Editing Altheimer, Arkansas (section)

===Primary and secondary schools===
Altheimer is served by the [[Pine Bluff School District]].<ref name=2020CensusMap>{{cite web|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st05_ar/schooldistrict_maps/c05069_jefferson/DC20SD_C05069.pdf|title=2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Jefferson County, AR|publisher=[[U.S. Census Bureau]]|access-date=June 29, 2021}} - The map shows Dollarway School District as not yet merged into Pine Bluff School District; the merger occurred on July 1, 2021.</ref> Students are zoned to Park/Greenville School for preschool, James Matthews Elementary School, Robert F. Morehead Middle School, and [[Dollarway High School]].<!--The last three were the only schools in the Dollarway district as of its final year http://web.archive.org/web/20201127114447/https://www.dollarwayschools.org/ , and according to Pine Bluff district documents the attendance boundaries will remain the same for 2021-2022 school year https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Nj-q3uIhvI4tRY-hBGp6nPGk-MlPTSuMNQrts8o7wMw/edit : after that year you can check if the Pine Bluff district publishes new school district boundaries and/or if it closes any schools. The preschool effective 2021 became the sole preschool for all of PBSD -->

In the racial segregation era Altheimer Training School served as the high school for African-Americans, while Altheimer High School served as the high school for white students.<ref>{{cite book|first= Jeannette E. |last=Brown |title=Gloria L. Anderson, Transcript of Interview Conducted by Jeannette E. Brown at Morris Brown College Atlanta, Georgia on 21 August 2009 |date=August 21, 2009 |url=https://oh.sciencehistory.org/sites/default/files/anderson_gl_0673_suppl.pdf|place=Philadelphia, PA|publisher=[[Chemical Heritage Foundation]] |quote=  "Her high school was called Altheimer Training School; the one for white students was called Altheimer High School."}}</ref> At one point it was served by the Altheimer School District, which operated Martin Elementary School, Martin High School, Altheimer Elementary School, and [[Altheimer High School]] in Altheimer.<ref>{{cite web|last=Gertler|first=Diane B.|url=https://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/ED039636.pdf|title=Directory Public Elementary and Secondary Day Schools 1968-69|volume=3 Southeast Region|publisher=[[U.S. Department of Health, Education & Welfare]] Office of Education|page=37 (PDF p. 41/266)|accessdate=February 27, 2021}}</ref> The Altheimer-Sherrill district was created in 1979 when the Altheimer and Sherrill districts merged.<ref name=Goatcherp14>{{cite web|last=Goatcher|first=Truett|url=https://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/ED458075.pdf|title=School District Consolidation Will Save Millions of Dollars: Fact of Myth?|publisher=Arkansas Association of Educational Administrators|date=January 1999|page=14 (PDF p. 17/27)}}</ref>

On September 1, 1993, Altheimer-Sherrill consolidated into the [[Altheimer Unified School District]];<ref name=Consolfrom1983>"[http://www.arkansased.gov/public/userfiles/Legal/ConsolidationAnnex_from_1983.xls ConsolidationAnnex_from_1983.xls] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150912013154/http://www.arkansased.gov/public/userfiles/Legal/ConsolidationAnnex_from_1983.xls |date=September 12, 2015 }}." [[Arkansas Department of Education]]. Retrieved on July 31, 2017.</ref> Altheimer Unified operated two schools: Martin Elementary School and [[Altheimer-Sherrill High School]].<ref>"[https://web.archive.org/web/20030424080320/http://arkedu.state.ar.us/pdf/2002_2003_AR_Edu_dir.pdf 2002-2003 Arkansas Education Directory]." [[Arkansas Department of Education]]. Retrieved on July 31, 2017. Page 65 (PDF p. 71/157).</ref> The Altheimer Unified School District consolidated into the [[Dollarway School District]] on July 10, 2006.<ref name=Consolfrom1983/>

Altheimer-Martin Elementary School, a Dollarway School District elementary school, occupied the former high school facility. The {{convert|30000|sqft|sqm|adj=on}} building was built in 1987; it included a gymnasium. Up to 2013 the school's enrollment declined, and in 2013 the Dollarway superintendent decided that the school should be closed in light of the declining attendance.<ref name=Hardyschoolsout>{{cite news|author=Hardy, Benjamin|url=https://www.arktimes.com/arkansas/schools-out-forever/Content?oid=4511998|title=School's out forever|newspaper=[[Arkansas Times]]|date=July 28, 2016|access-date=July 31, 2017}}</ref> In its final year the school had 78 students.<ref name=Colvinclosing/> Since 2013 some property had been taken from the school building, and a lack of maintenance occurred. Altheimer mayor Zola Hudson stated a desire for the city government to repurpose the building.<ref name=Hardyschoolsout/> By 2018 the district was proceeding to donate the elementary building.<ref name=BriggsShakarioutlines>{{cite web|last=Briggs|first=Shakari|url=https://www.pbcommercial.com/news/20180129/dollarway-school-district-outlines-master-facilities-plan|title=Dollarway School District outlines master facilities plan|newspaper=[[Pine Bluff Commercial]]|date=January 29, 2018|accessdate=February 25, 2021}}</ref>

Altheimer Middle School and Altheimer-Sherrill High School both closed in 2007. At the time the middle school had 102 students and the high school had 137 students.<ref name=Colvinclosing/>

In December 2020 the [[Arkansas State Board of Education]] ruled that the Dollarway School District should merge into the Pine Bluff School District as of July 1, 2021; the post-merger school district is to operate all existing schools from both districts.<ref>{{cite web|last=Howell|first=Cynthia|url=https://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2020/dec/11/state-votes-to-combine-dollarway-pb-schools/|title=State votes to combine Dollarway, Pine Bluff schools|newspaper=[[Arkansas Democrat-Gazette]]|date=December 11, 2020|accessdate=February 23, 2021}}</ref> Accordingly, the attendance boundary maps of the respective schools remained the same for the 2021–2022 school year, and all DSD territory went to be within the PBSD territory.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Nj-q3uIhvI4tRY-hBGp6nPGk-MlPTSuMNQrts8o7wMw/edit|title=Annexation/Transition FAQ|publisher=Pine Bluff School District|accessdate=February 23, 2021}}</ref> The exception was with the pre-kindergarten levels, as all PBSD areas are now assigned to Forrest Park/Greenville School, including the territory from the former Dollarway district.<ref>{{cite web|last=Murrel|first=I. C.|url=https://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2021/jun/28/dollarway-alumni-honor-district/|title=Dollarway alumni honor district|newspaper=[[Arkansas Democrat Gazette]]|date=June 28, 2021|accessdate=July 4, 2021}}</ref> In 2023 the district announced that Dollarway High would merge into Pine Bluff High School, and that Morehead Middle School would become the only middle school for all of the Pine Bluff School District.<ref>{{cite web|last=Murrell|first=I. C.|url=https://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2023/mar/01/pine-bluff-school-district-will-close-separate-dollarway-schools-this-fall/|title=Pine Bluff School District will consolidate junior, senior highs this fall|newspaper=[[Arkansas Democrat Gazette]]|date=March 1, 2023|accessdate=March 3, 2023}}</ref>