 Residents outside the five Hot Spring County-based districts are within either the Centerpoint School District or Poyen School District.Hot Spring County contains one institution of higher education, College of the Ouachitas, a public community college in Malvern.Other higher education institutions in the region include National Park College, a public two-year college in Hot Springs, and two four-year liberal arts universities in Arkadelphia, Henderson State University and Ouachita Baptist University.