The Pocahontas School District provides early childhood, elementary and secondary education for more than 2,000 pre-kindergarten through grade 12 students.
Students are from 165.38 square miles (428.3 km2) of land,[citation needed] encompassing Randolph County communities including all of Pocahontas.
[2][3] Pocahontas School District is accredited by the Arkansas Department of Education (ADE) and by AdvancED since 2009.
[5] Prior to August 26, 1957, the district sent, via contract, high school-aged African-American children to Booker T. Washington High School in Jonesboro, Arkansas, which was operated by the Jonesboro School District.
On that day the Jonesboro district's board of trustees ended the contract.