Hughes High School


Hughes High School was an accredited comprehensive public middle and high school located in Hughes, Arkansas, a part of the Hughes School District, until its entire school district was closed due to declining enrollment in 2015. The Hughes High School mascot for academic and athletic teams was the Blue Devil with royal blue and white serving as the school colors.
As the only high school of its district, it served the following places in St. Francis and Crittenden counties: Hughes, Horseshoe Lake, and the St. Francis County section of Jennette.

History

The Hughes School District was closed due to declining enrollment in 2015. The students were consolidated with the West Memphis School District.
Most middle school-aged students moved to West Junior High School, and most high school students were moved to Academies of West Memphis. The West Memphis district took possession of the school buildings, then gave them to the Hughes municipal government in 2016. The high school gymnasium was leased at no cost to the chief of police and Hughes High alumnus Deon Lee, who made it into an after school center, spending about $3,000 on cleanup.

Academic performance

In 2015 the State of Arkansas rated the school a "C" in its academic accountability rules.

Notable people