Education
The Cross County region is committed to high quality education that will support your company’s needs. Our local school districts are currently spending millions of dollars to increase teaching capacities.
Our regional universities and colleges serve to address any needs that our people and businesses might need – from welding and CAD drawings to nursing and engineering to post-graduate degrees in business and education.
Our community colleges and formulate training strategies specific to your company’s needs, and often using the same equipment that you have at your facility. In short, we want to work with you to determine what you need for your business.
- Wynne High School has invested more than $3.5-million for new science labs and classrooms.
- The Cross County School District recently spent millions of dollars to build a new, state of the art elementary school.
- The Wynne campus of East Arkansas Community College recently installed two long distance learning laboratories that enable students and employers to link up with anyone in the world for training or meeting purposes.
Our regional universities and colleges serve to address any needs that our people and businesses might need – from welding and CAD drawings to nursing and engineering to post-graduate degrees in business and education.
Our community colleges and formulate training strategies specific to your company’s needs, and often using the same equipment that you have at your facility. In short, we want to work with you to determine what you need for your business.
| Institution | City | Distance (miles) | Enrollment |
|---|---|---|---|
| Crowley's Ridge Technical Institute | Forest City, AR | 15 | 170 |
| East Arkansas Community College (Wynne) | Wynne, AR | 0 | 350 |
| Cross County School District | Cherry Valley, AR | 15 | 750 |
| East Arkansas Community College | Forest City, AR & Wynne, AR | 15 | 1600 |
| Mid-South Community College | W. Memphis, AR | 35 | 1625 |
| Wynne School District | Wynne, AR | 0 | 2900 |
| Arkansas State University | Jonesboro, AR | 40 | 11,250 |
| University of Memphis | Memphis, AR | 50 | 20,300 |
