Bruno–Pyatt High School

{{Use American English|date=September 2025}} {{Use mdy dates|date=April 2024}} {{Infobox school | name = Bruno–Pyatt High School | image = Bruno–Pyatt High School.jpg | address = 4754 AR 125 South | city = Everton postal address | state = Arkansas  | zipcode = 72633 | country = USA | coordinates = {{coord|36.2132183|N|92.8627700|W|format=dms|type:edu_region:US-AR|display=inline,title}} | district = Ozark Mountain School District (2004-2023)<br />Bruno–Pyatt School District (1974-2004) | authority = Arkansas Department of Education (ADE) | affiliation = Arkansas Activities Association | us_nces_school_id = {{NCES School ID|050007600686|school_name=Bruno-pyatt High School|access_date=November 17, 2012}} | ceeb = 040305 | us_nces_district_id = {{NCES District ID|0500076|district_name=Ozark Mountain School District|access_date=November 17, 2012}} | ratio = 9.47<ref name="nces_sch" /> | schooltype = Public (government funded) | system = ADE Smart Core curriculum | grades = 7–12 | athletic_conference = 1A East (2012–14) | mascot = Patriot | team_name = Bruno–Pyatt Patriots | colors = Red, white, and blue <br> {{color box|red|border=silver}}{{color box|white|border=silver}}{{color box|blue|border=silver}} | status = Open | enrollment = 126 | enrollment_as_of = 2010–11<ref name="nces_sch" /> | communities = Bruno, Pyatt, Eros | feeder_schools = Bruno–Pyatt Elementary School | website = {{URL|https://brunopyattpublicschool.com/}} }}

'''Bruno–Pyatt High School''' was a comprehensive public high school serving students in grades seven through twelve in the remote, rural community of Eros, in unincorporated Marion County, Arkansas, United States,<ref name=KTLOOzarkMtclose>{{cite web|url=https://www.ktlo.com/2022/12/19/ozark-mountain-school-board-votes-to-close-high-schools-at-bruno-pyatt-st-joe/|title=Ozark Mountain School Board votes to close high schools at Bruno-Pyatt, St. Joe|publisher=KTLO-FM|date=2022-12-19|access-date=2025-01-08|quote=[...]at the Bruno-Pyatt campus in Eros[...]}}</ref> with an Everton postal address.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://brunopyattpublicschool.com/|title=Home|publisher=Bruno-Pyatt Elementary School|access-date=2025-01-08|quote=Bruno-Pyatt [...] 4754 Highway 125 South Everton, AR 72633}}</ref> It was the one of three high schools administered by the Ozark Mountain School District and the district's only high school in Marion County, Arkansas while supporting the rural communities of Bruno, Pyatt, and Eros.

It was formerly a part of the Bruno-Pyatt School District. On July 1, 2004, it consolidated into the Ozark Mountain School District.<ref name="ConsolidationAnnex_from_1983.xls">"[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.</ref>

== History == {{expand section|date=January 2025}} In 1969 the State of Arkansas enacted the Quality Education Act, which was to require schools to merge into others that attained a classification of "A" by 1979. This and other factors resulted in the Bruno and Pyatt schools consolidating.<ref>{{cite news|title=Bruno-Pyatt Consolidation May Come|newspaper=The Mountaineer Echo|place=Yellville, Arkansas|volume=85|issue=1|date=1972-02-24|page=[https://www.newspapers.com/clip/162609130/ 1]|via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> The Rural School District No. 1 held a referendum for a bond valued at $300,000 for the consolidated school. 381 people voted in favor of it, and 142 people voted in opposition. The bond passed, so the school was to be built.<ref>{{cite news|title=Rural District Votes to Build New School|newspaper=The Mountaineer Echo|place=Yellville, Arkansas|volume=86|issue=2|date=1972-03-16|page=[https://www.newspapers.com/clip/162609620/ 1]|via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> Groundbreaking for the consolidated school occurred in 1973. The consolidated school, with a planned capacity of about 250-300 students in grades K-12, was to have nine of its rooms for secondary use.<ref>{{cite news|title=Eros School Site Almost Finished|newspaper=The Mountaineer Echo|place=Yellville, Arkansas|volume=87|issue=24|date=1973-08-16|page=[https://www.newspapers.com/clip/162609350/ 1]|via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> The Bruno-Pyatt School was created in 1974 as a consolidation of schools in Bruno and Pyatt.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://brunopyattpublicschool.com/about/us/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150307235016/http://brunopyattpublicschool.com/about/us/|title=About Us|publisher=Bruno-Pyatt Schools|archive-date=2015-03-07|access-date=2025-01-08}}</ref>

It was in the Bruno-Pyatt School District until 2004, when that district consolidated into the Ozark Mountain School District.<ref name="ConsolidationAnnex_from_1983.xls"/>

In February 2023, Bruno–Pyatt High School had 75 students for both middle and high school levels. That year, it consolidated into Ozark Mountain High School, located on the former Western Grove High School site. The school district's board and the Arkansas Board of Education approved the consolidation.<ref>{{cite web|last=Howell|first=Cynthia|url=https://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2023/feb/09/arkansas-board-of-education-approves-rural-arkansas-school-district-move-to-consolidate-secondary-level-students-onto-one-campus/|title=State Education Board OKs consolidation at Western Grove campus in Ozark Mountain School District|newspaper=Arkansas Democrat-Gazette|date=2023-02-09|access-date=2025-01-08}}</ref> Bruno-Pyatt Elementary School remains in operation.

== Academics == This Title I school was accredited by the Arkansas Department of Education (ADE). The assumed course of study followed the Smart Core curriculum developed the Arkansas Department of Education (ADE), which requires students to complete 22 credit units before graduation. Students engaged in regular (core) and career focus courses and exams and may select Advanced Placement (AP) coursework and exams that may lead to college credit.

In 2005, a Bruno–Pyatt teacher was presented with the Rural Teacher of the Year Award by the Arkansas Rural Education Association.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.southshore.com/news05/cothran.htm |title=Ozark Mountain School District Educator Named Rural Teacher of the Year |publisher=South Shore |date=June 2005 |accessdate=November 17, 2012}}</ref>

== Athletics == The Bruno–Pyatt High School mascot and athletic emblem was the American Patriot with patriotic school colors of red, white and blue. The Bruno–Pyatt Patriots participated in various interscholastic activities in the 1A West Conference administered by the Arkansas Activities Association. The school athletic activities included basketball (boys/girls), cheer, golf (boys/girls), baseball, and softball.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ahsaa.org/schools?id=130&school= |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304130106/http://www.ahsaa.org/schools?id=130&school= |url-status=dead |archive-date=March 4, 2016 |title=School Profile, Bruno-Pyatt High School |publisher=Arkansas Activities Association |accessdate=November 17, 2012 }}</ref>

==See also== {{Portal|Arkansas|Schools}} * Bruno School Building

== References == <references />

== Further reading== * {{cite web|url=https://dese.ade.arkansas.gov:443/Files/ORDER_approving_closure_of_isolated_schools_Legal.pdf|title=ORDER_approving_closure_of_isolated_schools_Legal.pdf|publisher=Arkansas Department of Education|access-date=2025-01-08}} - Order approving the closure of this school

== External links == * {{official website|http://brunopyattpublicschool.com/}}

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