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Sweden is an
unincorporated community An unincorporated area is a region that is not governed by a local municipal corporation. Widespread unincorporated communities and areas are a distinguishing feature of the United States and Canada. Most other countries of the world either have ...
in Jefferson County,
Arkansas Arkansas ( ) is a landlocked state in the South Central United States. It is bordered by Missouri to the north, Tennessee and Mississippi to the east, Louisiana to the south, and Texas and Oklahoma to the west. Its name is from the Osage ...
, United States. Sweden is located on Arkansas Highway 88, east of Pine Bluff. On January 22, 2012, an
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tornado struck Sweden, damaging grain bins and metal buildings; the tornado continued to a point northeast of Lodge Corner in
Arkansas County Arkansas County is a county located in the U.S. state of Arkansas. As of the 2010 census, the population was 19,019. Located in the Arkansas Delta, the county has two county seats, DeWitt and Stuttgart. The first of the state's 75 presen ...
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Education

It is a part of 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. The schools serving Sweden are Park/Greenville School for preschool, James Matthews Elementary School, Robert F. Morehead Middle School, and
Dollarway High School Dollarway High School is a comprehensive public high school in northwest"School Case Studies Wonder Elementary School Osceola Middle School Dollarway High School," p. 28 (PDF p. 30/50) Pine Bluff, Arkansas that serves grades 9 through 12. It is o ...
. Sweden was previously in the
Altheimer Altheimer is a city in Plum Bayou Township, Jefferson County, Arkansas. It is situated on the Union Pacific Railway, northeast of Pine Bluff. As of the 2010 census it had a population of 984, down from 1,192 at the 2000 census. As of 2018 t ...
School District. The Altheimer-Sherrill district was created in 1979 when the Altheimer and Sherrill districts merged. In 1993,Altheimer Unified School District No. 22 Jefferson County, Arkansas General Purpose Financial Statements and Other Reports June 30, 2001
" Legislative Joint Auditing Committee,
Arkansas Legislature The General Assembly of Arkansas is the state legislature of the U.S. state of Arkansas. The legislature is a bicameral body composed of the upper house Arkansas Senate with 35 members, and the lower Arkansas House of Representatives with 100 ...
. Retrieved on August 2, 2017. page 3 (PDF p. 5/22).
that merged 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 ...
(operator of
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,SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP (2010 CENSUS): Jefferson County, AR
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. Retrieved on July 31, 2017. Compare with the highway map. Note that the map indicates a separate boundary for Altheimer Unified schools, but the district already consolidated with Dollarway in 2006.
which merged into the
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.ConsolidationAnnex_from_1983.xls
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Arkansas Department of Education Arkansas ( ) is a landlocked state in the South Central United States. It is bordered by Missouri to the north, Tennessee and Mississippi to the east, Louisiana to the south, and Texas and Oklahoma to the west. Its name is from the Osage ...
. Retrieved on July 31, 2017.
Altheimer-Sherrill High closed in 2007, with students moved to Dollarway High. Altheimer Martin Elementary School closed in 2013. In December 2020 the
Arkansas State Board of Education Arkansas ( ) is a landlocked state in the South Central United States. It is bordered by Missouri to the north, Tennessee and Mississippi to the east, Louisiana to the south, and Texas and Oklahoma to the west. Its name is from the Osage ...
ruled that the Dollarway School District should merge into 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 ...
as of July 1, 2021; the post-merger school district began operating 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. 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.


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