Editing Arkadelphia, Arkansas (section)

== Education ==
=== Colleges and universities ===
* [[Henderson State University]] is a public liberal arts, undergraduate institution that is a member of the [[Council of Public Liberal Arts Colleges]]. The university was founded as ''Arkadelphia Methodist College'' in 1890, and was renamed Henderson-Brown College before it became a public institution in 1929. Its current name was adopted in 1975. In 2021, [[Henderson State University]] joined the [[Arkansas State University System]].
* [[Ouachita Baptist University]] is a private, liberal arts, undergraduate institution that is affiliated with the [[Arkansas Baptist State Convention]]. The university was founded as ''Ouachita Baptist College'' in 1886, and its current designation was established in 1965.

=== Secondary schools ===
[[File:Arkadelphia Public Library 002.jpg|thumb|Arkadelphia Public Library]]

==== Public schools ====
[[Arkadelphia School District]] operates four public schools:
* Louisa E. Perritt Primary School
* Peake Elementary School
* Goza Middle School
* [[Arkadelphia High School]]

For the 2011–2012 school year, there were approximately 2,125 students enrolled. In September 2015, voters in the Arkadelphia School District passed a millage increase earmarked for new elementary and middle schools.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Wright|first1=Drew|title=Arkadelphia Board of Education discusses millage increase|url=http://www.siftingsherald.com/article/20150617/NEWS/150619721|work=The Daily Siftings Herald|date=June 17, 2015|access-date=January 24, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160201044424/http://www.siftingsherald.com/article/20150617/NEWS/150619721|archive-date=February 1, 2016|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Leigh|first1=James|title=Public approves millage increase for Arkadelphia Public Schools|url=http://www.siftingsherald.com/article/20150915/NEWS/150919812|work=The Daily Siftings Herald|date=September 15, 2015|access-date=January 24, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160201025826/http://www.siftingsherald.com/article/20150915/NEWS/150919812|archive-date=February 1, 2016|url-status=live}}</ref> Nikki Thomas is District Superintendent.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://arkadelphiaschools.org/staff|title=Staff Directory|work=Arkadelphia School District – ArkadelphiaSchools.org|access-date=February 17, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171009001251/http://www.arkadelphiaschools.org/staff|archive-date=October 9, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref>

==== Private schools ====
* Clark County Christian Academy. K4 through 12th grade.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://pages.suddenlink.net/ccca/|title=Clark County Christian Academy|work=Clark County Christian Academy – Pages.SuddenLink.net|access-date=February 17, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160224222031/http://pages.suddenlink.net/ccca/|archive-date=February 24, 2016|url-status=live}}</ref>

=== Historic schools ===
* [[Arkansas School for the Blind|Arkansas Institute for the Blind]] was located in Arkadelphia from 1859–1868.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=EK82AQAAMAAJ|title=Catalogue of the Library of the Surgeon General's Office, United States Army, Volume 3|work=U.S. Government Printing Office, 1874 (p.147)|year=1874}}</ref><ref>{{cite encyclopedia|url=http://www.encyclopediaofarkansas.net/encyclopedia/entry-detail.aspx?entryID=2442|title=Arkansas School for the Blind (ASB)|encyclopedia=Amy Craig, Brent McGehee, Joshua Nichols, Jessica Wilson, Leon Tidwell, Ann Moore, and Sharon Berry, Arkansas School for the Blind, The Encyclopedia of Arkansas History & Culture – EncyclopediaOfArkansas.net|access-date=February 17, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160404203407/http://www.encyclopediaofarkansas.net/encyclopedia/entry-detail.aspx?entryID=2442|archive-date=April 4, 2016|url-status=live}}</ref>