Editing Hot Spring County, Arkansas (section)

===Education===
{{See also|Education in Arkansas}}
Educational attainment in Hot Spring County is typical for a rural Arkansas county, with a 2011-2015 [[American Community Survey]] study finding 84.8% of Hot Spring County residents over age 25 held a high school degree. This ratio is in line with the state average of 84.8% and slightly below the national average of 86.7%. The county's percentage of residents holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 13.0%, significantly below state and national averages of 21.1% and 29.8%, respectively.<ref>{{ cite web |title= American Community Survey |year=2011–2015 |url= https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/table/PST045215/05059,05,00 |publisher= United States Census Bureau |access-date= December 19, 2016 }}</ref>

====Primary and secondary education====
[[File:Map of Hot Spring County School Districts.png|right|thumb|Public school district boundaries in Hot Spring County as of July 2016]]
Five public school districts are based in Hot Spring County: [[Malvern School District]] is the largest school district in Hot Spring County, with the [[Bismarck School District]] serving the western portion of the county, [[Ouachita School District]] serving a small area around Donaldson, [[Glen Rose School District]] serving the northeastern area of the county, and [[Magnet Cove School District]] around Magnet Cove. Successful completion of the curriculum of these schools leads to graduation from [[Malvern High School (Arkansas)|Malvern High School]], [[Bismarck High School (Arkansas)|Bismarck High School]], [[Ouachita High School]], [[Glen Rose High School (Arkansas)|Glen Rose High School]], and [[Magnet Cove High School]] respectively. All five high schools offer [[Advanced Placement]] (AP) courses and are accredited by the [[Arkansas Department of Education]] (ADE).

Residents outside the five Hot Spring County-based districts are within either the [[Centerpoint School District]] or [[Poyen School District]].

====Higher education====
Hot Spring County contains one institution of [[higher education]], [[Arkansas State University Three Rivers|ASU Three Rivers]], a public [[community college]] in Malvern. Other higher education institutions in the region include [[National Park College]], a public two-year college in Hot Springs, and two four-year [[liberal arts]] universities in Arkadelphia, [[Henderson State University]] and [[Ouachita Baptist University]].

====Library system====
The Malvern-Hot Spring County Library at 202 East Third Street in downtown Malvern was founded in 1928 and became a member library of the Mid-Arkansas Regional Library System in 1974. The facility offers books, [[e-book]]s, media, reference, youth, business and [[genealogy]] services.