Westside Consolidated School District #5 is a public school district headquartered in unincorporated Craighead County, Arkansas, near Jonesboro.^[2][3]

The district encompasses 207.99 square miles (538.7 km²) of land,^{[citation needed]} and serves several rural communities in the Craighead and Lawrence counties.^[4][5] It principally serves Bono, Cash, and Egypt,^[6][7] and it also serves portions of Jonesboro.^[4] Of the three main communities, as of 2003 Bono is the largest.^[8]

All schools and the district are accredited by the Arkansas Department of Education (ADE) and AdvancED.

The school district opened in 1966, a consolidation of the Bono, Cash, and Egypt School districts.^[9]

In 1975, the Westside High School obtained accreditation from AdvancED (formerly North Central Association).^[10]

In 1994, the Westside Elementary School obtained accreditation from AdvancED.^[11]

In 1997, the Westside Middle School obtained accreditation from AdvancED.^[12]

In 1998, the Westside Middle School shooting occurred. As of 2008^[update], there was a perception that the schools were unsafe due to the attack.^[13]

James Dunivan served as superintendent beginning in 2000,^[14] and served as such until 2004, when he took that job at the Nettleton School District. James P. Best, previously the superintendent of the Heber Springs School District, replaced Dunivan.^[15]

The district's schools include:^[3]

• Westside Elementary School, serving more than 650 students in prekindergarten through grade 4 (PK–4).
• Westside Middle School, serving more than 350 students in grades 5 through 7.
• Westside High School, serving more than 550 students in grades 8 through 12.

Previously the district had a separate Westside Junior High School.^[16]