Editing Hot Springs, Arkansas (section)

==Education==
[[File:Hot springs high school-kmf.JPG|thumb|[[Hot Springs High School (Arkansas)|Hot Springs High School]]]]
Hot Springs public primary and [[Secondary education in the United States|secondary education]] includes five school districts,<ref name=GarlandCoSchools>{{cite web|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st05_ar/schooldistrict_maps/c05051_garland/DC20SD_C05051.pdf|title=2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Garland County, AR|publisher=[[U.S. Census Bureau]]|accessdate=September 13, 2022}} - [https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/dc10map/sch_dist/st05_ar/c05051_garland/DC10SD_C05051_001.pdf 2010 map]</ref> ultimately leading to graduation from five different high schools. The vast majority of Hot Springs is included in the [[Hot Springs School District (Arkansas)|Hot Springs School District]], which leads to graduation from [[Hot Springs High School (Arkansas)|Hot Springs High School]]. Sections of southeastern Hot Springs are within the [[Lakeside School District (Hot Springs, Arkansas)|Lakeside School District]], leading to graduation from [[Lakeside High School (Hot Springs, Arkansas)|Lakeside High School]], located southeast of town Some eastern sections of Hot Springs are in the [[Cutter–Morning Star School District]], leading to graduation from [[Cutter–Morning Star High School]]. The a few pieces to the north are within the [[Fountain Lake School District]], leading to graduation from [[Fountain Lake High School]]. In small pieces in the west, students are to be enrolled in [[Lake Hamilton School District]], which leads to graduation from [[Lake Hamilton High School]].

The [[Arkansas School for Mathematics, Sciences, and the Arts]] (ASMSA), an advanced statewide program within the [[University of Arkansas System]] and National Consortium for Specialized Secondary Schools of Mathematics, Science and Technology, is also located in Hot Springs. A two-year residential program, ASMSA was established in 1993 and is available to students from across the state following acceptance. [[Hot Springs Christian School]] is the only private provider of K–12 education in Hot Springs. The only accredited post-secondary educational opportunity in Hot Springs is at [[National Park College]]. Created from a merger between Garland County Community College and Quapaw Technical Institute, the college enrolls approximately 3,000 students annually in credit programs. [[Champion Baptist College]], an unaccredited four-year Christian vocational college associated with Gospel Light Baptist Church, is also located in Hot Springs. Champion Baptist College was issued a Letter of Exemption from Certification by the [[Arkansas Department of Higher Education]] to offer church-related courses and grant church-related degrees.

Hot Springs previously had a Catholic grade school for black children, St. Gabriel School; it closed in 1968.
<ref name=HargettLastBlackCath>{{cite news|author=Hargett, Malea|url=http://www.arkansas-catholic.org/news/article/2994/States-last-black-Catholic-school-to-close|title=State's last black Catholic school to close|newspaper=[[Arkansas Catholic]]|date=May 12, 2012|access-date=July 31, 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170731143150/http://www.arkansas-catholic.org/news/article/2994/States-last-black-Catholic-school-to-close|archive-date=July 31, 2017}}</ref>