Wright is an unincorporated community in Jefferson County, Arkansas, United States. Wright is located on Arkansas Highway 256, 7.5 miles (12.1 km) west-northwest of Sherrill. Wright has a post office with ZIP code 72182.[2]

Wright, Arkansas
Unincorporated community
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Coordinates: 34°26′06″N 92°03′59″W
Country	United States
State	Arkansas
County	Jefferson
Elevation	220 ft (70 m)
Time zone	UTC-6 (Central (CST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP code	72182
Area code(s)	501
GNIS feature ID	56551[1]

Education

It is a part of the Pine Bluff School District.[3] The schools serving Wright are Forrest Park/Greenville School for preschool, James Matthews Elementary School, Robert F. Morehead Middle School, and Dollarway High School.

It was formerly in the Plum Bayou-Tucker School District.[4] On July 1, 1983, the consolidation into the Wabbaseka Tucker School District occurred. On September 1, 1993, the Wabbaseka-Tucker district consolidated with the Altheimer-Sherrill School District,[5] forming the Altheimer Unified School District (operator of Altheimer-Sherrill High School).[6] That in turn merged into the Dollarway School District on July 10, 2006.[5] Altheimer-Sherrill High closed in 2007, with students moved to Dollarway High.[7] Altheimer Martin Elementary School closed in 2013.[8]

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 began to operate all existing schools from both districts.[9] Accordingly, the attendance boundary maps of the respective schools remained the same for the 2021–2022 school year, and all DSD territory became a part of the PBSD.[10] 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.[11]

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