Beginning January 1, 2026, Arkadelphia Public Schools will accept School Choice applications for the 2026-27 school year.
The state deadline for submitting a School Choice application is June 1, 2026. Completed applications can be brought to the Superintendent's Office at 700 Clinton Street, Dawson Building #3, emailed to rendi.currey@arkadelphiaschools.org, or mailed to the APSD Administrative Office (P.O. Box 10, Arkadelphia, AR 71923) and must be received or postmarked by June 1, 2026.
Click the following link to access a copy of the form: Link to the School Choice Form
You may contact Rendi Currey in the APSD Superintendent's Office at 870-246-1100 or email rendi.currey@arkadelphiaschools.org if you have any questions.
Online Enrollment for the Arkadelphia Public Schools
The Superintendent's Office of BOTH school districts must be notified by the parent of their school choice request.
ANNOUNCEMENT
This is a public announcement. Public School Choice in Arkansas allows students to attend a public school in a district other than the one in which they reside. Applications for students in the following counties: Clark, Garland, Grant, Hot Spring, Pike, and Saline, must be postmarked, emailed, or hand-delivered between January 1, 2026, and June 1, 2026, to qualify for provisions under the Arkansas Public School Choice Act of 2015.
Pursuant to standards adopted by a non-resident school board, a non-resident district may reserve the right to accept or reject applicants based on the capacity of programs, classes, grade levels, or school buildings. Likewise, a non-resident district’s standards may provide for the rejection of an applicant based upon the submission of false or misleading information to the above-listed request for information when that information directly impacts the legal qualifications of an applicant to transfer pursuant to the School Choice Act. However, a non-resident district’s standards shall not include an applicant’s previous academic achievement, athletic or other extra-curricular ability, handicapping conditions, English proficiency level, or previous disciplinary proceedings, except that an expulsion from another district may be included pursuant to Ark. Code 6-18-510. Priority will be given to applicants with siblings attending the district. The non-resident district shall accept credits toward graduation that were awarded by another district and award a diploma to a non-resident applicant if the applicant meets the non-resident district’s graduation requirements. The Superintendent shall notify the parent and the student’s resident district, in writing, no later than the fifteenth (15th) calendar day following the receipt of an application, of the decision to accept or reject the application. Transfers shall be granted on a non-discriminatory basis. Students who have been accepted and enrolled in previous years do not have to reapply, as approved transfers remain valid for as long as the student attends that public school.