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Trumann School District

school district in Arkansas

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionAug 13, 2026
Entity authorityQ7847738
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Trumann School District (or Trumann Public Schools) is a public school district based in Trumann, Arkansas, United States. Trumann provides early childhood, elementary and secondary education to an average of 1,600 students with approximately 120 teachers (on a full time equivalent (FTE) basis) from its four schools at three facilities.

History

The Common School District consolidated into the Trumann district on July 1, 1986.

Schools

The Trumann School District consists of the following schools:

Trumann High School (grades 9–12), located at 1620 W. Main, Trumann, Arkansas.

Trumann Intermediate School (grades 5–8), located at 221 Pine Avenue, Trumann, Arkansas.

Trumann Elementary School (PreKindergarten–4), located at 200 North Willow, Trumann, Arkansas.

All schools are accredited by the Arkansas Department of Education with the high school and intermediate schools accredited by AdvancED since 1963 and 1989, respectively.

See also

List of school districts in Arkansas

References

Further reading

Maps of predecessor districts

"Arkansas Department of Education school district maps, 1952-1954 Poinsett County, 1952-1954". Arkansas Digital Archives. Arkansas State Archives.

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The public source identifies “Trumann School District” as school district in Arkansas. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Trumann, School and District.

Editorial reviewMost useful as a place-based finding aid connecting the present description to earlier jurisdictions, maps and built evidence. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1986, 1620, 1963, 1989—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Trumann, School and District providing the first useful test.
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This entry incorporates text from Trumann School District” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.