The Texarkana Arkansas School District (TASD) is a U.S. school district founded in 1911 serving

Texarkana, Arkansas Texarkana is a city in the U.S. state of Arkansas and the county seat of Miller County, on the southwest border of the state. As of the 2020 census, it had a population of 29,387. The city is located across the state line from its twin city ...

. It is district No. 7, and is part of

Miller County, Arkansas Miller County is a county located in the southwestern corner of the U.S. state of Arkansas. As of the 2010 census, the population was 43,462. The county seat is Texarkana. Miller County is part of the Texarkana, TX-AR, Metropolitan Statistic ...

. TASD7 established itself as a

magnet school In the U.S. education system, magnet schools are public schools with specialized courses or curricula. "Magnet" refers to how the schools draw students from across the normal boundaries defined by authorities (usually school boards) as school ...

system in 2005 at the elementary and middle school levels and later expanded its

program to include North Heights Jr. High and Arkansas High School in 2006.

Schools

High schools

Arkansas High School Arkansas High School is a public secondary school in Texarkana in Miller County in southwestern Arkansas. The school serves students from ninth through twelve grade and is administered by the Texarkana Arkansas School District. Academics The ...

(9-12) : Magnet Academies: Arts, Career and Technology, International Studies, and Sciences

Middle schools

* Arkansas Middle School (6-8)

Elementary schools

* Edward R. Trice Elementary School (KG–5) * Fairview Elementary School (KG–5), one of the first schools in the district, built in 1919 and operating since 1920. Rebuilt in 1992. * Harmony Leadership Academy. (KG-5) * Vera Kilpatrick Elementary School (PK–5)

Defunct schools

* Fairview Ward School, built in 1919. Burned down in the late 1980s. * North Heights High School, built in 1939. Torn down in 2002. * North Heights Elementary School, building date unknown. Fate unknown. * Arkansas Senior High, built around the 1950s. Turned into 9th grade academy. Nh jr high1

* Union Elementary School Nhhs 1950

In 2007, College Hill Elementary International Studies received top honors by the U.S. Department of Education (ED) in being named a

National Blue Ribbon School The National Blue Ribbon Schools Program is a United States Department of Education award program that recognizes exemplary public and non-public schools on a yearly basis. Using standards of excellence evidenced by student achievement measures, ...

. College Hill Elementary is now a Pre-k Center. Nh elem

References

External links

* * Arkansas Department of Education , Education Directory , 2006-200

* Arkansas.gov , Education , Arkansas School Search - Results for

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