The Imboden Area Charter School was formulated as a rural economic development project. Located in Imboden, Ark., it is an open enrollment charter school and organized as a nonprofit corporation by community volunteers for offering quality educational program. The school serves students from grades kindergarten through eighth and draws its students from the local and surrounding school districts. Its performance management system is based on the Baldridge Criteria, parent participation, multi-age grouping, individualized learning, a rigorous curriculum and technology integrated into the curriculum, instruction and assessment.