[14] Dove v Parham, 1959 lawsuit mandated integration at Dollarway, but segregationists including Jim Johnson and Amis Guthridge incited a riot to prevent black children from attending the schools.

[23] By 2012 the district had a 10 year master plan calling to spend $2,800,000 to add new classrooms and to refurbish existing ones.

[7] In 2016 Dollarway High moved into the building formerly occupied by Robert F. Morehead Middle School.

[25] Dollarway superintendent Barbara Warren made the moves in an effort to begin using three campuses total instead of four.

[28] The Arkansas Board of Education mandated PBSD to keep Dollarway High on operation as a condition of the merger.

Murrell of the Northwest Arkansas Democrat Gazette stated "a high school merger is not off the table.

[31] It also served the unincorporated areas of Hardin,[32] Lake Dick, New Gascony,[33] Pastoria, Plum Bayou,[34] Sweden,[33] Tucker,[19] and Wright.

[34] The assumed course of study is the Smart Core curriculum developed by the Arkansas Department of Education.

Students may engage in regular and Advanced Placement (AP) coursework and exams prior to graduation.

"[7] Citing a board meeting in 2011 where a member of an advocacy organization asked for a millage increase, the document stated "The poor condition of the high school buildings appears to be an issue district‐wide.

The 2012 Arkansas legislative document stated that as a result the workers in the two facilities were in "close proximity".

[36] For 2012-14, the Dollarway Cardinals participate in the 4A Region 2 Conference for interscholastic activities administered by the Arkansas Activities Association (AAA) including baseball, basketball (boys/girls), cheer, dance, cross country, football, golf (boys/girls), softball, and track and field.