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Drew Central School District 5 is a public school district located in Drew County, Arkansas.

Established in 1927, the school district covers 570 square miles (1,500 km), almost all in rural Drew County, from where all the students are bussed into Monticello. The majority of Monticello itself is not in Drew Central School District, but is within a district of its own, Monticello School District. The school administration and buildings of Drew Dentral Schools are in a section of the Monticello city limits that is within the Drew Central Schools boundaries, adjacent to the University of Arkansas at Monticello (UAM). These buildings are on 31 acres (13 ha) of land leased by the university to the school district. Dependent minor residents of the UAM housing for married students and students with families, HHFA Apartments, are assigned to this district. Additionally Wilmar is in the Drew Central district, as is the unincorporated area of Selma. A portion of the Drew Central district extends into Desha County.

History

The Drew County School Board established the A and M Training School #5 as a laboratory school for the Arkansas Agricultural and Mechanical College (now the University of Arkansas at Monticello). In 1934 school district's name changed to Drew Central School District #5. Growth in both the school district and the college as well as a fire that had destroyed the school buildings contributed to a decision for the school district to become independent of the college. The college gave the school district a 99-year lease to a plot of land. In 1983 the district added 11 acres (4.5 ha) to the lease.

Multiple districts consolidated into Drew Central. In 1979 the Collins and Selma school districts dissolved, with portions of the students going to the Drew Central school district. On July 1, 1990, the Wilmar School District was consolidated into the Drew Central School District. As of 2017 this was the latest such consolidation.

Schools

• Drew Central Elementary School, serving prekindergarten through grade 4.
• Drew Central Middle School, serving grades 5 through 8.
• Drew Central High School, serving grades 9 through 12.

From 1990 until 1992, the district operated schools in Wilmar after the consolidation of the Wilmar district. In 1992 the remaining Wilmar school(s) was/were consolidated into the Drew Central schools.

References

1. ^ "Search for Public School Districts – District Detail for DREW CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT". National Center for Education Statistics. Institute of Education Sciences. Retrieved 2022-03-05.
2. ^ History of the Drew Central Schools." Drew Central School District. Retrieved on October 15, 2017.
3. ^ "SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP (2010 CENSUS): Drew County, AR." U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved on October 15, 2017.
4. "Campus Map." University of Arkansas at Monticello. Retrieved on October 15, 2017. Look for the "Married Student Apartments" on the northwest corner.
5. "General Highway Map Drew County, Arkansas" (PDF). Arkansas Department of Transportation. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-03-13. Retrieved 2021-02-25. - See Selma on the map.
6. "2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Desha County, AR" (PDF). U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved 2023-03-11. - Text list - 2010 map
7. Goatcher, Truett (January 1999). "School District Consolidation Will Save Millions of Dollars: Fact of Myth?" (PDF). Arkansas Association of Educational Administrators. p. 14 (PDF p. 17/27).
8. "ConsolidationAnnex_from_1983.xls Archived 2015-09-12 at the Wayback Machine." Arkansas Department of Education. Retrieved on October 13, 2017.

Further reading

These include maps of predecessor districts:

• "Arkansas Department of Education school district maps, 1952-1954 Drew County, 1952-1954". Arkansas Digital Archives. Arkansas State Archives. (Download)

External links

• Official website

• Education in Drew County, Arkansas
• Education in Desha County, Arkansas
• School districts established in 1927
• 1927 establishments in Arkansas
• University of Arkansas at Monticello
• Monticello, Arkansas