Jasper School District


Jasper Public School District 1 is a public school district based in Jasper, Arkansas, United States. The school district supports early childhood, elementary and secondary education for more than 900 students in prekindergarten through grade 12 and employs more than 200 educators and staff at its six schools and district offices.
Jasper is geographically one of the state's largest school districts and encompasses of land in Newton, Johnson, Madison, Franklin, and Carroll counties.
WWW jhspirates.k12.ar.us

History

In 1980 the Newton County School District dissolved, with a portion going to the Jasper district.
On July 1, 2004, the Kingston School District and the Oark School District merged into the Jasper district. The consolidation gave the new Jasper school district a low population density, so it qualified for extra state funding. Circa 2006 it collected an extra $711,000 meant for isolated school districts. Around the time the Jasper district was considered to be having financial problems.

Schools

Elementary education:
  • Jasper Elementary School, located in [Jasper, Arkansas|Jasper, Newton County, Arkansas|Newton County] serving prekindergarten through grade 6.
  • Kingston Elementary School, located in [Kingston, Madison County, Arkansas|Kingston, Madison County, Arkansas|Madison County] serving prekindergarten through grade 6.
  • Oark Elementary School, located in [Oark, Arkansas|Oark, Johnson County, Arkansas|Johnson County] serving kindergarten through grade 6.
Secondary education: