Manila School District


Manila School District is a public school district based in Manila, Arkansas. Manila Public Schools serves more than
1,000 students and employs more than 170 faculty and staff on a full time equivalent basis for its three schools and district office. The school district encompasses of land in Mississippi County as one of the county's six school districts and serves all or portions of the communities of Manila, Etowah, West Ridge, Leachville, Osceola, and Lepanto.

History

Early history

In the late 1880s, Manila’s first school was located about a half mile north of its present location on Olympia and Davis streets. Students were taught in a one-room schoolhouse by teacher Benjamin Bollinger, with most students only completing a few grades at the little elementary school. Then, on May 21, 1926, Manila graduated its first class of five seniors.

Current history

The Etowah School District consolidated into the Manila district on July 1, 1986.
Manila School District and each of its three schools are accredited by the Arkansas Department of Education and has been accredited by AdvancED since 1966.
The Manila School District is one of 35 school districts listed as "Achieving" by the Arkansas Department of Education in support of Adequate Yearly Progress and Augmented Benchmark Examinations.
Manila High School is nationally recognized as a Bronze Medalist in the Best High Schools Report developed by U.S. News & World Report.

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