Hamburg School District (Arkansas)


Hamburg School District is a public school district headquartered in the S. P. Portis Administration Building in Hamburg, Arkansas, United States. The district is one of three school districts based in Ashley County, Arkansas and operates four schools serving the following rural, fringe communities in Ashley, Drew, and Chicot counties.
Communities served by the district include Hamburg, Fountain Hill, Parkdale, Portland, Wilmot, and a section of North Crossett.
As of 2010–11 school year, the district has 2,070 students and 147.03 classroom teachers and a student/teacher ratio of 14.08. the district is the second largest in geographic size in Arkansas as it has of area.
As a result of a series of consolidations with the Portland, Wilmot, Parkdale, and Fountain Hill school districts, junior high and high school students from these communities travel to Hamburg for classes. The former Parkdale Elementary School is closed, and the school board has approved the transportation of Fountain Hill’s elementary students to Hamburg beginning with the 2006–07 school year. Local school officials have made plans to open a cooperative alternative school on the Fountain Hill campus.

History

The following school districts merged into the Hamburg school district: Portland School District on July 1, 1984, Wilmot School District on July 1, 1986, Parkdale School District on July 1, 1994, and Fountain Hill School District on July 1, 2004.

Schools

include:
Early childhood education and elementary education is provided at these facilities with their locations :
Closed: