Editing Cross County, Arkansas (section)

===Education===
{{See also|Education in Arkansas}}

Educational attainment in Cross County is typical for a rural Arkansas county: 83.6% of Cross County residents over age 25 held a high school degree or higher and 14.4% hold a bachelor's degree or higher, compared to Arkansas statewide averages of 86.6% and 23.0%. Cross County is significantly below national averages of 88.0% and 32.1%, respectively.<ref>{{cite web |title= American Community Survey |year=2015–2019 |url= https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/US,AR,crosscountyarkansas/PST045219 |publisher= United States Census Bureau |access-date= December 20, 2020 }}</ref>

====Primary and secondary education====
<!-- [[File:Map of Cross County School Districts.png|right|thumb|Public school district boundaries in Hot Spring County as of July 2016]] -->
Two public school districts are based in Cross County: [[Wynne School District]] and [[Cross County School District]]. Almost the entire county is served by one of these districts, except for a small area in the northeast corner served by [[Earle School District]]. The two Cross County districts also serve small areas in adjoining counties. Successful completion of the curriculum of these schools leads to graduation from [[Wynne Senior High School]] and [[Cross County High School]] respectively. Both high schools are accredited by the [[Arkansas Department of Education]] (ADE). Cross County HS is part of the [[New Tech Network]].

====Higher education====
[[File:East Arkansas Community College, Wynne Campus.jpg|right|thumb|EACC-Wynne]]
Cross County contains one institution of [[higher education]], the Wynne Campus of the [[East Arkansas Community College]], a public [[community college]] based in [[Forrest City, Arkansas|Forrest City]]. The [[Arkansas State University System]] offers two institutions in the region: [[Arkansas State University]], a public four-year university in Jonesboro, and [[Arkansas State University Mid-South]], a public community college in [[West Memphis, Arkansas|West Memphis]].

====Libraries====
The East Central Arkansas Regional Library is headquartered at the Cross County Library, 410 Merriman Avenue East in downtown Wynne. The Cross County Library has a branch library at 122 Wilson Street in Parkin.<ref>{{ cite web |title= Cross County Libraries |url=https://www.library.arkansas.gov/counties/cross/ |publisher=[[Arkansas State Library]] |location= Little Rock |year= 2020 |access-date= December 13, 2020 }}</ref>