Westside Consolidated School District #5 is a school district headquartered in unincorporated

Unincorporated area

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 Craighead County

Craighead County, Arkansas

Craighead County is a county located in the U.S. state of Arkansas. As of the 2010 census, the population was 96,443. It is included in the Jonesboro, Arkansas Metropolitan Statistical Area. Craighead County is Arkansas's 58th county, formed on February 19, 1859, and named for state Senator Thomas...

, Arkansas

Arkansas

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, near Jonesboro

Jonesboro, Arkansas

Jonesboro is a city in and one of the two county seats of Craighead County, Arkansas, United States. According to the 2010 US Census, the population of the city was 67,263. A college town, Jonesboro is the largest city in northeastern Arkansas and the fifth most populous city in the state...

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The district serves several rural communities in the county, including Bono

Bono, Arkansas

Bono is a city in Craighead County, Arkansas, United States. The population was 1,512 at the 2000 census. Population estimate as of 2008 was 1,599. It is included in the Jonesboro, Arkansas Metropolitan Statistical Area...

, Cash

Cash, Arkansas

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, and Egypt

Egypt, Arkansas

Egypt is a town in Craighead County, Arkansas, United States. The population was 101 at the 2000 census. It is included in the Jonesboro, Arkansas Metropolitan Statistical Area.-Geography:Egypt is located at ....

. Of them, as of 2003 Bono is the largest of the three main communities.

History

The school district opened in 1966.

The Westside Middle School massacre

Westside Middle School massacre

The Westside Middle School massacre was a school shooting that occurred on March 24, 1998 in Westside Middle School in unincorporated Craighead County, Arkansas, United States, near Jonesboro. A total of five people, four female students and a teacher, were killed. Ten people, nine students and...

occurred in 1998.

Schools

The district's schools include:

• Westside Elementary School
• Westside Middle School
• Westside Junior-Senior High School

Notable Alumni

Hunter Mickelson - 2011- Current Power Forward for the Arkansas Razorbacks.
Demi Humphrey - 2011- Currently attending Hendrix College, which nobody expects from anybody who graduates from this hoe-dunk school with a useless counselor who never helped anybody with anything.
Jeremy Ryan Simpson - 2009- Current Guard for Washington University in St. Louis football team, no one puts him on a pedestal for athletics, though.

External links

• Westside Consolidated School District