Ozark Mountain School District

Ozark Mountain School District
Location
	250 South Highway 65; St. Joe, Arkansas 72675; The Ozarks; United States
District information
Type	Comprehensive public
Grades	PK–12
Established	2004
Superintendent	Kerry Saylors
Schools	3 (PK-12)
NCES District ID	0500076[1]
Students and staff
Students	653[1]
Teachers	69.11 (on FTE basis)[1]
Student–teacher ratio	9.45[1]
Athletic conference	1A East (2012–14)
District mascot	Bruno–Pyatt Patriots; St. Joe Wildcats; Western Grove Warriors
Colors	Red, White & Blue (Bruno–Pyatt); Blue & Gold (St. Joe); Royal Blue & White
Other information
Website	ozarkmountainschooldistrict.com

Ozark Mountain School District (OMSD) is a public school district that provides comprehensive education to its students from prekindergarten to grade 12 and is situated in the Ozark Mountains (hence the name of the district) and covers 368 square miles (950 km²) in northern Arkansas, United States.

OMSD formed in 2004 as a result of an Arkansas law stating that school districts must have a minimum of 350 students. This requirement led to the July 1, 2004 consolidation of three separate school districts, Bruno–Pyatt, St. Joe and Western Grove, into the Ozark Mountain School District.[2] In 2012, the nearby Lead Hill School District failed in an attempt to consolidate with OMSD.

Schools

Ozark Mountain School District consists of three separate K-12 campus: Bruno Pyatt, St. Joe, and Western Grove.

High schools and middle schools

The three secondary education facilities that the district maintains are as follows:

Bruno–Pyatt High School – Located in Eros, Arkansas, this Marion County-based school is within the 1A East Conference and has the mascot of the Patriots with red, blue and white as its school colors.
St. Joe High School – Located in St. Joe, Arkansas, this Searcy County-based school is within the 1A East Conference and has the mascot of the Wildcats with blue and gold as its school colors.
Western Grove High School – Located in Western Grove, Arkansas, this Newton County-based school is within the 1A East Conference and has the mascot of the Warriors with royal blue and white as its school colors.

Each school was listed and unranked in the Best High Schools 2012 report developed by U.S. News & World Report.[3]

Elementary schools

Bruno–Pyatt Elementary School
St. Joe Elementary School
Western Grove Elementary School

References

"Search for Public School Districts – District Detail for Ozark Mountain School District". National Center for Education Statistics. Institute of Education Sciences. Retrieved 28 October 2012.
"ConsolidationAnnex_from_1983.xls." Arkansas Department of Education. Retrieved on May 23, 2018.
"Beat High Schools 2012". U.S. News & World Report. Archived from the original on 2016-03-05. Retrieved 29 October 2012.

External links

Official website

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[nces_dist-1] "Search for Public School Districts – District Detail for Ozark Mountain School District". National Center for Education Statistics. Institute of Education Sciences. Retrieved 28 October 2012.

[2] "ConsolidationAnnex_from_1983.xls." Arkansas Department of Education. Retrieved on May 23, 2018.

[usnwr-3] "Beat High Schools 2012". U.S. News & World Report. Archived from the original on 2016-03-05. Retrieved 29 October 2012.