Bentonville School District

Bentonville School District
Type and location
Type	Public
Grades	K - 12
Country	United States
Location	500 Tiger Boulevard, Bentonville, Arkansas 72712
District information
Superintendent	Michael Poore
NCES District ID	0503060[1]
Students and staff
Students	13,530[1]
Teachers	846.85 (on FTE basis)[1]
Staff	1,649.85 (on FTE basis)[1]
Other information
Information	Phone: (479) 254-5000 Fax: (479) 271-1159
Website	bentonvillek12.org

The Bentonville School District (or Bentonville Public Schools) is a comprehensive community public school district serving students in kindergarten through 12th grade from Bentonville, Arkansas, in Benton County. Bentonville School District encompasses 141.54 square miles (366.6 km²) of land including all or portions of Bentonville, Springdale, Highfill, Gravette, Centerton, Decatur, Hiwasse, Bella Vista, Cave Springs, Rogers, Little Flock, and Lowell.^[2]

As of the 2012-2013 school year, the district's 17 schools have a total enrollment of 14,874 students and 900 certified staff members. The Bentonville Public Schools district has grown dramatically in the last decade, and is now one of the largest districts (by student population) in the state. This growth has encouraged the district to improve its academic, athletic, fine arts, and social programs, and all have been grown in size and quality in recent years. The district saw all of these changes largely under the leadership of superintendent Gary Compton, who took the position in January, 2001. Today, Superintendent Michael Poore leads the district.

Schools

As of the 2012–13 school year, the Bentonville Public School District operates 17 schools. The BPS School Board plans to eventually build a second high school to keep up with the enormous growth in elementary school students, but neither final plans nor a timeline have been decided. All data on students comes from the district profile website.

Elementary Schools (Grade K–4)

The following information is based on 2010–11 school year data available from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES). All schools are located in Bentonville unless otherwise designated:

• Apple Glen - serves approximately 550 students.
• Centerton Gamble - serves approximately 725 students; located in Centerton.
• Central Park at Morning Star - serves approximately 725 students.
• Cooper - serves approximately 700 students; located in Bella Vista.
• Elm Tree - serves approximately 625 students.
• Mary Mae Jones - serves approximately 625 students
• R. E. Baker - serves approximately 600 students
• Sugar Creek - serves approximately 525 students.
• Thomas Jefferson - serves approximately 525 students.
• Willowbrook - serves approximately 675 students.

Middle Schools (Grade 5–6)

The following information is based on 2010–11 school year data available from NCES. All schools are located in Bentonville unless otherwise designated:

• Ardis Ann - serves approximately 625 students.
• Bright Field - serves approximately 575 students.
• Old High - serves approximately 675 students.
• Ruth Hale Barker - serves approximately 775 students.

Junior High Schools (Grade 7–8)

The following information is based on 2010–11 school year data available from NCES. All schools are located in Bentonville unless otherwise designated:

• Lincoln - serves approximately 975 students.
• Washington - serves approximately 1,000 students.

(new information from 2013) Fulbright Junior High

High Schools (Grade 9–12)

The following information is based on 2010–11 school year data available from NCES. All schools are located in Bentonville unless otherwise designated:

• Bentonville High School - serves approximately 3,500 students.

References

External links

• Official website