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Bella Vista doesn't have it's own school system.  We fall into two separate school districts with some students going to the Bentonville school system and others to the Gravette school system.  In 2007 Bella Vista's "first school", Cooper Elementary, was open for business.  It's not actually a Bella Vista school though, since it's officially in the Bentonville School District.   This school did replace a noted Bella Vista landmark. The school was It was built where the old Bella Vista Riding Stables stood for decades.  Now, rather riding horses, over 500 children a year are learning their ABCs!
 

Cooper Elementary Playground
 

Riding horses at the Bella Vista riding stables was a popular venue in the early days of the village.
Eventually, riding gave way to other activities until, eventually, the cost of up keeping the old barn,
coupled with a general lack of interest, helped to bring about the demise of this old Knox Farm Barn, .

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