Turrell School District or Turrell Public Schools was a school district headquartered in
Turrell, Arkansas
Turrell is a city in Crittenden County, Arkansas, United States. Per the 2020 census, the population was 517.
Geography
Turrell is located in northern Crittenden County at (35.376351, -90.264583). It is bordered by the town of Gilmore to the ...
. It operated Turrell Elementary School and Turrell High School.
The district included Turrell and Gilmore.
The Turrell High School mascot was the ''Rockets'' and its boys basketball teams won two consecutive Class A state basketball championships in 1999 and 2000 and the girls won the state title in 1987.
History
In 2010 the district had 250 students; under Arkansas law a school district with under 350 students consistently must merge with another district. Turrell School District on its own tried to merge with another district but the attempt did not finish. The
Arkansas 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 la ...
voted to consolidate the Turrell district with the Marion School District despite objections from the superintendent of the Marion district, Don Johnston; he stated the Marion district was already racially balanced, that Marion already absorbed the
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 October 13, 2017. the former Turrell School District consolidated with the Marion district and thus closing the former Turrell High School.
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Turrell, Arkansas
Turrell is a city in Crittenden County, Arkansas, United States. Per the 2020 census, the population was 517.
Geography
Turrell is located in northern Crittenden County at (35.376351, -90.264583). It is bordered by the town of Gilmore to the ...