 In 2012, Arkadelphia School District and its high school were recognized in the "AP District of the Year Awards" program in the College Board's 3rd Annual Honor Roll that consisted of 539 U.S. public school districts (6 in Arkansas) that simultaneously achieved increases in access to AP courses for a broader number of students and improved the rate at which their AP students earned scores of 3 or higher on an AP Exam.The Okolona School District was dissolved on July 1, 1987; portions of the district were absorbed by Arkadelphia School District.The Domestic Science Building is a historic site (though closed) belonging to the district.