Editing Pine Bluff, Arkansas (section)

===Public schools===
* [[Pine Bluff School District]], including [[Pine Bluff High School]]
* [[Watson Chapel School District]], including [[Watson Chapel High School]]
* [[White Hall School District]] includes parts of Pine Bluff; [[White Hall High School]] is in neighboring [[White Hall, Arkansas|White Hall]].
Prior to integration, black students attended separate, segregated schools. These included [[Merrill High School (Arkansas)|Merrill High School]], [[Townsend Park High School]], [[Coleman High School (Arkansas)|Coleman High School]], and Southeast High School.{{citation needed|date=February 2021}}

In December 2020 the Arkansas State Board of Education ruled that the [[Dollarway School District]] should merge into the Pine Bluff School District as of July 1, 2021. According to the consolidation plan, all schools of the two districts will continue to operate post-merger.<ref>{{cite web|last=Howell|first=Cynthia|url=https://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2020/dec/11/state-votes-to-combine-dollarway-pb-schools/|title=State votes to combine Dollarway, Pine Bluff schools|newspaper=[[Arkansas Democrat-Gazette]]|date=December 11, 2020|access-date=February 23, 2021}}</ref> Accordingly, the attendance boundary maps of the respective schools remained the same for the 2021–2022 school year, and all DSD territory went into the PBSD territory.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Nj-q3uIhvI4tRY-hBGp6nPGk-MlPTSuMNQrts8o7wMw/edit|title=Annexation/Transition FAQ|publisher=Pine Bluff School District|access-date=February 23, 2021}}</ref> The exception was with the pre-kindergarten levels, as all PBSD areas are now assigned to Forrest Park/Greenville School, including the territory from the former Dollarway district.<ref>{{cite web|last=Murrel|first=I. C.|url=https://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2021/jun/28/dollarway-alumni-honor-district/|title=Dollarway alumni honor district|newspaper=[[Arkansas Democrat Gazette]]|date=June 28, 2021|access-date=July 4, 2021}}</ref> [[Dollarway High School]] closed in 2023.<ref name=Murrellwillcons>{{cite web|last=Murrell|first=I. C.|url=https://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2023/mar/01/pine-bluff-school-district-will-close-separate-dollarway-schools-this-fall/|title=Pine Bluff School District will consolidate junior, senior highs this fall|newspaper=[[Arkansas Democrat Gazette]]|date=March 1, 2023|access-date=March 3, 2023}}</ref>