El Dorado School District (Arkansas)

El Dorado School District
Location
200 West Oak Street
El Dorado, Arkansas 71730
United States
District information
MottoKeeping The Promise: Teaching and Learning for All
GradesPK–12
AccreditationAdvancED
Schools8[1]
NCES District ID0505680[1]
Students and staff
Students4,664[1]
Teachers339.23 (on FTE basis)[1]
Student–teacher ratio13.75[1]
Other information
Websitewww.eldoradopublicschools.org

El Dorado School District is a public school district based in El Dorado, Arkansas, United States. The El Dorado School District provides early childhood, elementary and secondary education for more than 4,600 prekindergarten through grade 12 students at its eight facilities within Union County, Arkansas.

The district includes all of El Dorado.[2] It also includes the unincorporated areas of Lawson and Urbana.[3]

El Dorado School District is accredited by the Arkansas Department of Education (ADE) with the high school accredited by AdvancED since 1937.[4]

History

In 1978 the Lawson and Urbana school districts merged into the El Dorado district.[5]

Schools

Secondary schools
  • El Dorado High School—serving more than 1,300 students in grades 9 through 12.
  • Barton Junior High School—serving more than 600 students in grades 7 and 8.
Elementary schools
  • Washington Middle School—serving grades 5 and 6.
  • Hugh Goodwin Elementary School—serving more than 400 students in kindergarten through grade 4.
  • Northwest Elementary School—serving more than 400 students in kindergarten through grade 4.
  • Retta Brown Elementary School—serving more than 250 students in kindergarten through grade 4.
  • Union Elementary School—serving more than 150 students in kindergarten through grade 6.

References

  1. ^ a b c d e "Search for Public School Districts – District Detail for El Dorado School District". National Center for Education Statistics. Institute of Education Sciences. Retrieved November 24, 2012.
  2. ^ "SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP (2010 CENSUS): Union County, AR." U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved on February 27, 2021. Compare to highway map for unincorporated areas.
  3. ^ "General Highway Map Arkansas County, Arkansas" (PDF). Arkansas Department of Transportation. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 13, 2012. Retrieved February 25, 2021. - See Lawson and Urbana on the map.
  4. ^ "Institution Summary, El Dorado High School". AdvancED. Retrieved November 24, 2012.
  5. ^ Goatcher, Truett (January 1999). "School District Consolidation Will Save Millions of Dollars: Fact of Myth?" (PDF). Arkansas Association of Educational Administrators. p. 16 (PDF p. 16/27).

Further reading

These include maps of predecessor districts: