23,750, and the median income for a family was $24,643. Males had a median income of $32,813 versus $21,250 for females. The

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for the town was $15,096. There were 16.2% of families and 21.8% of the population living below the

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, including 30.3% of under eighteens and 26.7% of those over 64.

Education

Sherrill is served by the

Pine Bluff School District Pine Bluff School District No. 3 (PBSD) is a school district headquartered in Pine Bluff, Arkansas. The district has 10 schools with over 3,800 students and 500 employees. The headquarters are the Jordan-Chanay Administrative Center in Pine Blu ...

. - The map shows Dollarway School District as not yet merged into Pine Bluff School District; the merger occurred on July 1, 2021. Students are zoned to Park/Greenville School for preschool, James Matthews Elementary School, Robert F. Morehead Middle School, and

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. At one point it was served by the Sherrill School District, which operated Sherrill Elementary School. The Altheimer-Sherrill district was created in 1979 when the Altheimer and Sherrill districts merged. On September 1, 1993, Altheimer-Sherrill consolidated into the

Altheimer Unified School District Altheimer Unified School District No. 22, previously the Altheimer-Sherrill School District, was a school district headquartered in Altheimer, Arkansas. It served Altheimer, Sherrill, Wabbaseka, and other portions of Jefferson County, including ...

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. Retrieved on July 31, 2017. Note that Altheimer-Sherrill consolidated into Altheimer Unified, which in turn consolidated into Dollarway. Altheimer Unified operated two schools: Martin Elementary School and

Altheimer-Sherrill High School Altheimer-Sherrill High School was a junior and senior high school (grades 7-12) in Altheimer, Arkansas, United States, operated by the Altheimer-Sherrill School District,Dollarway School District Dollarway School District No. 2 (DSD) was a school district headquartered in Pine Bluff, Arkansas, United States. With over 1,600 students and employing more than 300 educators and staff, the district had three active school campuses at the end o ...

on July 10, 2006. Altheimer-Sherrill High closed in 2007, with students moved to Dollarway High. Altheimer Martin Elementary School closed in 2013. In December 2020 the

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ruled that the Dollarway School District should merge into the Pine Bluff School District as of July 1, 2021; the post-merger school district is to operate all existing schools from both districts. Accordingly the attendance boundary maps of the respective schools remained the same for the 2021-2022 school year, and all DSD territory became a part of the PBSD territory. The exception was with the pre-kindergarten levels, as all PBSD areas are now assigned to Forrest Park/Greenville School, including the territory from the former Dollarway district. In 2023 the district announced that Dollarway High would merge into Pine Bluff High School, and that Morehead Middle School would become the only middle school for all of the Pine Bluff School District.

References

External links

Altheimer Public Library
at

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Sherrill, Arkansas
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Demographics

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