Editing Arkansas County, Arkansas (section)

===Education===
{{See also|Education in Arkansas}}
Educational attainment in Arkansas County is typical for a rural Arkansas county, with a 2016 study finding 82.5% of Arkansas County residents over age 25 held a high school degree or higher, below Arkansas and national averages of 85.2% and 87.0%, respectively. Arkansas County's proportion of population holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 14.4%, significantly below the state average of 21.5% and national average of 30.3%.<ref>{{cite web |title= American Community Survey |date= July 1, 2016 |url= https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/arkansascountyarkansas,AR,US/PST045216 |publisher= United States Census Bureau |access-date= December 27, 2017 }}</ref>

====Primary and secondary education====
[[File:Map of Arkansas County Public School Districts.png|right|thumb|Public school district boundaries in Arkansas County as of July 2016]]
Two public school districts are based in Arkansas County: [[Stuttgart Public Schools]] is the larger of the two school districts in the county, with the [[DeWitt School District]] serving most of the rural area of the county. Successful completion of the curriculum of these schools leads to graduation from [[Stuttgart High School]] or [[DeWitt High School (Arkansas)|DeWitt High School]], respectively. Both high schools offer [[Advanced Placement]] (AP) courses and are accredited by the [[Arkansas Department of Education]] (ADE).

====Higher education====
Within Arkansas County, two branch campuses of [[Phillips Community College]] (based in [[Helena-West Helena, Arkansas|Helena-West Helena]]) are operated in De Witt and Stuttgart. Public four-year colleges in the area include the [[University of Arkansas at Monticello]] in [[Monticello, Arkansas|Monticello]], [[University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff]] (UAPB) in [[Pine Bluff, Arkansas|Pine Bluff]], and several institutions in Little Rock.

====Library system====
[[File:Stuttgart, AR library.jpg|right|thumb|William F. Foster Library in Stuttgart]]
The Arkansas County Library system is based in Stuttgart and contains three branches: Cleon Collier Memorial Library, DeWitt Public Library, and the William F. Foster Stuttgart Public Library.<ref>{{ cite web |title= Arkansas County Libraries |publisher= [[Arkansas State Library]] |location= Little Rock |url= http://www.library.arkansas.gov/facilities/list/arkansas |access-date= February 5, 2018 }}</ref> All three libraries offers books, [[e-book]]s, media, reference, youth, business and [[genealogy]] services.