The district employs approximately 400 faculty members and staff to provide educational programs for students ranging from kindergarten through twelve grade.
The district is headquartered in the Julius S. Brown Administration Building in White Hall.
[2] In addition to White Hall and portions of Pine Bluff, the district also serves Redfield, and Jefferson.
This reflected economic problems in the Arkansas Delta region, meant that the population was down to levels circa 1998 and was the largest decrease thus far in the period 2004-2009.
[8] In 2017 Jack Foster, a former alderman of the City of Pine Bluff, argued that the setup of the WHSD boundaries is preventing the DSD from getting necessary funding.