Hughes High School

For other uses, see Hughes High School (disambiguation).

Hughes High School
Address
310 College Street Hughes , Arkansas 72348 United States
Coordinates	34°57′2″N 90°28′22″W
Information
School type	Public comprehensive
Status	Closed
Closed	July 1, 2015
School district	Hughes School District
NCES School ID	050801000520[1]
Grades	7–12
Enrollment	169 (2014–15[1])
Student to teacher ratio	8.57[1]
Education system	ADE Smart Core
Classes offered	Regular, Advanced Placement (AP)
Campus type	Rural[1]
Color(s)	Royal blue and white
Athletics conference	1A 1 West (2012–14)
Mascot	Blue Devils
Team name	Hughes Blue Devils
Accreditation	ADE
Affiliation	Arkansas Activities Association
Website	www.school.hsd4.org

Hughes High School (HHS) 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.^[2][3]

History

The Hughes School District was closed due to declining enrollment in 2015.^[4] The students were consolidated with the West Memphis School District.^[5]

Most middle school-aged students moved to West Junior High School, and most high school students were moved to Academies of West Memphis (formerly West Memphis High School). The West Memphis district took possession of the school buildings and 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 centre, spending about $3,000 on cleanup.^[6]

Notable people

• Gus Malzahn, head football coach from 1992 to 1994
• Mark R. Martin (1986), Secretary of State of Arkansas since 2011; member of the Arkansas House of Representatives from Washington County from 2005 to 2011; resident of Prairie Grove in Washington County^[7]

References

1. "Search for Public Schools - ST. Paul High School (050801000520)". National Center for Education Statistics. Institute of Education Sciences. Retrieved April 4, 2013.
2. "SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP (2010 CENSUS): St. Francis County, AR" (PDF). U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved May 14, 2018. Note: Since the production of the map, the Hughes School District merged into the West Memphis school district in 2015
3. "SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP (2010 CENSUS): Crittenden County, AR" (PDF). U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved May 14, 2018. Note: Since the production of the map, the Hughes School District merged into the West Memphis school district in 2015
4. "Hughes Arkansas Schools ordered to merge with West Memphis School District". WREG. Retrieved October 10, 2015.
5. "Ed Board votes to consolidate Hughes, West Memphis districts". Arkansas News. Retrieved October 11, 2015.
6. Superville, Denisa R. (June 7, 2017). "When a Community Loses Its Schools". Education Week. Retrieved April 12, 2020.
7. "Mark Martin Biography". Arkansas Secretary of State. Retrieved December 10, 2013.