The Clarke County Board of Education sees as its mission the establishment of policy to provide the governance of the Clarke County School System.

The Clarke County School System believes that all children can learn and that opportunities must be provided for every student to have a safe, healthy environment with instruction that meets their educational needs. This system recognizes, that even in our rural setting, we are a part of an interdependent, global society and it is the system's mission to educate students to be contributing citizens in that society.

Through pursuit of quality in all parts of the system, through positive motivation, positive discipline of students and with increasing positive parental involvement and business and citizen involvement, the Clarke County School System will help students become self-sufficient thinkers and citizens.

Clarke County is a rural county located in Southwest Alabama with a population of approximately 25,000. Within the county are two school systems, the Thomasville City System and the Clarke County Public School System. The Clarke County Public School System has approximately 475 employees with a student population of 3,700. There are eight schools, three in Grove Hill, the county seat, four in Jackson, and one in Coffeeville. The Central Office is located at 155 Cobb Street in Grove Hill.

The Superintendent of Education and the five members of the Clarke County Board of Education are elected. Woodie E. Pugh, Jr. has served as Superintendent since January 1, 2009. The Board members are Charlton F. Anderson, Thamus Douglas, Marty Parker, Barry Chancey, and Clinton Hawkins. The President of the Board is elected at the annual meeting in November.