Acorn School District

{{Short description|Defunct school district in Arkansas, United States}}

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Acorn School District or Acorn Public Schools was a school district headquartered in Acorn, an unincorporated area in Polk County, Arkansas, United States, about {{convert|5|mi|km}} from Mena.[https://web.archive.org/web/19981212012413/http://acorn.dmsc.k12.ar.us/ Home]. Acorn School District. Retrieved on May 24, 2018. "The Address for the Acorn School district is: 143 Polk County Rd 96 Mena, Arkansas, 71953 [...] Acorn Public Schools are located in northern Polk County, Arkansas, approximately five miles north of the city of Mena. The school site is just off U.S. Highway 71 North." Schools included Acorn Elementary School and Acorn High School.

In addition to Acorn, it served a small section of Mena."[https://web.archive.org/web/20041027201411/http://argis.ualr.edu/arkansas_school_districts.pdf Arkansas School Districts]." University of Arkansas at Little Rock. October 27, 2004. Retrieved on May 24, 2018. This map reflects the state of school districts prior to 2004 since the Acorn and Oden districts merged in 2004. Compare this map to the [https://web.archive.org/web/20051113045540/http://argis.ualr.edu/arkansas_school_districts.pdf Fall 2004 school district map], and the [https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/dc10map/sch_dist/st05_ar/c05113_polk/DC10SD_C05113_001.pdf U.S. Census Bureau school district map of 2010]"[https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/blk2000/st05_Arkansas/Place/0545170_Mena/CBP0545170_000.pdf CENSUS 2000 BLOCK MAP: MENA City]." U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved on May 24, 2018. Pages: [https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/blk2000/st05_Arkansas/Place/0545170_Mena/CBP0545170_001.pdf 1], [https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/blk2000/st05_Arkansas/Place/0545170_Mena/CBP0545170_002.pdf 2], [https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/blk2000/st05_Arkansas/Place/0545170_Mena/CBP0545170_003.pdf 3], and [https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/blk2000/st05_Arkansas/Place/0545170_Mena/CBP0545170_004.pdf 4].

The Ouachita River School District was established by the merger of the Acorn School District and the Oden School District on July 1, 2004."[https://web.archive.org/web/20150912013154/http://www.arkansased.gov/public/userfiles/Legal/ConsolidationAnnex_from_1983.xls ConsolidationAnnex_from_1983.xls]." Arkansas Department of Education. Retrieved on May 23, 2018.